A post for Arooja

Dear Arooja I hope you find this post useful, thanx for waiting...

A lot of my friends ask me where do I shop online? how do I know what to buy? and stuff like that. So this post is dedicated to every girl who wants to know what I do...

# 1 know the trend

my best sources to know what is new are 2 sites.

style.com

elle.com

there are of course other sites, but I refer to these. You can always type in the name of a designer you are looking for in google and you will get tons of web sites that will get you to what you want. and some times you get to know other lovely sites from your search.

What I usually do, is wait for fashion shows in September and February each year and save the pictures of each show in a folder. So when ever I need something I can always get back to them or print the ones I like. Fashionestas know that September is for Spring/Summer collection and in February is for Fall/Winter collection of the coming year.

this is my Fashion folder of the summer collection 2008

I have like 116 folder each for a different designer

some times I see the pictures to memorize the clothes, shoes and bags and some times I have to see them to know what is the trend what things to expect for next year, what colors are in and what are out and so on.

# 2 Magazines

After the shows are over we wait for magazines to be out to keep them as references. One magazine in particular that we wait for, L'Officiel 1000 Models. It has pictures of all the shows we saw online. 3 issues, Milano/USA, Paris/London and the last one is the Accessories issue. Their are other magazines you can look for called BOOK MODA or gap PRESS if you fail to fiind L'Officiel, because they are limited and hard to find. They are gone the moment they are out. They are usually sold in Sultan center, A2Z or in some Hawalli book shops.

After that I print the things I liked or mark stuff in magazines and wait for the summer collection to be out online or in stores, which is in January or February 2009.

# 3 Web sites

The only site that I check out regularly every Monday and Wednesday is

Net-a-Porter.com

they have the latest, they view their items in a clear way, they deliver to Kuwait without tax and fast. I just love them.

other sites that I love are:

Browns Fashion

they have brands that you can't find sold online . like dries van noten, balenciaga and marni.

Luisa Via Roma

An Italian site that has pre-order item so you can see what is new before any site has it.

Matches Fashion

the strangest thing ... they sell Max Mara . I have never seen Max Mara sold online.

My theresa

if you don't find it in net-a-porter or browns you find it in my theresa

Of course there are American sites that you can check but I hate the way they present their items:

shopbop.com

e-Luxury

saks

and Neiman Marcus

but I think the last 2 won't accept Kuwaiti credit cards you have to have an American credit card to order from them.

I hope you got what you want...enjoy shopping