Be sure to check them all out!  Again- if you missed the announcement.  Every single one of the auctions that we posted last Monday night began at 99¢ and we let them go without a reserve.  That means, they all start at 99¢ and will sell to the highest bidder for whatever amount you want to pay.  It’s perfect for Christmas shopping in these turbulent economic times!

We’re going to do one of these at least twice a year- but you may not see another for another 6 months.  Some of our loyal buyers are going to end up with bags at ending prices that are literally hundreds of dollars less than we’d normally hold out for.

*** Don’t worry- while the new eBay listings that we post tonight won’t be No Reserve, they will still ship for free!  The amazing things we sell on our main website, www.fashionphile.com will always ship free- but we’re watching eBay to see how long to run the limited promotion.

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**READ ON FOR INFO ABOUT OUR HUGE SALE THIS WEEK**

Christmas is around the corner, and the economy is down the tubes!  But that doesn’t mean that you can’t get that fabulous authentic Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Hermes, Marc Jacobs (etc. etc.) handbag you’ve had your eye on!

This week only, we have posted ALL of our eBay auctions this week as 99¢ NO reserve auctions.  We start them out and then just let them go.  We got a few of our regular consignors to agree to the sale- and the rest are things that we’ve purchased outright.  I’m feeling a little nostalgic, because those of you who have been with me for years, know that we only started using reserves a few years ago.  We were ALL no reserves for years before that!

Like the authentic pre-owned Louis Vuitton Richard Prince Graduate jokes bag pictured above?  It’s currently up only up to $721 on eBay- no reserve.  Naturally, we hope it goes higher- but we’re letting it go for what YOU think it’s worth!

Reuter’s announced yesterday that Recycled (pre-owned) is the way to go in a down economy… and we couldn’t agree more!   Don’t miss our auctions this week.

Click on any of the images below for a sneak preview.  All listed at huge bargains, with no reserve!

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OK… I wish I’d have been there when she showed up!  Glad I at least got a picture.  How cute is she?

This is Karen from right here in LA.  She won the brand spanking new Louis Vuitton Neverfull PM that we gave away in our drawing last week!  She just came by the office today to pick it up.  I just love this picture!

Congratulations!

For those of you who didn’t win- don’t worry!  We had so much fun with this one, we’re doing more giveaways soon!

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Just a note- we’re at Women’s Conference in Longbeach today.  So please, stop on by the exhibition floor and say hi!  Enter to win a free Louis Vuitton Monogram Neverfull PM from us!  (Be sure to sign up online, if you can’t make the Conference).

This is such an amazing event, with powerful speakers all day!  Don’t miss:

Maria Schriver–Arnold Schwarzeneger–Madeleine Albright–Bono–Campbell Brown–Warren Buffett!!!–Diahann Carroll–Jamie Lee Curtis–Sally Field–Michael J. Fox–Heidi Klum–Jennifer Lopez–Chris Matthews–Jenny McCarthy–Condoleeza Rice!!!–Gloria Steinem–Rachel Ray…

and so many more.  It’s amazing!  Come!

P.S.  Our FASHIONPHILE website is still of course still open for business… and our eBay auctions will post tonite.  We didn’t want to have auctions up, while so many of us are down at the Convention- and unable to get emails answered etc.

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I thought this was an interesting article from Marketing Daily on Louis Vuitton’s marketing and particularly their online focus in the last couple years.

Quote from Heather Vandenberghe, Louis Vuitton’s vice president of marketing:

 “Sixty percent of people who visit our Web site are going into the store after doing their research online. They walk in and know what they want. Our average purchase has gone up since the Web site [launched].”

Ironically, I’d say over 95% of the folks who buy from our “store”, also research online at LouisVuitton.com.

Picture Credit: animalnewyork.com

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Well, exciting times at Fashionphile!  My sister and brother in law- Emily and Ben (if you’ve ever emailed us or consigned through us- you know them- my business partners) welcomed little baby (fill in the blank… they haven’t got a name yet but are open to suggestions if you’ve got a good one beginning in the letter “B”!) into the world yesterday afternoon.

Emily’s doing great and baby is healthy and happy, so all’s well!

In the mean time, the rest of us have got to step it up as Emily does a ton around here!!!  I’m just hoping she’ll pull a Palin and will be back in the office in 3 days! (Kidding Emily!)

Anyway, I thought it would be fun to do a “Little Boy Blue” sale for all of my blog and newsletter readers in honor of the new addition to our team!  Buy anything BLUE on our www.fashionphile.com website in the next 10 days, and get a free authentic Louis Vuitton lock and key along with the FREE SHIPPING on your purchase!

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I was interviewed by Lauren Sherman of Forbes for the article that she wrote called, “How to Avoid Online Auction Scams”.  She gives goes over some of the risks of buying luxury goods online- and how to avoid them.

Of course, one of my favorite quotes:

“…if you love luxury goods and appreciate a decent discount, the auctioneer still offers great deals through formidable sellers like Davis. ”

If you’re interested in the article in Forbes today, take a look….

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Did you know that we are just 1.2 miles from the Rodeo Louis Vuitton Boutique?  It’s a straight shot- straight down Rodeo and then we’re right across from the Beverly Hills Hotel.

So, next time you’re down on Rodeo, doing some shopping… why not come on by?  We’re happy to let you take a look at anything we’ve got up- and even to preview stuff that hasn’t made it online yet.  You know we’re always happy to take your consignments, and maybe we can even work out a trade or two!

Just send us an email to let us know when you’ll be in the area, and we’ll make sure that there will be someone there to to meet you!

BTW:  I hadn’t seen Google Street view before- here’s FASHIONPHILE via Google:

And here’s the Rodeo Boutique:

See you soon!

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Poor thing.  Seems that Christina Ricci had a hard time in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin while filming Speed Racer.  Love this quote on her experience there… at least she’s honest!

“I love approval and validation, and, if I can get those by dressing well, I am all over it…  I’m just not a cool hipster. I want to be in a nice pretty area, where there’s a Gucci and Louis Vuitton a block away”

Christina, Christina, Christina!  You don’t have to be a block away from Louis Vuitton to dress well.  We’re open 24/7 from Beverly Hills to Kreuzberg!  In fact… we love the Louis Vuitton Denim Neo Cabby that you’re wearing in the pic above.   You could pick one up for $1860 at Louis Vuitton if there’s a boutique a block away… OR you could buy the absolutely authentic fabulous pre-owned Louis Vuitton Denim Neo Cabby MM from us for only $1295- over $300 off retail!

Let us know if you’re interested!

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Well, here we are! What do you think?

It’s moving day! Yahoo!!!

I’ve been wanting to move my blog to “my place” for a while now… and just finally convinced Jesse (my brother and our web & trunk guy- you may have seen him in our Evolution of Beauty- Louis Vuitton Trunk Style video!) to do it!!!  He’s an industrial designer and wears so many hats around here!!!

So, I hope you’ll sit back, relax and enjoy yourself while you’re here. If you have anything to add, please let me know! I love tips- so if you have anything juicy or interesting Louis Vuitton or luxury purse related- I’d love to blog about it (and give you credit of course!)

Anyway, if you:

1. Love Louis Vuitton like we do-
2. or just fabulous bags in general…
3. Are interested in who’s wearing what and where they’re wearing it-
4. … and don’t mind a bargain on authentic pre-owned Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Balenciaga, Gucci, Marc Jacobs, Hermes (… and so on, you get the idea),

then you’ve come to the right place!!!Take a look around and don’t mind the dust!

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