To Sheinside or not to Sheinside – that is the question!

It’s no secret people receive a lot of ill-fitted poor quality crap from Sheinside. I, personally, have two items from Sheinside hanging in my closet (one of which is still available here) and I’m more than thrilled with what I got. I showed you the dresses in a post here and you agreed – they both looked sensational. So why do so many people receive tons of weird quality stuff? I’ve been toying with the idea of a Sheinside collaboration for a while – you know I have a weakness for pretty clothes and receiving some for free wouldn’t exactly be a bad thing. Then again, the prospect of receiving crappy looking stuff and being forced to photograph it (and probably throw it away after I do) doesn’t sound too appealing. What do you guys think? A part of me feels excited about the challenge of incorporating sponsored pieces in my everyday outfits, the other feels apprehensive…

I think the quality of the goods you receive has a lot to do with knowing what suits your personal body type and kind of foreseeing how bad the garment would look if it was, indeed, of poor quality. Some products come with product photos taken by bloggers and I guess you could judge the garment by the consistency in the photos attached. If most people look good in it, maybe you will, too? The above items are all items I would have high hopes for – maybe except for the boots. I think they look smashing and if I had a 100% guarantee that they’d arrive looking exactly as they do in the product photos, I’d order them in a heartbeat. They are, however, a teensy bit too expensive just to experiment and there are no blogger photos attached, either. Sooo I’ll just keep on wishing then, I guess. 😀

Secondly: why haven’t I ever seen anyone order jeans off Sheinside? Both these pairs (#5 is available here and #6 can be found here) appear to look just as good on photos of real people actually wearing them AND they’re not overpriced at all. So why does everyone still order ill-fitted dresses when they could just be getting cool-ass blue jeans?

The main reason I’m considering a Sheinside collaboration is their wide variety of chiffon blouses. If I could choose one single garment to wear for the rest of my life (and maxi dresses weren’t available), I’d pick a pastel wrap cut chiffon blouse and run around without any pants on for the rest of eternity. 😀 The perfect chiffon blouse is made of lots of heavier kind of fabric – if they’re too light and see-through, they look cheap and have an awful fit. The ones in my collage both come with fabulous blogger photos so I’d have very high hopes for these two. The first one would be perfect with ripped blue jeans or white dress pants (and imagine the latter outfit combo topped with the tassled plaid scarf – it would be perfect), the second one would go great with either black skinny jeans or some seriously slim fit leather pants.

So, what do you guys think – to experiment or not to experiment?

Osaliselt usun, et saadud asjade kvaliteet sõltub palju omaenda kehatüübi tundmisest ja pisut ka oskuslikust ostlemisest ning ettenägelikkusest – kui halb ja niru saab see konkreetne riideese välja näha, kui ta ongi juhtumisi nigela kvaliteediga? Mõned tooted tulevad ju koos blogijate poolt tehtud piltidega ja nende järgi on tõenäoliselt võimalik adekvaatselt hinnata, kas asi on tellimist väärt või ei. Kui see paljude teiste seljas hea välja näeb – äkki sobib see ka mulle? Pildilolevad asjad on kõik sellised, mille osas minu lootused kõrged oleksid – kui need imekaunid saapad välja arvata. Need on minu meelest imeilusad ja kui mul oleks 100% garantii, et need saabuvad täpselt samasugustena, nagu tootepildil, telliksin nad silmapilkselt. Selleks, et lihtsalt ehku peale riskida on nad aga selgelt liiga kallid ja ka „pärispilte“ pole nende juurde lisatud… aga unistada ju võib. 😀

Teiseks: miks ei ole ma kunagi näinud kedagi Sheinside’ist teksapükse tellimas? Mõlemad need teksapaarid (#5 leiate siit ja #6 on siin) näevad „pärisinimeste“ seljas täpselt sama head välja nagu tootepiltidel ja need pole sugugi ülehinnatud (pigem vastupidi). Niisiis: miks keegi endale koledate kleidikeste asemel harilikke ilusaid siniseid teksapükse ei telli?

Peamine põhjus, miks mulle mõte Sheinside’ist tellimisest meeldib, on nende lai valik šiffoonpluuse. Kui ma oleksin sunnitud valima üheainsa riideeseme, mida elu lõpuni kanda (ja maksikleidid oleksid keelatud), valiksin pastelse hõlmiklõikega šiffoonpluusi ja jookseksin igavesti püksata ringi. 😀 Ideaalne šiffoonpluus on tehtud rohkest „raskest“ kangast – kui pluus on liiga läbipaistev, lühike ja kerge, näeb ta odav välja ja istub seljas kohutavalt. Need, mille ma oma kollaažile lisasin, tulevad koos väga ilusate „pärispiltidega“, nii et mu ootused oleksid nende osas väga kõrged. Esimene näeks kulutatud siniste teksade või valgete viigipükstega (ja kui viimasele kombole lisada veel see imeilus tupsudega sall – oooooeehhh….) ja teise juurde paneksin jalga mustad kitsad teksad või tõsiselt liibuvad nahkpüksid.

Niisiis, sõbrad – eksperimenteerida või mitte eksperimenteerida?