Showing posts with label Trends. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Trends. Show all posts

Friday, July 5, 2013

To Mint or not to Mint.

            There's ShoeMint, there's HomeMint, there's even IntiMint all brought to us by BeachMint. The "Next Generation Social Commerce Company".  I'll admit.. I was a fan originally.  I loved and raved about JewelMint when it first arrived on the scene. (Remember my "Bling Bling" post a couple years ago...http://126king.blogspot.com/2011/11/bling-bling.html  .)
Currently however,  I gotta rant about them.   I've actually been ranting about them to myself for about a year now planning to cancel my membership but never really getting around to it.  Seriously tho, why do you have to call to cancel your JewelMint membership but not for any of the others???

           First of all, I hardly EVER like anything they add to my showroom anymore.  I almost feel like I should take the "style" quiz again and pray for better results.  Some of the other pieces available on the site are quite nice like these Open Arrow Rings.

Then again one of the comments left by a customer states that the rings look cheap.  And I can agree with her there being my very first purchase from JM back in 2011 was this In The Rough ring,  


 which has faded on the band after only a few wears. But what can you really expect from jewelry for only $29.00

I did recently purchase their Lady Luxe Cuff in black and I do love it, 


however my main reason for buying it was because I wasn't able to "Skip the Month" in time before they charged me.  In the beginning you had until the 7th of each to officially skip it.  Now you only have until the 5th and let me tell you... when you're already running around worried about other things you forget to "skip" you're month.  It really sucks.  They got me about 3 times with this so far, and I couldn't even use my credit to buy this cuff because I it was on sale, which I didn't know either and wondered why my account said I still had 1 credit until I saw my Amex bill.  Did I mention you can't use your credits to purchase any Collective pieces either... Even if they're priced UNDER the $29.00 credit you receive???  Yea... I don't get that..


All in all they have a decent product especially if you're buying from their Collective brand.  It's the service that's a little irritating to me.  Very "Do this, but don't do that"...a lil bit of a pain in the ass if you ask me.


Thursday, July 19, 2012

Striped Down

I'm all about sheer tops during the steamy days of summer...


This one will be a definite addition.

Although I am desperately trying to stay away from black/white combos, I will be making this one happen!


hahaha.. I even dig the cheesy tie!


 
Sheer Graduated Stripes Shirt
$19.80

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Simply Sophisticated

I got my eyes on you..............
......Braided Leatherette T-Strap.   
I have a couple pairs of sandals in this color ...because if you follow my blog you know Cognac is my go to for shoes, so I don't necessarily need another pair.  But really for $24.50 who would turn these down?

BRAIDED LEATHERETTE T-STRAP SANDAL

$24.50http://www.charlotterusse.com/product/index.jsp?productId=13155737&cp=4238904

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

...And Now There's This...

Uuugghh.  Talk about underwhelmed.
I used to LOVE Arden B.

Almost everything they had in the store I wanted to buy, but now there selling items like this....













... a cable "printed" top.. seriously?









 Now I did find a few nice things like this color block tunic but there weren't many.














 What happened to the sexy sophisticated clothes they used to sell??   Maybe my style changed once I got older, but I'm pretty sure I would have never walked out of the house in a fringe tube tunic!  Scary.



http://www.ardenb.com/catalog/product.jsp?categoryId=133&subCategoryId=146&productId=53439

Friday, January 14, 2011

Disco Inferno

So we've all noticed the 70's are making a huge come back in the Fashion world. YYAAAAAYYY!!  This is my era..not literally being I'm an 80's baby ,but if I had the choice.... I'd be my mom's age right now.

I've been seeing a lot of this recently...


Asos Polo Neck..$25.86












                                      

Jeffrey Campbell  Harlow Cutout Wedge - Wine Suede $160.00 @ NastyGal.com







This "burnt Sienna/ rust color is all over.  Grant it, yes...this color and my infamous cognac where some of THEE colors of the 70's so it's no surprise to see it anywhere.  It has already influenced what I'll be wearing this fall 2011 as can be seen from my picks from Polyvore.  It would be a dream outfit.