Last One...

One more bag of the day and I'm off to sleepy land. 

I will not be around again tomorrow and so that is why I'm posting like a fiend tonight.  Please keep in mind that responses to emails sent tomorrow will also be slow.

It is the cousins Christmas Party tomorrow.  My husband's Italian and God Bless him, he's got like 400 (exaggerated but since I have 0 cousins it feels like 400!!) cousins.  This party tomorrow is just for those 50 or 60 people (more like the true number).

Thank God it's not our year to host the party!  We just have to show up this year! 

Having said that I leave you with new Jimmy Choo Bardia.  This is a very sexy bag.  Nothing more and nothing less.  This bag, like his shoes, oozes sex appeal.

It's got a very pseudo dominatrix, gladiator (very big in shoes this past year and coming year too), young and hip feel to it.  It's very blingy and that adds to the element of youthfulness. 

This is a FLASHY bag.   It's got a lot of good detail and having compared the sample I received last week to the real thing at Holt Renfrew (that's Canada's equivalent to a Macy's or Nordstoms), the bag is very well done copy wise. 

The detailing is excellent and the zippers are of good quality.  That has always been an issue with Jimmy Choo replicas in the past.  Jimmy loves his zippers and often times they broke.  Nothing spells hot mess more than a broken zipper on a REPLICA bag!!!  Ugh. 

I am going to test this bag out over the next couple of weeks.  I don't feel comfortable selling it just yet.  I have some doubts about the clasps and the buckles.

Let's see how it goes.  I'll report back in 2 week and let you guys know.  In the meantime, it's a great looking bag and if you're getting all decked up to hit the party circuit, this is a bag you want to have in hand!

Bikinis and Swimsuits

Folks for those of you asking, bikinis and bathing suits are SUPER CHEAP.  Most of us are not Paris Hilton and don't live in bikinis and bathing suits.  I find a replica suit, provided it's made well and is comfortable, just fine for my 1 week in the sun.  I truly do not see the need to spend more than what the vacation cost on my bathing suit.  Now again if I lived in a climate where I could prance around (yeah right, my life) in a bikini, then I would invest the $$ for something expensive.  But let's be real, people.  I live in CANADA!!!  I'd much rather invest in a goose down jacket that I'm gonna wear, ohhhhh, 9 months of  the year!

I took this one to Cuba in May and I had girls at least 20 years younger than me asking where I got the bikini from. 

Prices range from $50.00 to $100 (very rare suits), depending on the style and make.  Those prices MAY include shipping - ask.  When I get a second, I will post some pics.  I will update the website...you know...sometime soon (I'm lying).

I have swimwear in all the designer names.  Even LV Graffiti!

Some of you asked me about sizing.  Ladies, please know your bikini and bathing suit sizes.  Sometimes these are different from the size you wear everyday.  Whatever you buy in a regular suit back home will be the size that you order here. All suits are reinforced and have gussetted for comfort and fit.

Happy Shopping everyone!

I'm In The Clear

Okay guys, I'm back.  I'm in the clear.  I'm all yours.

And the good news is my supplier tells me there is time to get bags out for XMAS.  So if you've been thinking about it and want to place an order, come at me!

Like today, tomorrow or Sunday.  Then that's it folks.  Then you are SOL.

Write me, call me, send me a message from the site.  I'm all yours now.

Ahhhh!

Let's do a bag of the day!

Prada.  I don't highlight Prada for a lot of times for the same reasons applied to Miu Miu.  Some bags are great.  Others...meh.  Prada bags are usually made to look beautiful!  They look fabulous.  Every last detail on these bags is right.  So when you get the bag, you're all giddy. 

Then your wonderful relatively new bag breaks.  And then you're not happy.  Some Prada bags, like the one above are made very, very well.  Good looking AND durable.  Some though, not so good.  Look great and perfect but the durability is just not there. 

Remember when I was talking about Miu Miu bags the other day?  They are the opposite of Prada bags.  They are usually made very durable and there is never a breaking issue.  It's always the design or the look that gets messed up on them. 


If you're madly in love with a Prada bag, ask me or another person who's selling the replicas if it's a keeper.  Trust me you'll be glad you did.  If the average return policy on a replica site is 7 days, your new awesome looking replica Prada is bound to break on day 8.   Trust.  And if you ask someone in the business, is it a good bag?  And the standard reply is, "very good.  very good.  buy it.  buy it.", run.  Run fast my friend.  If a bag is great it will sell itself.  There is no need in this industry to have to do the force sell. None.  You'll never, ever hear me say, You gonna buy that?  Huh?  Ready to pay?  Come on pay now? 

