OMG have you seen this website http://www.shopstyle.co.uk/? You could do some serious damage here, not only to your purse, pocket, wallet, but to your eyes. The operational speed of the site is brilliant and could keep the worst of ADD [attention deficit disorder] victims, satisfied - me included.
The range is unbelievable … 111 pages of clutch bags including my very own treat, a Lulu Guinness lips clutch. I was lucky enough to meet the renowned English designer on a number of occasions last year. Lulu Guinness OBE, is so English and so sweet, you just want to take her home with you and have afternoon tea and cucumber sandwiches - or if you haven't tidied up, perhaps the Ritz?
*Photo ~ See Side bar for Lulu Guinness and Lulu G Lips clutch ...
Sweet is probably not an expression you’d associate with a woman who heads a globally successful fashion and accessories sales company. With only a year’s foundation course in art school, experience in video production and a passion for design and fashion, Lulu launched her company in 1989 in the basement of a West London house. Lulu’s often extraordinary bags have been described as ‘tomorrow’s treasures’ ~ So there you go daughters; passion, focus and a bit of a business mind … it’s the way forward.
Sorry about the name-drop, but you know it would have been rude not to. My best friend and I went into Lulu Guinness frenzy, bought each other make-up bags. We invested in a red patent shopper, sorry, ‘red patent Suzy’, and a neat lips logo’d umbrella. Cute. Take a look at Lulu’s website www.luluguinnness.com to see some of her more unusual designs and check out the amazing Bird Bag [the World’s first automated handbag] on:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPvtflF0G9Y&feature=player_embedded
Okay, back to shopstyle … There are presently 1488 pages of dresses from New Look and Top Shop to Marc Jacobs, Missoni and Herve Leger. [most of the dresses are priced between £30 and £130]. The page scrolls as quickly as you want it to, easier to use when viewing so many products. ‘Too much stuff’ did I hear you say? Well the best part is that you can pick out the styles and shapes that suit you before you go to the high street. That way, when you’re shopping, you can be more focused, leaving time for that skinny latte or chilled Pinot Grigio. You might just return home without those items you didn’t really want or need in a deliberate ‘less is more’ thought pattern.
I also like to go imaginary shopping on shopstyle, adding specific items to my basket and then, sadly, never seem to get around to clicking the ‘purchase now’ button, probably because my list was totally financially unacceptable. But if you do want to buy something, a speedy link takes connects you directly to the specific store in nano-seconds.
All in all, a great shopping experience site. There are loads of sales too, especially in the beauty ranges, often up to 70% off.
Well worth a try. Take a glass of wine with you if you intend staying in for the night and missing out on that soak in the bath.
*Warning ~ http://www.shopstyle.co.uk/ ~ Don’t try this at work. It could be addictive.
Jill
No comments:
Post a Comment