Curious about Amazon Prime Wardrobe, their new try-before-you-buy shopping option? Kate just tried it, so I asked her to write about her shopping experience for us… – Kat Now that Amazon is expanding its try-before-you-buy feature to more customers, we thought it’d be a great time to share a review of Amazon Prime Wardrobe. Last … Read More about A Review of Amazon Prime Wardrobe
The Best Online Glasses Stores for Women
A reader wrote in the other day asking me to update our post on how to buy eyeglasses online — I’m still buying them (a pair or three every two years, approximately), so I thought we’d talk about the best online glasses stores for women because finding cute eyeglasses for women — online — can … Read More about The Best Online Glasses Stores for Women
Returning Items Bought Online
I sometimes like to ask myself, what are my core competencies? What am I really good at — an expert in? Ladies, you’re in luck: I am an expert at returning items bought online. (I’m maybe a bit of a shopping bulimic, and while I’m not proud of this, it’s just kind of where I am … Read More about Returning Items Bought Online
Online Shopping Apps for Busy Women: Save Money, Get Deals, Keep Track of What You Want
We’ve talked about some of my favorite online shopping tools before, but not in a while — and a lot of the older ones have gone belly up, so let’s discuss the best of today’s online shopping apps. Ladies, what are your favorite tools these days? These are the ones I use: Covvet: This takes the place of the dearly … Read More about Online Shopping Apps for Busy Women: Save Money, Get Deals, Keep Track of What You Want
Online Shopping: Who? Where? Why?
I do a lot of online shopping. Like, a lot. It probably isn’t healthy that my first instinct is to buy something online rather than try to schedule a trip to a store. I got in the habit when I was working such long hours at the law firm that — aside from local lunch-hour … Read More about Online Shopping: Who? Where? Why?
Open Thread: The Best Sample Sale Sites (and Best Purchases)…
2017 Update: This is still a fun discussion on the best sample sale sites as they existed in 2011 — but you may want to check out our more recent discussion of which flash sale sites are still worth checking out (and what to buy) in 2017. Fashion websites were excited last week about the … Read More about Open Thread: The Best Sample Sale Sites (and Best Purchases)…
Internet Shopping and Tea Leaves
As an avid Internet shopper, I thought I’d share some of my top tips for deal-hunting with you. There are a number of clues that an Internet shopper can use to detect how the garment fits, how it looks, and so forth. I have my own theories, collected from years as a shopping civilian, as … Read More about Internet Shopping and Tea Leaves
How to Get Great Deals on Workwear: 10 Online Shopping Tips
Here’s my confession/boast: almost everything I own was bought on sale. My favorite sweater jacket? Tried it on at Bergdorf’s when it cost $430, snapped it up at a winter sale a few months later for $150; then loved it so much I bought another one on HauteLook for $125. I’ve gotten pants from Banana … Read More about How to Get Great Deals on Workwear: 10 Online Shopping Tips