Every once in a while you end up in a weird situation where you're ahead of schedule for an appointment or a meeting, and you can't decide whether to just show up all awkward and early or try to kill some time somewhere. But every once in a really great while, something magical happens: a third option emerges. Maybe you run into a friend you haven't seen in ages or you pass a bookstore that's perfect for getting lost in.

Today, in the middle of our PFW showroom rounds, we realized we were headed for the Roksanda showroom with a fairly decent amount of time to spare. Should we just pop in early? Should we call ahead and see if popping in early would be okay? How did we manage to get that far ahead of schedule anyway, when 97% of Fashion Week is spent racing the clock and being almost-late everywhere we go?

Just as we were pondering all that, Olivia looked out the window and noticed where we were.

"Hey! My favorite vintage store is on this street." Problem solved.

Back in 2008 or so, Olivia and her friends at Opening Ceremony discovered Thanx God I'm A VIP and she's been shopping their ever since. Back in the day it was a standard, rectangle-shaped room but now it's a large, pleasingly odd U-shaped space-women's on one side, men's on the other, and a little bar with a small French film screening station at the bottom of the "U."

They also have a radio station, they're players in the Parisian nightlife scene, and they make what you might describe as long-playing music videos (easily mistakable for vintage long-playing music videos) which are looped on a large screen behind the main counter.

Tres, tres cool, and a seriously serendipitously good time.

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-Laura Cassidy