Lyst… a new online love affair

I don’t know how us mere mortals are supposed to keep up with everything going on – the shopping/fashion/beauty app explosion is not looking like it will be slowing down soon! While I have used quite a number of these new additions to the online world; svpply, fashion kaleidoscope, the fancy, fashism, lifestyle mirror and believe me there are more, one that has truly stood out for me is Lyst. A fashion aggregator that has one big factor that differentiates it from all the others – sale & stock information in real time.

You can follow other users, brands and designers and add items that stand out to you onto your “lyst”. All items have online stockists, price and availability listed beside them but as I mentioned, it can also alert you to when these items go on sale.  And you then get a nice little email like this:

Currently I’ve been using it for ASOS items that I’ve loved, but as they seem to do heavy reductions sometimes I like to wait! It’s also good for those pie in the sky items that you would love to afford but probably can’t, unless a good sale comes along (there are soo many +$1,000 dresses on my feed!) . Most items will also have information about the sizes that are in stock as well, meaning you can do almost every bit of your shopping (bar the actual purchase) from right inside Lyst.

There are similar features to Pinterest (these accounts can be easily linked) which is that you can create your own “collections”

All in all it really is a fun, more shoppable version of Pinterest. If you’re easily tempted like me, you’re going to want to look at it with your credit card safely hidden away somewhere..!

What new online sites/apps have you been loving recently? Are you on Lyst – i’d love to follow you! You can find mine here

If life was like Haute Couture….

We’d all live in houses with walls covered in the most amazing flowers… just like Christian Dior

We’d walk around with butterflies stuck to our faces

and in our hair

but that would be OK because we’d be wearing clothes like this by Giambattista Valli

The only problem is our hair could look like it did in Alexis Mabille ..

But we could distract them by wearing things like this from Iris Van Herpen..

And this is all just from the first two days of Fall Winter Haute Couture.. what else is in store for us..?

My newest online shopping addiction.. The Iconic

So I may have a little bit of a shopping addiction as it is.. and this little addition to the online shopping scene is certainly not going to help that!

We’ve probably all heard of it, there have been ads all over the TV and i swear half the websites I visit have advertising for it. To be honest, if anything this possibly made me less likely to shop there, not entirely sure why but sometime when something is EVERYWHERE it seems a little bit less special. What tipped me over the edge to give it a go was the recent Vogue Online shopping night & the offer the Iconic had on for the night. Spend over $50 and get $25 off!

Here is what I added to cart…

Betts “Oaks” Boots RRP 89.99 reduced to $43.95

Lushous Scarf RRP $29.95 reduced to $13.95

Now I’m normally not a fan of buying shoes online (luckily these did fit) however the Iconic offers FREE returns, they actually pay you the cost of shipping them back. And they have FREE shipping, and this isn’t even the best part!

I placed my order at about 5.30pm and it was at my door around 8am the next morning! That is ridiculously quick shipping considering it’s free, I was so shocked to see it there in the morning!

I ended up getting both these items for $32 with the Iconics special vogue offer which is what you’d normally pay for a scarf! They have a fantastic sale on at the moment and a huge amount of shoes, clothing and other goodies.

They stock some great brands including Tony Bianco, Mollini, Ben Sherman, Cheap Monday, Sass & Bide and so many more!!

Head over there and check it out..!

Valentino Resort Collection 2013

There has been some pretty amazing resort collections this season, but for me Valentino takes the cake. Dion Lee is a close second, and have to give him some credit for being such a fantastic Australian designer.

Here are some of my favourite pieces starting with some lovely florals…

 

Some very bright statement making pieces..

And some very ladylike lace..

(I think this ^ is probably my favourite)

The showstopping finale dress..

It’s all too pretty!! Who have you loved this resort season? And how many of these dresses do you want to take home..?