Villa Moda Sale
I was out goofing off with a bunch of girlfriends when one said “Let’s go to the Villa Moda sale and see what they’ve got in today.”
These are my bestest friends. I’m the driver. They are all excited. We go.
It is in a building I have always been curious about, that great big building on Gulf Road in Salwa, south of Bida’a circle, the one that has palm trees growing out of it. I have always figured it was a wedding hall or something, and wondered what it looked like inside, so once I got my friends all OOhing and aahing and arms loaded with things to try on and all the Manolo Blahniks, I snuck off and took some photos of the interior, which is sort of Middle-Eastern done by Disney:
All this was just the basement! Literally, a bargain basement, some items marked 90% off. Women were leaving with armloads of clothes, shoes and accessories.
I would love to get a glimpse of the upstairs. 🙂
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Woehahaaa! ´´midlle eastern by Disney´´…. Actually I think there´s a lot of Disney/Eastern about 🙂
So why didn’t you go upstairs???
And I want to go shopping there!!!!
oooohs and ahhhhs from Seattle – love that 90% off sign 🙂 🙂 🙂
I don’t think the upstairs was open, Aafke – and I had a car load of friends with me and didn’t want to end up at the police station explaining what I was doing in an off-limits area while my friends and their purchases needed rides home!
LLOOLL< Little Diamond, most of the clothes were your size, too!
Wow!
That building is a hoity-toity shopping mall? boo hoo. I’ve been told it’s a restaurant, a diwaniya for the Al-Ghanem men, a wedding hall… I’ve enjoyed speculating as I drive by just because the building lends itself to some serious fantasizing. Alas, as is so often the case, reality is slightly more mundane. Shopping…ugh.
P.S. Great photos!
Jewaira – most of the sizes were like 00. 😦
DaisyMae – It is a rental hall, I think, and this time is just being rented as a bargain basement. The setting, even downstairs, was elaborate. I would love to see the inside upstairs!
00, And I’m nearly 6 foot and soft and cuddly…. I suppose in that case it would have been a supremely frustrating visit… 😦
But to cheer up, I brought some nice things last week at 50% discount 😀
Aafke – you would have loved the shoes, purses, and belts. 🙂