Love at First Sight: 6th January 2010; Tries: Success Only On the 7th; In My Possession: 2nd August 2010
Apologies for another outdated post. I had only found time to write about it in September and when I finally did take pictures of it some weeks later, I had to wait for my iMac to arrive before I could upload the picture here. Hence…
The year has been going rather insanely for me despite only standing at the beginning of September. Amidst all those emotional upheavals, I seek solace in hunting down IT-BAG of 2010 – the Mulberry Alexa. Named after It-Girl Alexa Chung, English model and TV presenter, it looks set to becoming a classic like the Chanel’s Classic Flap, Chanel’s 2.55, Balenciaga’s Motorcycle where year in year out, the style remains constant and in demand but the variety of colours increases.
Since seeing it on 6th January 2010 and knowing that it will be released on the 12th January 2010, I hurriedly seek the help of my in-London friends. They weren’t able to secure me because it flew off the shelf immediate on the 12th. Crazy hur. I was put on the waiting list.
I got to know of a bag concierge who could only put me on the same waiting list. She only got confirmation of the bag after she left the UK which meant I have to pay the shipping and GST charges incurred by the SG customs atop the service charges the concierge charge, exchange rate and credit card commission. No way am I paying so much third party charges to get a bag.
I’d have gotten the bag earlier through the bestie who was in HK and kindly called me to tell me that she had it in front of her. However, because I couldn’t confirm if my in-London friends actually got it (considering that I was on the same wait list twice and being lower on the list was informed that I have the bag its only logical that being higher on the list, I should have the bag too), to be on the safe side, I told her not to get it. I really didn’t want to get 2 exact same bags. Turned out, my in-London friends didn’t get any news about me getting a bag despite being on the wait list.
I panicked cause when I approached my HK friends to help (the bestie has returned home by that time of course), they told me the bag is sold out. Upset max.
I emailed Mulberry UK and they told me they no longer have it online but still have them in store so I made long distance calls to Mulberry UK. Yes I know I should be instituted for being a bagaholic.
First call I made, they told me that my transaction was rejected. I asked for the bag to be put on hold. 24 hours was the dateline. Crap. I learnt that the boutiques can only ship locally (in UK) and that the shipping and billing address has to be the same! I panicked further. I have friends in UK I can ship to no problems at all but the UK debit card I was using had my Singapore address. I was willing to transfer British pounds to them for them to get it for me. Turned out none of them are willing so I risked it and changed my debit card address to my friend’s address. If you wondered how I did it, it was simply because I was still holding onto my UK debit card.
When I called a second time, whilst worried that as time ticks away, I’d be incurring huge phone bills, I was keeping my fingers crossed that the transaction could go through this time. ITS GONE THROUGH! OMG! I SCREAMED. The lady on the other side of the phone could sense my jubilance. She told me: it is really a nice bag. I couldn’t stop giving thanks to her. ITS FINALLY MINE. ALL MINE! (This probably happened in June)
6 whole months of anxiety, hard work, patient/impatient waiting and perseverance to overcome 6 times of failure indeed paid off. I’d like here to thank Amy, Amy’s friend, Jessica, Vincent for helping out in my dream chasing and especially YL for actually checking that the bag gets delivered and actually hand carrying it back home for me. THANK YOU GUYS.
Now for the moment you guys have been waiting for. My regular Alexa in Ink from the very first Alexa Collection of Mulberry’s 2010 Spring-Summer Collection.
Mulberry Alexa in Ink from Mulberry Spring-Summer 2010
This bag became extra special when she “granted” me a last and definitely unforgettable evening with him before he left.
