Here are some of my favorite sites for finding great jewelry!
My absolute favorite: Gilt. Not a member? Go ahead and click on the link! The discounts on really quality discounts are unbelievably, too good to be true deep, making the most trendy designers accessible to the everyday person.
Rookie of the Year: eight1six. This site was started by two soon to be HBS alums (so you know it's legit), and I can't wait until it launches (sometime in April or May)! These ladies bring you designer jewelry before it hits high end department stores and specialty retailers without the retail markup (see necklace to the left). I think it will be a big hit. Sign up now and be one of the first to be "in on the secret!"
The Jury's Still Out: Rue la la. I'm pseudo impressed...the selection hasn't blown me out of the water yet but these $99 shoes are pretty sweet for a night out. Can't hurt to join right?
The thinking woman's e-commerce: oohilove. Think Sotheby's meets Ebay. This is an auction house recently launched by some Stanford grads, and the amount of over-thinking that went into this site is apparent. Warning: It's complicated. You buy bid packs, you pay money to bid but you might not win, but maybe you can redeem the bids somehow, and if you can't bid you can hire a bid assistant...huh?? I've taken 2 HBS courses on negotiations and I'm still confused...so many moving parts. But if you can figure it out, you might get some $250 Chanel earrings for $0.50 or a Louis Vuitton $447 wallet for $11.10. Understanding the system might be my summer project.
Mother's day finds: My friend Venus shot this over to me (check out her blog too!). If you're interested in jewelry for your mother's day gift, check out viv & ingrid. Enter promo code vimom25 for a 25% off discount through May 10!
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Ooh, I love online shopping! I tend to not like to buy accessories online, because I feel like accessories can be cheap but look expensive or be expensive and look cheap, and I just do not want to make that latter mistake. Any tips on how to tell if accessories you're looking at online will look cheap in person?
ReplyDeleteIt's great that you have this blog! I just checked out oohilove. It seems pretty clever. It's interesting that each time a person bids, the price of the item only goes up by 2 cents, which encourages more people to bid. It's almost like a lottery system. Even though the winner gets a steal, all those other people that also submitted bids will have put in money that they can't get back like in ebay if they don't win.
ReplyDeleteYuanshu! Any intelligence I gained in college was clearly from you. So good to hear from you! I knew I needed a lawyer to help me sift through all the rules and regulations:)
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