Hello! I am a long time stalker of TPBF and decided that, even in the midst of some pretty dodgy posts and new members, I needed to share my Italist experience.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not dodgy!
I was actually recommended to the Italist from this forum. I had never heard of them before and I was looking for rockstuds which I actually ended up buying from Far Fetch, as Italist didn't have my size.
Fast forward to a couple of weeks ago when I was looking for the Gucci Peyton Loafers. Italist actually had the slingbacks, in my size, last pair left and for AUD300. I couldn't believe it. I thought, why not just buy them and if they turn out to be fakes then it's not that much of a crazy cost (sort of).
Although, feedback on this forum seems to be pretty good; they seem to sell authentic items. Their social media channels and a general google search didn't come up with anything too alarming so I thought I'd bite the bullet and go for it.
Initially, it took about a day for a response to come back to me that my order was confirmed. Then it took another two days to get the shipping notification out to me. With DHL, it was delivered to my Perth office in 3 days which was great.
When I opened the box, I expected to see the normal Gucci shoe box, but instead was the new one I keep seeing everywhere. I'm not very educated on Gucci shoe boxes, but this threw me off a little bit at first. The other thing I wasn't happy with was that the top of the box was very grubby, like it had been stacked under a lot of other boxes. That was a bit sad.
When I opened the box, the shoes were packed well. I did a very close inspection of both shoes, the serial numbers were in order and in the right place. The stitching was exactly like the real ones and very straight. The soles were leather. They seemed pretty real to me, but I couldn't get over the box. That was until I did a lot of googling and did find that yes, the new box with the white face and black border seems to be the norm so that put me at ease.
Before that, I did message them over the state of the box. They came back to me very apologetic and with a discount coupon.
I saw this article not long after I purchased: http://sg.asiatatler.com/fashion-be...ele-giovine-italist-s-co-founder-and-chairman
It actually has a picture of them in their office which reassured me that it's a real business, with real people working behind the scenes.
This is also another great article about their business model: http://www.racked.com/2016/5/3/11503316/italist-italian-boutiques-online-discount
I know for sure the loafers I have are authentic, I just have no idea how I was able to buy them at such a cheap price! I'm very happy with my purchase, and with Italist's service. I would actually shop there again.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not dodgy!
I was actually recommended to the Italist from this forum. I had never heard of them before and I was looking for rockstuds which I actually ended up buying from Far Fetch, as Italist didn't have my size.
Fast forward to a couple of weeks ago when I was looking for the Gucci Peyton Loafers. Italist actually had the slingbacks, in my size, last pair left and for AUD300. I couldn't believe it. I thought, why not just buy them and if they turn out to be fakes then it's not that much of a crazy cost (sort of).
Although, feedback on this forum seems to be pretty good; they seem to sell authentic items. Their social media channels and a general google search didn't come up with anything too alarming so I thought I'd bite the bullet and go for it.
Initially, it took about a day for a response to come back to me that my order was confirmed. Then it took another two days to get the shipping notification out to me. With DHL, it was delivered to my Perth office in 3 days which was great.
When I opened the box, I expected to see the normal Gucci shoe box, but instead was the new one I keep seeing everywhere. I'm not very educated on Gucci shoe boxes, but this threw me off a little bit at first. The other thing I wasn't happy with was that the top of the box was very grubby, like it had been stacked under a lot of other boxes. That was a bit sad.
When I opened the box, the shoes were packed well. I did a very close inspection of both shoes, the serial numbers were in order and in the right place. The stitching was exactly like the real ones and very straight. The soles were leather. They seemed pretty real to me, but I couldn't get over the box. That was until I did a lot of googling and did find that yes, the new box with the white face and black border seems to be the norm so that put me at ease.
Before that, I did message them over the state of the box. They came back to me very apologetic and with a discount coupon.
I saw this article not long after I purchased: http://sg.asiatatler.com/fashion-be...ele-giovine-italist-s-co-founder-and-chairman
It actually has a picture of them in their office which reassured me that it's a real business, with real people working behind the scenes.
This is also another great article about their business model: http://www.racked.com/2016/5/3/11503316/italist-italian-boutiques-online-discount
I know for sure the loafers I have are authentic, I just have no idea how I was able to buy them at such a cheap price! I'm very happy with my purchase, and with Italist's service. I would actually shop there again.