If you're into luxury fashion and aren't yet familiar with Italist, prepare to be blown away. It's a Los Angeles–based company that sells all the best designer brands at Italian retail prices. For us here in the U.S., that means an average of 30 to 40% off. On top of these organic discounts, the site offers free shipping on every order. It's a beautiful business model that customers greatly benefit from. Needless to say, it's one of my favorite secret sources for brands such as Prada, Miu Miu, Toteme, and Bottega Veneta.
While scrolling through the Italist new arrivals recently, I was shocked by how many hard-to-find current-season items I came across for so much less than the U.S. retail price. It also gave me an idea what's trending straight from the source. Italist CEO Diego Abba filled me in on the brands and types of items that are quickly rising in popularity. He said, "As you know, Italist carries over 2500 brands, so we see what's trending each season. For example, since last summer, brands like Alaïa, Khaite, La DoubleJ, and Zimmermann increased the most in terms of overall revenue ranking." As far as shopping habits of Italist customers go, he said, "It items from both niche designers and classic luxury brands, flats, sandals, dresses, tote bags, and chic eyewear have dominated the market." To shop some of these trending items for yourself, keep scrolling for the best designer finds from the current season, and feel free to google the items to see how much cheaper they are on Italist.com.
Dua Lipa just wore this buzzy bag.
These eternal It shades are nearly $200 cheaper than everywhere else.
Driving loafers are the flat-shoe trend to own right now.
The most beautiful bag.
These are the prettiest mesh flats on the internet.
This is worthy of a splurge.
These sandals retain their popularity year after year.
The shorts you'll wear all summer long.
Bottega's take on the Mary Jane trend is so good.
The new Prada raffia bag everyone is clamoring for.
The most elegant way to wear the Gucci logo.
This It bag is really hard to get your hands on right now.
I could see myself reaching for these every day during the summer.
These would make me put all of my other sunglasses on the back burner.
My mind is regularly blown by all of the good Prada at Italist.
If you don't like getting compliments, don't order these.
I just remember how badly I wanted this when it came out last winter.
I'm obsessed with this brown suede version of everyone's favorite belt.
The perfect little summer bag.
Alaïa flats are the coolest and most comfortable shoes on the market.
The list of Prada bags I want keeps getting longer.
Snag these before fall arrives.
I would absolutely wear this as a bodysuit too.
This is one of my favorite raffia bags of the season.
No basic ballet flats here.
Khaite makes a lot of great bags, but this one is my current favorite.
Last but not least, here are the fanciest of flip-flops.
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