Herve Leger

A customer of mine brought this name up a couple of days ago and I was like, do I really want to do clothes online?

I have had SO MANY requests for it that I'm really torn.  Clothes are very time intensive and with standard sizing gone with the 90's, it's hard to know from a picture if something is gonna fit.  Then comes the return and the costs associated with that.

I'm not sure.  I have had a lot of requests for Herve here.  Ahhh, to be young and supple again.  I have to admit in my day, I was all about playing the ho and getting my groove on.  Now, married with kids and fully lobotomized, I'm just tired from a day of house work, cooking, feeding, and my personal favourite, taxiing.  Yes, who'da thunk in my 30's my greatest achievement would be getting both kids to hockey after school and back home in time for dinner in less than 2 hours?  Here I was thinking at age 20 (my frolicking days) that I'd rule the world by my 30's.

Reality really does bite :)  All in a good way.  Ruling the world is over rated anyway!  And it does sound tiring, non?

Having said that, check out Herve's bandage dresses.  They are not that bad, $200 per dress, including shipping.  They come in S, M and L and the factory tells me that they are a tight fit (yeah, no kidding!!), and so if you normally are just right in a medium, order large.  Trust me large in these still means you're a size 6 to 8 at most!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'd definitely buy some shoes from the site to go with these dresses.  And no, I don't mean UGGs!

Happy Shopping!!

So, Umm...

I'm updating the Gucci store on the website and yes, I'm having a hoot.  I absolutely love Gucci.  Love, love, love it, but sometimes, I don't know what happens.

Here's a bag going up on my website:

I personally think this bag is awesome.  I love it in every  single way.  As soon as it would arrive at my house though, I'd take the dead animal part off, give it to the kids to torment and go my merry way.

I'd have to.  Between my husband and my girlfriends (thank God I have them for their honesty), I'd never hear the end of it.  My husband would ask me, "where your gun, Daniel Boone?" and my girl friends would be like, "ewwwww, is that thing clean?".

LOL. 

I'd save myself the headache and just take it off.  Maybe bury it in the back yard...just for good measure.

Dior and Burberry complete (for now...until both houses introduce more bags) on the site.

Gucci is on its way!

Happy Shopping!

New Fun Deals

So I get requests for key chains on a daily basis.  Little tiny metal pieces with the designer's name.  They are uber popular.

I have them on a my site at a ridiculous $50 a pop.  Yeah, you heard that right, $50 bucks.  I wouldn't pay that.  They really are there for those of you who are buying a lot...and there is quite a few of you stocking up on those bags!

Here's the deal, buy two or more bags and get a key chain of your choice.  Just pick your two bags, and then choose a favourite key chain, and add it to the cart too!   As soon as you order two or more bags, the cost of the key chain automatically comes off in the shopping cart.

There are also other deals.  From now on if you buy 5 to 6 bags, you get a free wallet, then if you buy 7-8 bags, you get any bag of your choice for free and lastly, if you buy 9-10 bags, you get any bag on the site for free AND you get any wallet for free. 

I want to reward people who are loyally buying in bulk!  I am always generous about it and so I'll throw in other freebies as well.  I'm sure those of you who have purchased a lot have seen that.  Thank you!

Here are some of the key chains now on the site:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Shopping!!

Veau Ver Revisited

So in December I had a great sale on the Veau Ver handbags. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The sale did really well.  I was surprised how many Chanel lovers are out there.  I love this bag and I'm no fan of Chanel in general. 

Well that aside, I have been asked by about 90 of you to extend the sale for the month of January.  I am happy to do that.  That means this bag, which is usually $260USD is on sale for $190USD and that includes shipping to Canada and the US!!

Shipping outside of Canada and the US does incur a nominal $20.00 fee, except UAE which incurs a $40 charge.

I have said it before but the colours are to die for in this bag.  That first one, the sandstone, is absolutely marvellous.  Despite it looking like an unusual colour, it still goes with everything. 

The caviar / nappa black leather with silver handles is beautiful, goes with ANYTHING and just takes an outfit from good to great!

This bag is definitely more "dressy" and therefore less versatile however, if you do the dress up gig regularly, you will love carrying this bag!

Happy Shopping!!

You Know What?

I don't post enough variety when it comes to bags.  I tend to stick to the LV, Chanel and Balenciaga.  Well, that's gonna change today.  Here is, and now I can say this with some confidence, Dior.  In the past, it's made me very nervous.  The factory that was making really, really good DIOR products went under in late 2008.  Ever since then, we've been seeing a lot of crap.

Well the old factory owner is back and he's back with a vengeance, making high quality products with good raw materials, workmanship and hardware.

