I know personally- that there are a lot of you who refer your friends and family to our luxury handbag consignment services. And I totally appreciate it! But I thought to myself, “why shouldn’t you get a little something when you pass on our name!”
So they way this program works is that for each friend that you refer to us, that sends us an item on consignment, or that we buy outright, we will pay you $25. You can send us as many referrals as you want. We’ll pay you $25 for each.
All they have to do is put your name in the “referred by” spot in their consignment or bag buy out contract form.
To make things even easier- and to make it less likely that they’ll forget you as they fill out that form… we actually created these little referral cards that you can print out. You add your name, and give them to anyone you refer. They’re really cute cards and you can print them out at home on regular paper or on the Avery 5371 business card paper that you can pick up at Office Max or Staples.
When I think if the hordes of people that make their annual pilgrimage to the Apple unveiling events, I usually imagine the kids recently dropped off by their moms, killing time playing with magic cards and discussing the latest strategy in World of Warcraft. While watching the live announcement today on Gizmodo, as an admitted Mac geek myself, I saw this image of this cute girl sporting her Louis Vuitton Watercolor Speedy. I’m glad she took this opportunity to class up the place. Via Gizmodo
We’re doing it on eBay, cause they’ve got a program where they automatically take those funds- and we don’t have to worry about the logistics of getting the money to the right people. The American Red Cross automatically gets the money at the close of the auctions.
Keep watching our blog- cause I’m going to be adding more information on how you can help out. We’ll be listing items free of charge (we charge no commission- keep no funds) if you have a luxury pre-owned bag you’d like to donate to the cause….
If you catch this blog, shoot us an email or give us a call. We’ve been trying to reach you at the email address you registered with, and aren’t getting a response. Ya won our MyCollection drawing, friend… and we’d love to send you your bag
We’ll unfortunately (for you- I guess very fortunately for another MC friend) have to draw another name if we can’t reach you.
Love the window display at the Louis Vuitton boutique around the corner- on Rodeo Drive! I love the creativity behind these displays. They always make me think of the part of the Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton documentary where shows some of them put up and being evaluated by- I believe it was Bernard Arnault himself!
Anyway, anything cool up in the windows of the boutiques in your neighborhood? Take a quick pic on your phone and email it over! I’d love to post it!!!
How’d I miss this cute little video from Ratatouille!
Remy says, “No, no, no, no, no… Don’t be a knock-off Nigel. Why settle for second best, when you can have the real thing!”
Such a wise little rat! And it so relates to everything: not just pirated DVDs, but handbags as well. It’s a good reminder that you can carry the real thing.
“Attention, fashionistas: New York is on fake Birkin alert! There’s been a sudden influx of faux Hermes Birkin bags around the city, popping up especially on subways and buses.”
Ladies & Gents, I know the recession has hit hard, but there’s no need to settle. If you love Hermes or Louis Vuitton, or Chanel, or Gucci- whatever… you don’t have to spend full retail to get it- but don’t carry a fake. If you want a deal- get it second hand. Sure, we’d TOTALLY LOVE IT if you bought it from Fashionphile- but if not, search other reputable sellers, on eBay or the web.
Ha! Love the look Amy Adams gives Matthew Goode when she explains to him, “it’s a… Vuitton”. Classic! Gotta see Leap Year- Ireland is amazing and Amy’s too cute! Can’t wait!
It’s good to be back! Hope you’ve all had a fine Holiday! I’m typing from my new and unfortunately, not improved at all MacBook. The hard drive on my trusty old one totally bit the dust and we’re still trying to recover anything possible from its dead and dusty inner workings- why, oh WHY don’t I back up my stuff more often? ARGH! But I digress!
Just wanted to share the cutest Tweet EVER that I was sent over the holidays! I so love being able to connect real fashionphiles with the bags they love! And this is just the epitome of what I’m talking about. I woke up one fine morning to this lovely tweet from Danny (you can follow him at Danny_Dior):
I asked if I could share it all with you cause I just love the happy look on his face! I can SOOOO relate! And I love his little rasta graphics!
Thank YOU Danny, and thank you all for making 2009 such a great one! We’re going to work as hard as we can to make 2010 bigger and better! Look forward to an update on what exactly that means
France takes the whole counterfeit thing seriously. They seem to really “get” the harm that this under-market causes not only brands that are being faked- but society in general.
As part of a general effort to protect intellectual property and regulate what goes on in the web…. French lawmakers have come up with a Charter to help cooperation between all of the various companies who have interest and control in keeping fakes off the web. The charter is being called “a statement of best practices” and would standardize the way that companies (luxury labels, cosmetics, apparel, pharmaceutical and other companies that are regular victims of counterfeiting) cooperate with the e-commerce platform sites in their efforts to get rid of the fakes.
It’s not only the counterfeiting companies that get busted in France. They don’t take kindly to the buyers and users of fakes period. In fact, France just passed legislation that totally denies internet access to consumers caught illegally downloading movies and music.
They’re so headed in the right direction here. But until people stop wanting fakes in the first place- counterfeiters will keep finding a way to make and sell them. Until the masses “get” how uncool fakes are- it’s going to be a constant battle to shut them down…
For the grand opening of the Macao flagship store, Louis Vuitton came up with some really exclusive, special pieces. Macao is a a mecca for gaming in the East… so they started out with a no holds barred luxury custom monogram Louis Vuitton Casino Trunk. You know how I feel about custom trunks! I’m no gambler- but this is pretty amazing!
