Giverny by Selkie

Selkie's Monet inspired Giverny collection is now available!

 

Selkie's Valentine's Drop

Selkie's Valentine's Drop is here!  Hurry!  Use any of these codes to save 10%  (these are affiliate codes and none of them are mine)

NATALDEE

Julia

Trisha

Sam

Emilee

VYVY 

FYI: this is the one that stole my heart and emptied my bank account. No regrets!

 

The Rose & Crown Launch is Today!

The second part of Selkie's Fall 2022 collection aptly titled The Rose & Crown is launching today at 2 p.m. Pacific Standard Time.  I'm posting the drop sheets of what's in this second launch for everyone like me who needs to decide in advance what they're looking for.   The Real gem in this crown is the unicorn print in my opinion, but there are quite a few lovelies besides that.  (I've heard that soft corset in all prints is running small, so check your measurements before ordering!)  Personally I'm loving the Green Gables Day Dress and that Crimson Beach Day Dress just below Best of luck everyone and Happy hunting!

Highland Fling

Selkie's Autumn collection has just dropped (drop one of two or three?) and like all Selkie lovers I've been anxiously waiting for weeks, watching the live show at NYFW, the live fall preview on Instagram, and checking Selkie's Instagram posts for further teasers to see what was on the way for fall and spring.  Yes, something about Selkie makes me and many like me become obsessed.  I started out as a Selkie naysayer, just go back and read my early posts and you'll see, but since then I've become a pretty big fan of pretty much anything they release in cotton.  

As much as I see people talk about size inclusivity, they're mostly talking about larger sizes.  Well, people like myself who are under represented on the other end of the size chart and are just as smitten that we finally have pretty clothes that actually fit us with little to no alterations and we're willing to pay a little more for it. Add to that the fact that these prints are so unique and heavenly and all of us Selkie Lovers from XXS to 6X get hooked, beyond hooked, we're obsessed and loving it.

So, when Selkie announced they'd be doing several drops of the fall collection, I cleared my schedule and prepared to have multiple days spent watching and waiting for each piece on my wishlist, something along the lines of the spring drop.  On Friday 21st October, I sat at my computer, one finger on the refresh button, credit card in the other hand, waiting for what was sure to be the first of several tense, frenzied shopping experiences as I vied for my favorites.  

Instead, I bought The Unicorn Defends Romantic Dress and Porcelain Garden Party Dress from IvorySheep and the Love Letter Beach Day Dress from Selkie, done and done in less that ten minutes.  I've got everything from my list and I can now sit back and wait for my orders to arrive as I plan the photo shoots that will most certainly accompany them.  A video review will be posted to Youtube as well.  At the moment, however, I'm content that my shopping is done and my wishlist is complete.....for now.

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