Loving this bag.  When I was a little girl about 7or 8 years old, wayyyyyy back in the late 70's I saw a very pretty older girl at the mall, maybe 18-20 years old, with a bag with metal handles.  If you're my age, you might remember those bags.  They were made of fabric and they all had the metal rounded handles.  They were STYLIN' and only very hip, young girls with truly beautiful Farrah Fawcett hair carried them.

I remember this moment in time well because I seriously think that is the exact moment that my bag fetish / partialism developed. I so wanted a bag with those metal handles.  Okay, I admit it, I so wanted the perfect flowing wings of her Farrah Fawcett do as well!! 

You can imagine my psyche goes into giddy mode when I see today's handbag styles awakening memories of the past.

Digression aside, that bag above is STYLIN'!!  Average priced for DIOR replicas at $260USD.

Love, love, love a bag that just goes with everything.  Even if you are carrying this bag, while wearing a flashy gold lamé cat suit (and God bless you if you are ;) you'd have a rockin', stylish handbag.

Happy Shopping!

VERY Pleasantly Surprised!

A reseller of mine brought this bag to my attention.  I have seen quickly in the catalogues before but I never really "saw" it until I had to find out price, quality and all pertinent information regarding this bag for her to resell to her buyers.

I tell ya now, I love this bag.  It's the Cubed Speedy from LV.  It's absolutely hip, hot and incredibly in demand.  It's also pricey - $270USD with shipping (Canada and US only - other country folk contact me)!

I'm definitely ordering one.  It's not at all the regular Speedy size. It's a little bigger.  See model holding pics. 

I've never been gaga over the Speedy, well not this past decade anyway, but I am totally gaga over this bag.  Wanna know why?  It's got that coveted and much appreciated shoulder strap and so when you need free hands and arms to do other things (open car doors, wrestle kids, hold groceries, get train pass ready for conductor, etc - (my day btw)), you can do that and still have your bag attached to you. 

I hate having to put my purse down any where.  I'm absolutely paranoid that when I'm not looking someone will snatch it or worse, I'll forget it because I'm distracted with the kids or someone talking to me.  My life is in my purse.  Never mind money cuz that I can whine and complain about and get back in another way.  I'm talking my passport, my driver's license, my credit cards (which I'd have to cancel - ugh), keys, important papers for work, businessES, man, you name it, it's in there.

I like having the feeling that my bag is secure and a shoulder strap allows me to drape it on one arm or across my body. 

If you're himming and hawing over a bag and want to remain in the realm of practical AND stylish with flair, get this bag.

It is one of those GOOD INVESTMENT bags.  It will never go out of style and you'll actually use it. 

Happy Shopping!

Shoe Sale?

Because I'm masochistic, I was thinking today that I need to have a sale.  I have the January blahs.  I'm by no means bored, but I need something exciting.

I was thinking that it might be time to have a shoe sale.  Most shoes on my site range from $175 to $225USD and that includes the shipping (again, to most countries- UAE you have a $40USD surcharge).  So let's have a sale.

Clearly, I don't have anywhere near the number of shoes on my site that are actually out there in the shoe world.  Man, I'm not even close.  I'm too busy and lazy to get to shoes up onto the site.  I'm still trying to catch up with bags!!

How about this?  For a limited time (God, I sound cheesy), buy two pairs of shoes and get the third pair for free!  The free pair will be equal to the lesser of the two shoes.   So if you buy two pairs of shoes, one for $175 and a second pair for $200, then you get another pair, ANY SHOE, for $175 free!  That's 3 pairs of shoes for $375!  That's pretty good!

And yes, this offer includes UGGs.  And yes, you can mix and match!  You can get 1 pair UGGs, 1 YSL (the "I'm gonna fall and die" shoes) and 1 Jimmy Choo pair or you can get two pair Jimmy Choo and 1 pair Christian Louboutin or you can get...you get the idea!

What's that?  You don't see Jimmy Choo on my site.  You are correct.  So if you see a pair of designer shoes that you really, really want, send me the pic.  There is a 99% chance that I can get them for you.  If not, the worst news is that you'll have to find another pair.

Remember this special is NOT limited to just the shoes on my site.  You can go to Nieman Marcus, find shoes you love, and send me a pic or a link.  I most likely have them and I'll get back to you with a price.  Generally the price for most shoes starts at $175USD with shipping.

Okay folks!  I know this special is going to be SUPER popular special and so expect some delays in response times.  All in all you guys have been great while I played catch up!

Happy Shopping!

Sale / Deal / Bargain Rack

I had some samples come in from the factory and I am sampled out right now.  I have some great deals on a Bronze Mahina in XS size.  It is brand new, has ABSOLUTELY nothing wrong with it.  It just is a sample that I don't want. 

