Showing posts with label online shopping. Show all posts
Showing posts with label online shopping. Show all posts
Monday, January 23, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
"don't be jealous"
That's what i'd say to my friends if I owned this coat. The perfect colour for spring for someone whose wardrobe mainly consists of black? That's me that is.
Coat via SheInside
Monday, January 16, 2012
Sunday, November 13, 2011
The Silver Factory
The Silver Factory is currently a range of tshirts designed & printed by homegrown talent, 16yr old Cameron Cavaliere.
Working closely with the amazing Blanaid from Shutterbug (seriously, do check out the great vintage pieces for sale through their facebook) he first started selling the tshirts through the Shutterbug shop in Kilkenny and online through facebook. Now known in his own right, one of his tshirts was recently worn by a dancer in Rihanna's video for We Found Love. Not bad for a 16yr old from Kilkenny, right?!
The tshirts come in at a bargain price of only €20 and the A/W collection has just been released. Who wouldn't want to support local talent at that price?
Help me decide which one to get! Here's a few of my favourites and you can check the rest out online here.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
INTERMISSION
There's been a complete lack of posting around these parts recently. Without meaning to go on there's just been a whole lovely (read: not) series of circumstances in my non-blogging life recently.
Anyway, let's not bang on about it too much.
Who doesn't love a good leather jacket? Topshop are blowing my mind with these beauties. I'd have the snakeskin one if my credit card would allow it, but it won't. Boo.
Anyway, let's not bang on about it too much.
Who doesn't love a good leather jacket? Topshop are blowing my mind with these beauties. I'd have the snakeskin one if my credit card would allow it, but it won't. Boo.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Flowers and bows and pleats, oh my
Kind of having a love affair with River Island right now. It's hard not to when you're surprised by such genuinely beautiful pieces, like this dress.
I saw it in the flesh (fabric?) today, and let me just say, this picture really doesn't do it justice. I'm in love.
I saw it in the flesh (fabric?) today, and let me just say, this picture really doesn't do it justice. I'm in love.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Office Flats
A quick jaunt into Office the other day left me frothing at the mouth about all these delicious flats. Coming into winter and with the threat of more snow than last year (which, for Ireland, is a LOT) I know i'll be needing some sensible and griptastic flats.
Ok, what I really need are snowboots, but I'm not gonna wear those really, am I?
Really, I'm just making excuses as to why I should buy one pair of each of these:
Ok, what I really need are snowboots, but I'm not gonna wear those really, am I?
Really, I'm just making excuses as to why I should buy one pair of each of these:
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Chrissie Hynde - my 'pleather' icon
Plastic leather. One of my favourite odes to a rock-chick is leather, or in this case, pleather. If you can be bothered to battle with the sweat or bring a bottle of talc out with you then I salute you. If not, pleather's your man.
One of my most beloved style icons is Chrissie Hynde, from The Pretenders. I love her messy hair, shaggy fringe, smudged eyeliner and leather and denim. Chrissie, herself a vegetarian, would most likely never wear real leather so this is an ode to her.
One of my most beloved style icons is Chrissie Hynde, from The Pretenders. I love her messy hair, shaggy fringe, smudged eyeliner and leather and denim. Chrissie, herself a vegetarian, would most likely never wear real leather so this is an ode to her.
There's lots of pleather (stop staying pleather!) on the high street at the moment. With denim and stretch-jersey mixes, to just plain out stretchy pleather pants. Worn with heels and some sequins for a night-time look or with a shabby tshirt and converse for a daytime grungey rock look, they're versatile and oh-so cool.
I'm going straight for the River Island ones come payday. And I will live in them.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
New online discovery: Romwe
You might remember that I recently featured Fashion Chalet as one of my Monday Muse's. I noticed that a lot of her awesome clothing & accessories were from Romwe and decided to check them out for myself.
To say I was excited when I checked out the site is an understatement. Really, REALLY, reasonably priced clothes, shoes and accessories with an option for FREE delivery and 20% off your first order.
Now, the sizing is slightly questionable, so i'm gonna do a small order first and see how they run before going mad and ordering everything - currently I have €735 in my shopping basket, ahem.
Here's the lovely Fashion Chalet in a recent outfit post featuring a romwe.com dress.
To say I was excited when I checked out the site is an understatement. Really, REALLY, reasonably priced clothes, shoes and accessories with an option for FREE delivery and 20% off your first order.
Now, the sizing is slightly questionable, so i'm gonna do a small order first and see how they run before going mad and ordering everything - currently I have €735 in my shopping basket, ahem.