These bags, if they are made well, and if someone is honest, will sell themselves.  Now A LOT OF PEOPLE come to me and ask, "is this or that a good bag?" and that is where the honesty needs to come in.  I had to tell a guy NO on 4 bags this week.  It hurt me to do it because he just wanted to buy his partner a bag.  He didn't know what was good or what wasn't.  He only knew of 1 designer!  He wanted the pain of picking out a handbag to end and to end fast!  He kept picking poor quality bags.  I'm sure by the end of it, he thought I was yanking his chain and just saying NO, THAT ONE IS BAD, for fun!

Again anything that I just wrote has to be footnoted with a disclaimer that reads this is not an across the board application for any particular brand.  It's a learned experience from importing and exporting items. It's the reason why I can confidently say, LV Griet, Hampstead or Whatever?  Yeah, THAT is an awesome bag. No doubt - buy it.  Enjoy it. 

You say, Prada New Shopper?  I bite my finger nails.  Just ask.  You'll sleep better. 

Happy Shopping!

Beach Wear

A friend of mine is going to Jamaica next week.  She calls me THIS WEEK to ask if I can get her a Burberry bikini.

I can get it, but ya think maybe you can give me more than a week's worth of lead time?

I have actually had about 10 people write to me and ask me for swimwear.  I have it.  You just have to ask. 

I have every single designers' bikini and swim suit you can think of and even some of the less expensive brands, like Victoria Secret and AF.

Ask.  And you shall receive.  Not next week but you shall receive. 

Happy Shopping!

Griet's a goner, folks!

It's bye bye for the Griet.

I love when some of us who are less fortunate or have been really hit hard by this recession get to take advantage of a great bag at a great deal.  Scratch and all it will put a smile on someone's face.

Congrats, A.  You're smart girl and you got the bag for my cost!

Feedback

I'm not as hip as I should be.  Can you guys let me know if UGGs are still in style and wanted?

My supplier is insisting they are still the hottest selling boots.  I'm like whatever!  Were the ever?  I guess they were since I see everyone (celebrity wise) still sportin' them.

Would you guys like UGGs?  Yes, they are replica but still made with real sheep skin.  I just got my sample in today and they are nice!  Very soft.  I tried mine on and wow, softee on the feets! 

If you're interested, let me know. I appreciate the feedback!

LV Griet on Sale

I have an LV Griet that got very slightly damaged in the mail.  Since it was a guy buying for his wife, he cannot give it to her with the scratch.  The Griet retails on my site for $245USD.

Here is a picture of a Griet bag:

 

The above is a high resolution picture and so the buckle and faceplate look a lot bigger than the second picture.  They are in fact the same size.  The scratch also looks bigger (wider) than it is because of the extreme close up.  The picture was taken for my supplier to show them the damage.   

I am not downplaying the scratch.  It is noticeable.  The damage on this bag is restricted to the buckle and face plate (see far left of gold plate and see middle of the buckle).  The damage was caused by rough handling during shipping.  The bag is perfect everywhere else. 


If you're okay with the bag as is, contact me and we can discuss a HUGE discount for you.  I'd keep it but I already own a replica Griet.  BTW, my kids would do more damage than this to any handbag in less than a day!

Maybe it's your day for a great bargain!

Happy Shopping!.

Shut Down...

I gotta shut down for a day or two.  I am inundated with orders.  I am going crazy.  I am dreaming of Paddingtons and Paratys.  I should never ever have put that Paraty up on the blog.  Now everyone wants one!!

No, I'm glad I did.  It's such a great bag. 

Okay, write me.  Call me.  Do whatever you want, but don't be shocked if I don't reply in my usual 30 seconds.  I'm sorry but I'm swamped. 

I have to get these XMAS orders out.  I will be in touch either tomorrow or on the weekend!!!

Quit Shopping, People!!!

No, Happy Shopping...in a day or two, okay?

YSL! Oh Yeah!

I just got a ton, literally, of YSL shoes in.  I am going to post most of the pics here.  I will upload them onto the website...some time this century.

