Maxshop – things i love

My last post was on the Christmas eve from my memory. Oh boy, I’ve been rather slack. I could have easily told you that I was having a break but I didn’t even bother with that little message. I wasn’t really taking a break as such. I just wasn’t inspired. You may not think blogging takes a lot mentally- well a lot of time it takes but I don’t have to tell you that – but even my regular rant doesn’t come out that easily if I’m not inspired. I’m not terribly inspired today either but I did find something rather refreshing – online clothing shop called Maxshop.

Were you able to catch the Boxing Day sale? I sort of did on the 27th. As you know, it’s been so hot that I couldn’t venture outside for a few days after that. I don’t even have much energy (more on this a little later). It then makes sense to do it at home online. I did spend quite a bit in Ezibuy recently. What you get from Ezibuy isn’t what we’d like to call ‘investment’ pieces (oxymoronic if you ask me but fashionistas love using that term). They are cheap and good enough quality. After a few purchases I realised I was getting lots from a particular brand called Maxshop then I realised that Maxshop has its own site Maxshop. My skilled browsing returned a few purchase worthy items.

There are a few cool things about this site apart from having pieces that are aligned with the kind of aesthetics I love. a) you get to see who’s behind the site – showing the crew members makes the site more human and I have really warm and fuzzy feeling knowing that there are some creative people working on the seemingly corporate (as in professional and sleek) looking website. Let’s say that it doesn’t feel like you’re dealing with a huge company like Target. b) ‘Things I love’ (heart) – you can ‘heart’ each item and the site dynamically places these heart’d items in a strip where you can easily see before placing them in a shopping basket. This isn’t anything new but it’s designed and used well so that it works for users. I love having all I love in one location. That was my inspiration today. Well designed online shopping site.

Just picking up on my lack of energy…I’m a healthy ‘young’ woman who had a bit of difficult year with all kinds of little problems. Broke a rib in June. Bronchitis for three months followed by an infection then I had gastro during our holiday in the Stirling Ranges. I should be fine now. I stopped coughing and I’m not throwing up anymore but I know deep down that something has been out of whack for a long time. That lead us to see a Chinese Herbalist yesterday. You know how it is. When you see a Naturopath she’d tell you all the things that are wrong with you from eating gluten, dairy and all things ‘simple’ while telling you to stick to all things ‘complex’. When you see a Chiropractor she’d tell you that your crooked spine is causing all kinds of problems. And, when you see a Chinese doctor for a seeming innocuous problem , he’d tell you how it’s actually not your stomach causing indigestion and it’s, in fact, your liver that’s not functioning well. In the meantime, you GP would tell you that you’re perfectly healthy. So that’s what happened. I got bags of Chinese herbal concoction which is supposed to bring back my healthy self. I’m having to ‘brew or cook’ the herbs the old way. Kid you not, I had to bring back my childhood memory of how my ancestors used to brew herbs which I remember seeing on TV. I’m telling you, Korean people no longer brew the herbs at home. Even back in the late 80′s Chinese medicine clinics started offering pre-cook’d vacuum sealed sachets that you just have to warm up before drinking. Anyway, this has been an uninteresting digression. Although it’s been rather boring and quiet few weeks I can tell you that some interesting things are happening in the New Year. Skattwalk is happening early next year (as far as I know) and I’ll be collaborating with some young designers for ‘Dressing Songy‘. That’s all I can tell you.

In the meantime, if I don’t get you see you or hear from you Happy New Year and see you next year! Ciao.