Here's the lovely Fashion Chalet in a recent outfit post featuring a romwe.com dress.
If any of you have bought from Romwe do let me know your thoughts below. Otherwise, here's a pick of a few of my favourite pieces available. I'm just waiting for a new payday before I splurge too much!
I literally could be here all afternoon just posting pictures of things that I love on here. The jewellery also looks great, with prices to match too. One of things I love is that prices are available in sterling, euro and dollar and you can see you're not being ripped off with conversion fees, a personal pet peeve.
Happy shopping - let me know what you think!
Monday, August 15, 2011
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Friday, June 24, 2011
Le Pliage
I think we all recognise these iconic Longchamp bags. My mother has one that she's had for years and my grandmother had one before her.
Until recently I pretty much associated them with mums, aunts, granny's. Basically anyone but a twenty-something year old. That was until I went to Paris. (Did you know? I went to Paris the other week! Have I spoken about it? No? Sorry. I'll shut up...soon)
Established in 1948 Jean Cassegrain, Longchamp was first established to make leather covers for smoking pipes. In 1955 they started to produce small leather goods and this naturally extended into handbags. Longchamp are now an established luxury leather handbag and leather goods company and have recently enjoyed collaborations with Kate Moss, and more recently, Jeremy Scott.
Until recently I pretty much associated them with mums, aunts, granny's. Basically anyone but a twenty-something year old. That was until I went to Paris. (Did you know? I went to Paris the other week! Have I spoken about it? No? Sorry. I'll shut up...soon)
Established in 1948 Jean Cassegrain, Longchamp was first established to make leather covers for smoking pipes. In 1955 they started to produce small leather goods and this naturally extended into handbags. Longchamp are now an established luxury leather handbag and leather goods company and have recently enjoyed collaborations with Kate Moss, and more recently, Jeremy Scott.
In Paris I noticed that women of all ages were carrying Le Pliage, in all shapes and sizes and the majority of them coordinating with their outfit. Ever since I have been obsessed.
This evening, whilst sitting inside and dodging the torrential rain I found myself browsing on the Longchamp website and discovered that, not only do they deliver to Ireland (trust me, quite rare for a brand's own website) but they also have a facility where you can customise your own Pliage, even engraving the leather with your initials!
I've designed mine with a black body, red stripe and my initials on the leather. All of this for only €80!
Along with the standard colours and collaborations available it's definitely worth a look on the website to see if you can find your own Longchamp bag.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Sofa Sale Shopping!
Sometimes shopping online can be a bit tedious (not for me....but i've heard some people find it so)...well this nifty site takes some of the hassle out of the experience.
This website, called Shop It To Me sends you out a tailored email detailing any sales online by your favourite designers, shops & websites. You can personalise your profile but choosing from a seemingly endless array of choice. You can choose how often you receive your email and it gives you a lovely condensed mail to save your trawling the web for hours!
With the sun shining outside, what better way to get a few bargains and not waste too much time sitting in front of your laptop?! (perhaps i should pay heed to my own advice...)
This website, called Shop It To Me sends you out a tailored email detailing any sales online by your favourite designers, shops & websites. You can personalise your profile but choosing from a seemingly endless array of choice. You can choose how often you receive your email and it gives you a lovely condensed mail to save your trawling the web for hours!
With the sun shining outside, what better way to get a few bargains and not waste too much time sitting in front of your laptop?! (perhaps i should pay heed to my own advice...)
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Pretaportabello
One of my fave online sites is pretaportabello - it's the online version of the infamous Portobello Market in London & also sells favourites from other markets such as Spitalfields (London), Camden, Brick Lane (London) & also Sydney, Australia!
It's an online showcase of quirky, original clothes and one off pieces. They have a great mailing list that's well worth signing up to & be updated with their occasional special offers (at the moment it's £1 postage - always nice to hear!)
Aswell as girly dresses, cute blouses & coats and handmade jewellery they also stock menswear, underwear and have a great vintage section. But the icing on the cake is the 'Lets Trade' section, whereby you can haggle online with the market stall owner - just like you would in a real market! It's different and it's fun - a welcome change to online
buying i think!
Below are just a few of my favourite items available online at the moment. Check out the link above & enjoy!
(above pictured) Vicious Cream dogtooth print dress
Toki & Nabi black lace jacket
Chuti striped floral tunic
Dahlia leather petal shoes
Vintage 1970's crochet collar maxi dressPhotos courtesy of pretaportabello.com - please contact me if there is any issue with posting them here.
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