The Best New Places to Shop Online

Photo courtesy the store that will ruin my budget: Massimo Dutti

It's nice to be able to shop from the comfort of our couches, especially once the snow starts to fly, and it just so happens that online shopping got 100 times better for Canadians this year. This year’s crop of new online shops makes pointing, clicking and buying waaay too easy - not that I'm complaining....

Read on for 16 of my favourite new online shops...

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Gilt.com's Exclusive Canadian Sale is Now Live

Photo courtesy GILT

I was lucky to be invited to an intimate breakfast at Soho House yesterday, hosted by Tracey Lomrantz Lester, editorial director of Gilt.com.  Tracey was in from NY to talk fashion and to tell us all about Gilt's first ever sale exclusive to its Canadian members. The sale, aptly named 'Canada's Most Coveted' just launched at noon today and is based  on the brands and categories that Canadians shop most, including (not surprisingly) a heavy rotation of fall boots, cozy sweaters and luxe outerwear. Gilt has also included some top Canadian designers in the mix like Mackage, Soia & Kyo and Pink Tartan, all being offered at steep discounts for this exclusive event. To access the sale, visit www.gilt.com/canada now. Sale ends in 1 day and 22 hours (and counting...)

Happy shopping and thanks Gilt for showing Canada some love!

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Our breakfast at Soho House with Tracey Lomrantz Lester, editorial director of Gilt.com.

11 Sites that Click with Canadians

Not-so-newly-minted fashion mavens Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen of StyleMint - photo courtesy BeachMint.com

Being a work-from-home mom who lives in a peaceful little town has its benefits:  a bucolic setting in which to raise my kids, no traffic jams, lower prices and even lower stress.  Still, for someone who loves fashion, being in the middle of nowhere brings with it one rather major problem:  no shopping.  Luckily, I've joined the online shopping bandwagon and regularly enjoy waiting for the Purolator man to drive up my driveway with a little bundle of joy.  Oh and when he arrives, you have never seen such delight, such unadulterated pleasure, such pure joy (on my part, not the Purolator dude's) because I know I've usually scored a crazy deal on something truly covetable.  I'm currently on a strict budget so Net-a-Porter will have to wait, but be sure to check out my list of top 11 great online shopping sites that deliver to Canada.   I often romanticize eras past but thanks to the miracle of online shopping, these, my friends, are the good old days.  

For the full list of sites worth shopping (including brand-new-to-Canada BeachMint), check out my article on iVillage.ca.  Happy clicking!