Champagne & Lemonade

Wednesday, August 01, 2012

With 70% of women in the UK owning at least one designer piece and 82% aspiring to own more, it is clear that despite the recession, the luxury goods industry continues to thrive.

Luxury online fashion dealer Champagne & Lemonade serves an increasingly popular area of the high fashion scene - pre-loved designer goods. The site offers clients looking to offload their collections as well as purchase "style steals" an alternative shopping experience that is simple, straightforward and luxurious.

For those looking to sell, Champagne & Lemonade is the perfect platform to submit their designer collections with ease. Once Champagne & Lemonade commits to taking designer pieces, the team takes care of everything. A courier collects the items, a price structure is agreed with the client before the pieces are dry-cleaned, professionally photographed and merchandised on the website. Whilst in their care Champagne & Lemonade store items carefully in their secure premises and once sold take a low 30% fee.

For those shopping, Champagne & Lemonade offers both pre-loved items and new pieces that are sold within the ‘Never Once Worn’ section of the site. Fashion lovers have the opportunity to pick up fabulous items that they might not have been able to buy otherwise. With 83% of shoppers concerned about the authenticity of pieces from auction sites, shoppers at this online boutique can purchase confidently in the knowledge that authenticity is guaranteed. Once purchased, all goods are wrapped in Champagne & Lemonade's luxury packaging and delivered by courier with the offer of free returns.

Isabelle Hartley-Nias, Managing Director at Champagne & Lemonade who founded the company in 2011 said:

“I realized that there was a market for Champagne & Lemonade when I was clearing out my wardrobe last year and noticed that there were a number of designer items that I no longer wore. Apart from the fact that they were taking up space I thought that someone else would make use of them and so Champagne & Lemonade was born! We have worked hard to create a site that people will want to shop at and pride ourselves on offering a powerful global service for both buyers and sellers within the luxury market.”

With large collections being cataloged regularly, sellers will find new homes for their pieces swiftly and buyers are bound to find the timeless items they have been longing for at prices they can afford.