I also have a slightly not perfect black Chanel 2.55 with gold hardware bag.  I don't have it in my hands just yet but I have been told that it has some kind of issue that I can't verbalise because I don't know as of yet.

A mahina on my site is currently going for $300USD.  I'm happy to sell this sample Bronze XS Mahina for $150. 

A Chanel 2.55 Classic Flap handbag on my site sells for $265USD.  Depending on what the damage is, I'm happy to take offers for it starting at about $75.00USD.

Contact me to let me know you're interested.  These sale items go super duper quick!

Thanks!

Newer Balenciaga

I got myself a new Balenciaga bag before the holidays and I have to tell you, WOW.  WOW, WOW and more WOW!

So well made.  The leather is awesome.  Soft, supple lambskin.  It is thinner leather but durable and strong.  Because it's not a weighty leather, the bags are light weight and even full they don't carry the burden of weight like a Mahina, Guccissima or even a thick leathered Chloe bag.

The replicas are VERY well made.  Balenciaga are some of the easiest bags to make and so the actual detailing is easy to get bang on.  The key to this replica being successful is in the leather.  There are variations in every Balenciaga bag and so it can be said that every single bag is unique. This feature must carry out in the replica, otherwise it's just not a good replica at all. 

Now you can't go from bag to bag looking for differences but make sure that the replica you get has variations, veins and unevenness in colour.  The bag should look like it is slightly distressed - not USED look. 

I have to say that Balenciaga replicas are currently my favourite brand.  I am amazed as a owner of several genuine bags, how fantastic the replicas are. 

Again, Balenciaga isn't known for it's many styles.  They do tend to recycle the same patterns, hardware and overall look over and over again but what they "lack" in introducing new, different styles, they make up for with an abundance of colours. 

 

You get everything from black to hot pink.  It's fabulous!

Happy Shopping!

Hi There!

Yes, I'm still alive.  Just swamped.  Why take a vacation if you have to work like a dog to catch up.  Holy crow.

I'm in an uber crusty mood tonight and so I have a pet peeve to discuss.  Say you ordered a bag from me, (and let's keep in mind this is the internet, right?  You don't know shit from shinola about me!), and I charged your credit card and then told you that your bag was mailed and "on it's merry way in 7-10 days.  Then I said Toodle Loo, internet shopper, wait for your bag!  I hope you enjoy it when it shows up at your door step.  *wink, wink*

I know in a heartbeat, you guys would be asking me for a damn TRACKING NUMBER, right?  And damn skippy you should be asking for a tracking number. You just laid down $250+ for something, you better know where it is.  Like how else are you gonna know for sure that some crack head (ahem) on the internet selling REPLICA bags no less really sent the package, right? 

Well it kinda sorta works both ways, folks!

I  had 5 returns this XMAS due to damaged bags, bags not being the right colour, style, etc (not bad out of close to 900 bags in total).  I had 5 people return the bags to me.  Five.  In my return instructions that I emailed to all FIVE, I wrote in CAPITAL LETTERS make sure you get a TRACKING NUMBER.  Choose the cheapest service you can find but make sure you get a tracking number.  You know a method that tells me you actually sent the package and should it go missing something that we can call the Post Office up on and give them shit for?  This makes sense, right?  I'm not asking too much, right?

I had two people who thought tracking numbers are these newfangled inventions and didn't bother to get them because the tracking number option to return a package cost $15.00-$20.00 more than the cheaper alternative they did send the package on.  Guess what?  And of course this would happen to me, one of those packages was mailed end of December.  It's now mid January and no package. 

Now, hang on.  Mail is nowhere nearly as bad as people make it out to be but I'm thinking, from my perspective, that my peace of mind is worth $15.00-$20.00.   

I'm not picking on any body,but I really find people that don't listen annoying - word.  I know it costs more but if the tables were turned and I thought, oh the hell with it, Imma gonna gamble on these shipments and didn't bother to get tracking numbers, EVERY SINGLE person ordering a bag from me would SHIT on my head.  And rightfully so. 

It's a two way road, folks.  Returns are a part of running a retail business.  There is nothing I can do about returns.  And ultimately I want you to be happy with your purchase, and so if returning it will bring that happiness, then so be it.  BUT when the return policy states GET A TRACKING NUMBER to make your return smooth and successful, it means, yes, say it with me, folks, GET A TRACKING NUMBER!!

I am going to re-double, triple stress on the website that if you send me back merchandise AND you don't have a tracking number AND the package goes missing, you're gonna wish you paid the $15.00 to send the package.

Okay, rant over.  Sheesh.

Happy Shopping!