BuyTrends?

A few days ago, I was going through google reader and checking out the blogs I follow when I stumbled across one bloggers recommendation of BuyTrends. I went to check it out and the next thing I knew Justin had confiscated my computer and was looking at the website for himself!

The truth of the matter was that BuyTrends has cute Korean style clothing at very good prices (assuming of course that the clothing is in good quality condition and made well). I fell in love with Korean style clothing when I came across Liz Lisa clothing, which is very expensive and hard to obtain in the US (even on ebay!).

Justin said I could order a few things using paypal from the BuyTrends website just to check them out and share with my readers what I thought about the experience. While the clothes I have ordered have not come in yet, let me share my experience so far.

First of all, if you are looking for cute clothes at good prices, BuyTrends seems to be a great place to shop! Here are a few things that caught my eye:

Ladylike Two Pieces Set Short Cardigan jacket Coat
with Sleeveless Chiffon Floral Dress Purple

Elegant Stylish Long Sleeve Chiffon Dress

Bohemian Chiffon Lace Flower Maxi Skirt with Belt

As you can see, the clothing looks nice and very feminine. If you check out the prices, you will quickly realize that the prices are very similar to other cheaper US stores like Forever 21 or Wet Seal. However, in my experience, the clothing quality is not amazing, and I often either wear out the items I buy from those stores faster than I would like... or the style of clothing comes out of fashion and I decide the clothing item looks awful on me within a year. I'm hoping this will not be the case with BuyTrends, however, past experience indicates that you get what you pay for. Low price often equates to low quality.

I'm also a little bit concerned with the "free size" that almost all of the clothes at BuyTrends comes in. I'm use to, at the minimum, small, medium, and large sizing. I'm afraid the clothing will be too stretchy or not stretchy enough. The Korean models, whether photoshopped or not, all look very small in stature, and, while I'm not a large person, I'm wondering exactly how "free" the sizing really is.

I also don't like that the colors for the items are not mentioned on the website. For example, the elegant, stylish, long chiffon dress comes in apricot and white. With the white balance for the image being slightly off (I'm assuming), the dress looks more pink than white, so I had no idea if the dress shown was the white version or maybe if, when the site says apricot, they mean a slight apricot hue. The only indication of color mentioned is that 'color may not be as it appears due to discrepancies on computer monitors'. Helpful, yes?

Finally, the last concern for me was the misspellings on the website and lack of blogger reviews. I understand if this is a new site (which I think it is),  they may have a few kinks to work out. This is why I was grateful for the opportunity to order using paypal. I like the guarantee that I can get my money back if the items do not arrive as mentioned or if customer service gives me a hard time.

The shipping was a bit expensive costing $13 for 3 items taking my total above what I originally wanted to spend. (Also, the coupon they offer for you to sign up only works if you spend $99 or more which is not exactly what a new customer wants to do!)

At the moment, I can only recommend checking out BuyTrends if you like cute, Korean-style, feminine-looking clothing. I will definitely come back and let you know how the actual purchasing experience went and tell you more about the quality of clothing once I receive my items in the mail. :)

See Follow-Up here. This is where I finally received one of the items I bought.