Christmas Goodies - A Tale Of Online Shopping

Monday, 9 December 2013

Christmas Goodies - A Tale Of Online Shopping

Now that I'm done going on and on about how I love my Gucci's I'll start yapping about the other goodies that were delivered to my doorstep a few days ago!

You see, the last time I bought a bag was in the summer. Post which, greedy little me had no new bags or clutches to show off. The insatiable person that I am, didn't feel that a Saint Laurent Paris Chyc clutch, a Celine Trapeze bag or the Lanvin Les 10 Ans Grosgrain Tote was enough for one summer. So as you all know, I have been saving hard for another new Chanel, which means I have to cut back on a few other expenses, which means less money to buy any other bag. However, I was determined. I needed a new clutch.

So I started the hunt. The hunt for a clutch that would suit my budget, yet bears the "Made In Italy" or "Made In France" tag (I'm a little rigid in my ways) and of course is gorgeous at the same time. After a whole day of looking at every e-commerce site there is, I discovered it and it was right under my nose the whole time!!

The Alexander McQueen Demanta Clutch. I had always liked that clutch but somehow never ended up buying it because I was too obsessed with the skull box clutches. So the thing about the Demanta clutch is that it comes in many variations. Satin, leather (with or without embellishments), calf hair: which means you can choose how much you want to pay for it. Obviously not in the literal sense but prices vary according to the material it is manufactured in and if there are any embellishments on it.

As of right now, the satin Demanta suited my budget perfectly. I found a specific one on mytheresa.com with a beautiful stained glass print on it and it cost me about 325 euros including duty and shipping. You can check out other Demanta clutches here. I am currently in my Dubai home (the husband and I live here for a month and Delhi for a month), so I have the added advantage of paying a lower duty than India and lower shipping costs. So in two business days my package arrives and I am over the moon with my new clutch. I love the size of this specific model too. Its very roomy and it can also be used during the day. The colorful print can spruce up every outfit especially if you wear mainly solid colors like I do. The best part about this clutch is the unusual shape. The other variations especially this specific one with gold embellishments (click here) had me totally floored, but my priority is the Chanel, so I had to stop myself.

The label is embossed in leather

The day after I placed my order with mytheresa.com, I was as usual checking out net-a-porter. You know, just "checking" when there it was, that luring header on their website "free shipping for a limited time period" when my search for something else began (budget of course).

Remember I had talked about those Karl Lagerfeld fingerless gloves in a previous post? Well, I thought what better time than now to order. The logical part of my brain told me to hold my horses till the website has a Christmas sale which is right around the corner. But then I got to thinking, the gloves were only like 60 pounds. If there was a sale, they would go down to what, 50 percent off, costing 30 pounds. But during the sale, there probably will be no free shipping which costs 20 pounds from net-a-porter, so I would only be saving 10 pounds which isn't much. It seemed best to give in to my greed and click add to cart. Which I did, but I still felt I needed more. So then I start looking at books where I saw the Karl Lagerfeld one I had been meaning to order. The World According To Karl was indeed an important addition to my growing collection of hard cover fashion books. I clicked add to cart again and quickly completed my order before I started adding more stuff to buy! I guess Christmas did come early this year. :)