The Wishlist Method

Now that spring is officially over, we can finally talk about Selkie's spring release.

I used to do regular "Shopping List" posts about all the things I adored from various shops.  But, as life has gotten busier over the past few years, I haven't had as much time for wish lists and window shopping.  Above you will see a photo collage of most of the dresses on my spring wish list from Selkie's Out of the Tower collection.  As much as I really wanted to release my Spring wish list as soon as Selkie showcased their new prints and styles at NY Fashion Week last year, I also didn't want the extra competition.  Is that silly?  Not if you saw how fast some things went in the spring drops.

Maybe it is silly, but if you've ever shopped one of these Selkie drops you'll know that they tend to sell out in minutes and the less people know about what to look for the more chance you have of getting what you want.  It also helps if you sacrifice having a life to wait by your phone, constantly checking Instagram, e-mail, and fan boards to see when these drops will happen and then jump in the buying frenzy to get the dress you want.  It helps, but it is by no means a guarantee.

It's safe to say that while I have been somewhat disillusioned by Selkie, I was smitten with Spring '22 collection.  More than anything else about the brand, I appreciated the fact that they did a drop sheet of what to expect from the collection  so that I had about six months to save up for what I really wanted.  While they didn't include everything and still as yet have not released the full collection, I used the time to whittle down my sizeable list and have managed to use the money I saved to buy everything I wanted or a close proximity if the original was not within my budget.

Selkie has their faults, every company does, but thanks to this one little thing of giving customers a heads-up of what's on the way saved me the agony of having to miss out because I couldn't afford the spring collection.  Instead I had months of agony waiting and dreaming, but more importantly working hard and saving so that when the opportunity arose I could buy whatever I wanted.

While I didn't buy the Da Vinci Dress, because I just didn't love it as much as some of the others, I did find a very nice dupe that has sufficiently satisfied my appetite for the dress and I am excited to share a review of this dress with you as soon as it arrives, which based on shipping speed over the past month or so will likely be in July. 

This has been such a huge project compiling my wish list, saving my money, and then finding and acquiring these spring dresses, but I am so happy with each and every one of them that I felt like this whole undertaking needed a separate post as we finally close the door on this collection just for the proper closure and adieu.  Now let's move on to talk about other things besides Selkie all the time!

Shopping Info: Pretty puff dupe at Aliexpress for $35