I remember as a young girl, staring into the windows of shops and letting myself be drawn into the world of the window display; the classic little black dresses of Chanel, the uniqueness of Alexander McQueen and the stunning yet still elegant shoes and handbags of Jimmy Choo. My Mum and I always said that if we had more money we’d spend it solely on Jimmy Choo, Chanel and possibly Prada. But now there are so many fakes of every designer you could possibly think of, and some of them are very real looking, why should people still feel the need to spend so much money when they can spend barely anything?

Maybe it’s the shopping experience; entering the shop knowing that even though the shop assistants might be giving you dirty looks that you can afford to buy a bag, dress, pair of shoes, the VIP treatment you receive, the touch, smell, look of the item, the perfectly packaged tissue paper and silk satin ribbon and the feeling of leaving the shop swinging that famous logoed bag by your side. However, I decided to do it the easier way when I randomly received a free amount of money after my flights to Dubai were ‘messed’ up (they weren’t but no matter how many times I tried to tell them it just wouldn’t go through). Online shopping. With it comes fastness and easiness but it loses the whole shopping experience that my friend pointed out is the main point of designer shopping. Open Firefox, Google, Jimmy Choo, Search, and Click and enter into an online word of beauty and fashion at some of its best.

I have always been a fan of Jimmy Choo, starting with my 18th birthday when I desperately wanted a pair of very high pink leopard print shoes that I saw every time I passed the shop window, I thought it was fate, a relationship meant to last forever, but in the end I decided to go with several items from TopShop over a pair of shoes I would probably only keep for show. My second experience with Jimmy Choo was a little different seeing as I am a sucker for sales, well if I’m going to start confessing all my sins I’m probably a shopaholic but that’s a story for another day. Moving on, as soon as I clicked on sale items I knew that was it as I saw items marked down to affordable prices with some having massive drops from their original prices. As I scrolled down the page in wonder I saw it! Yes it, the Jimmy Choo that I was meant to have a life long relationship with, fate had definitely spoken for me and the limited edition 25% of the profit going to the Elton John Aids foundation Pep Zulu wallet/clutch bag. I instantly fell in love with the union jack in the corner, the studs, the rock ‘n’ roll badges on the back, the shininess – it was everything I could possibly want in a little bag and more.

I’ve always been a fan of bags and own an awful lot including a Swarovski crystal environmentally friendly bag made out of old car parts and recycled objects decorated in champagne glasses with the quote ‘I get a kick out of champagne’ scrawled across it, a Paparazzi clutch which is meant to look like it is made out of the front page of a rolled up magazine, a numerous assortment of Guess bags, a massive leopard print River Island clutch that will fit everything and anything in it are among the favourites. Now I cannot wait to add my latest edition when it arrives, although I think I’ll be keeping this one for special occasions only!





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