I hate my website.  It sucks so bad.  Have I mentioned that?  Trust me when I say I'm looking at alternatives.  It's a slow process though.  I do apologize for the website.  It WILL get better.

Here are some of the shoes that I just got in.  These are all YSL!  All YSL shoes cost between $230 to $260 for shoes and about $250 to $290 for boots.

Love this colour.  So hip. 

There is a part of me that loves these heels.  Just loves them, but I can't wear these anymore.  I don't know how Posh does it.  These are her shoes.  You see her in them all the time.
 
My feet scream for her!

Boots cost a bit more $260.00USD for these yellow platform ankle boots.

These I could probably do...for one night!  The platform does help.  It makes for a more comfortable shoe.   

 

 

LOVE LOVE LOVE this colour.  Would die wearing them though.   

This one is my favourite.  Incredibly stylish and different.   This bootie would go with everything!

My second favourite.  This is one sexy shoe! 

 

 One of my favourite styles.  Nothing's sexier than an ankle strap.
















Well, there you have it.  That is most of my YSL shoe collection. Jimmy Choo, Manolo Blahniks and more Louboutins are due in soon!

All YSL shoes range from $230 to $290 (boots).  Life Insurance, crutches and medical care required from wearing these 5" MINIMUM heels are not included.

Happy Shopping!

One More...

One more bag of the day.  I've wanted to make this a bag of the day for the past month and I just never got around to it.  December 2, 2009 is this bag's day.

The Chloe (I know I'm on a Chloe kick) Paraty!

I got this bag in from the factory about a month ago.  To be honest I had my doubts because this is not an easy bag to replicate.  Tubed leather never goes according to plan and one of the reasons that this bag is SO INCREDIBLY expensive is that tubed leather, the stitching and the exotic leathers it comes in.

The real bag costs $3,820USD *cough cough*!

If you want real authenticity, then like always, I suggest you stay away from the exotic skins.  The replicas are not exotic skins.  They are embossed calf, goat or lambskin, depending on what will give the closest resemblance of look to the real bag.  But if you're buying this bag to impress others and carry it off as an original, then people in the know will know that Chloe does not use embossed leather and that they use real alligator or python.

Here's the replica alligator skin bag.  Real alligator skin has a unusual feel to it.  It almost feels like it is peeling in your hands.  And it does peel.  Even after careful treatments to prevent that from happening, real alligator skin has a fragile finish to it.  Sure it's tough as nails and you'll never put a hole in it, but it does, surface wise, not hold out so great.  And that's the real alligator skin I'm talking about.

Since this bag is UBER sexy, and I know I say don't buy the exotic skin bags because they lack the authenticity, but THIS bag, even in the mock exotic skin, is a beauty.

Very well done on the replication.  The hardware is impeccable.  And the colours are all mature and sophisticated.

This is a bag you walk into a boardroom and then go for a ritzy dinner afterwards.

This is not really a bag that you can wear with your Uggs and torn jeans.  Some bags you can dress down and they look tres cool when they are dressed down (Blue Jean Birkin comes to mind).  This one is too uppity and looks dorky dressed down. I'm thinking if you're going out on the town, looking sharp and wearing great jeans, then you're fine.  But track pants, yoga pants,Uggs or similar fuzzy boots...umm, maybe not!  I can't pull off that look.

I know when I'm having a veg day and wanna dress down, this is not the bag I'd take around with me.  Incidentally, when I do have a dress down day, my husband's first words to me are, "You give up on life?".  Smart ass.

Happy Shopping!

Swamped With Orders and Questions

I'm not trying to sound cocky but seriously, I thought there was a recession!!??!!

Swamped guys with questions and orders. I'm on Paddington 288 and that's not including the other bags that I have to order as well!

Please bear with me as I try to get through this rush. 

In the meantime, I leave you with brand spanking new LV.  LV that doesn't look very LV-ish.  I don't know the English name of this bag yet (I have it in Chinese characters if you're interested!). 

I will update this blog entry with the name as soon as I get a second to look it up! 

LV is really starting to grow on me!  I love a brand that shows diversity and versatility.  While I'm not a Monogram Canvas girl, I'm totally digging the grey bag above.  

I  got my sample in yesterday.  It's a very sexy bag.  It's well done.  Luxurious and stylish to boot. What an awesome combo!

A+ on replication and hardware.

Happy Shopping!