• Preloved Chanel Jumbo Double Flap Review
    Bags to Covet

    My First Chanel + Learning I Know Nothing About Chanel

    About two months ago I was sitting in my living room in the sun browsing though instagram when I came upon the following post from Simply Chic here in San Francisco… A Chanel jumbo red patent with silver hardware for 2.5k marked down from 4k due to a consolidation sale. Well you better believe I got dressed and hustled down to Marina to go to Simply Chic from my apartment in Pac Heights. I truly had no intention of buying that bag when I went down there. I mean sure it is red (the color I had always wanted) it has silver hardware (the hardware I always wanted) and sure…

  • How-To Make a Find

    Hunting on Fashionphile

    Fashionphile is not really like any other designer consignment shop. Most of the sites I shop on have hundreds of thousands of products. On most sites you can tell that the products are uploaded as quickly as possible, with not a whole lot of care given to photos or product descriptions. This is not so on Fashionphile. No, on Fashionphile bags are photographed in all their crystal clear glory, product descriptions are meaty, and you can actually read the “condition” section to get an accurate feel for the condition of the bag. When I want to research a new bag I go to Fashionphile, when I want to check average bag…