HEAVEN AND HELL IN ONE - MEET THE LUXURY PLANNERS!

What's up, folks?

As promissed, I'm back!

This time I'm here to talk about what could well be any filofaxers complete and utter financial decay:

LUXURY PLANNERS!!!

Just wanted to say that if you´ve done your research and thought your average FILO was expensive.... PROCEED WITH CAUTION!

I don´t have the kind of money to foot the bill for one of these, but heck...to dream is to live, right? Who knows, maybe someday I´ll be rich enough to afford them (or will be able to work 72 hours a day to pay for them, whatever comes first).

The first designer brand I fell for was Kate Spade. But, of course I had to fall for the one which you can´t find anywhere and has a price that sky rockets on ebay. Maybe one day the right price will show up, who knows.

Kate Spade, if you don´t already know her, is a really famous designer. Everything she makes is incredible, from shoes, bags and clothes to, of course, her planners! Take a peek!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            -------->   PS: This is my unicorn. Almost had it but of course someone out bid me! :(

Those are just a few of the models Kate Spade offers. The one thing I do have to complain about these planners is that they only come in 2 sizes (someone correct me if I´m wrong). The sizes being: pocket and personal. That means I could never use it to show off  at work. Darn it!

One of the things that draws my attention are the reviews that the paper in these planners get. I´ve seen many people saying the quality is superb and even superior to Filofax paper. Actually, most of the inserts I see around (non-decorated), are just plane BLAH! But getting your inserts all cute and dandy by decorating or making your own design is a matter for future posts.

Another dream planner, simply because there´s no denying the status you get with Louis Vuitton (I´m a capitalist and a consumist, sue me!), would be the LV. So here it is! I think they´re very cute, but not really my design type. The monogram is sooooo yesterday....

There are other designs, but basically that´s the layout: buttoned or zipped.

Ok, so as if hopelessly dreaming with those weren´t enough.... I found out about Gillio planners. They are pretty and everything, but didn´t give me those butterflies in the stomach like the much more down to Earth priced Kate Spade. And believe me, it is very down to Earth when compared, I just don´t have the money for it.

Since we´ve been escalating upwards since the beginning of the post in terms of price, let´s pick it up a notch, shall we?

Ok. Now, take the Mr. Miyagi route.

Don´t get startled! Instructions are pretty easy.

1. Envision a happy place where you´re loaded with money and can buy anything you want.
2. Stay there forever so you don´t land flat on your face when we talk about the prices of the following items

If you´re a cardiac, pop that pill right now, before the jump! (scroll down, you´ll know when you´re at the right place LOL)

Told you to take those meds and think happy thoughts! That photo is nothing next to te frustration of these prices. Stay with me on this one!

www.martemodena.it




Here´s a croc skin planner. Legit too! All you need are $650 USD for this one. A bargain, don´t you think?







I saw one on ebay just now, couldn´t believe the price tag! $1000,00 smackers!



Due to the prices, I hereby declare these planners as banned from my life until a future incarnation.... And that´s that.

Last, but now least, I´d like to talk about a much more realistically priced planner. And the reason I believe it be a luxurious is because of two words that can make a HUGE difference:

                                                          CUSTOMER SERVICE!

For me, that prize goes to the KIKKI K planners.

Each and every planner comes in a cute box, enroled in tissue paper, and is thought out with extreme detail.

On top of that, you get a really nice card thanking you for choosing them!

Just between us - after all we don´t want too many people knowing this great secret - sometimes they even through in FREE PRODUCTS!!!!!

De luxo mesmo pra mim, considero esses dois. Ai que delicia deve ser ter um! Ainda chego la :)

Ia esquecendo de falar sobre a KIKKI K. Essas 2  acima são de designers, outro nível, mas a KIKKI K tb se enquadra no quesito luxo pra mim. Isso porque, são produtos entregues com todo primor. Tudo neles é detalhadamente pensado.







Models, oh the models! Just look and drool! Aren´t they the cutes! Onde of the most colorful and printed too!







Feel like buying one right now (please don´t let my credit card work!!!!!).

This last pic is of one of the most classic models, very coveted after. Guess you can see why, huh?

 So those are my choice for luxury planners. If you have any others you would like to see on the list, please comment and tell me why.


See you next post!

AND NOW A MESSAGE FROM A SPONSOR:

LET´S GO SPEND SOME MONEY ON PLANNERS! #NOT

In case you´re not shy of the prices, here are some links for you. Good shopping!
       
          KIKKI K

          GILLIO

        

          LOUIS VUITTON

          KATE SPADE

           MODENA

           EBAY

See you next post!

FILOFAX IN BRAZIL!

So...a lot of people in Brazil have not yet heard of FILOFAX, or even an agenda/diary system with rings. I think that is SO NOT FAIR! It should be a system supported by the Government, free of cost, used not only to organize the internal aspects of Government itself, but also to help poor citizens like me who can´t even remember where the car keys are if their life depended on it. Just saying!

If you are one of those people who do not yet know the system, I´ll explain. Filofax is an English brand of diaries/planners/organizers which use an anular system of 6 rings and has become a global trademark.

Usually, when you think "global trademark", it translates into "EXPENSIVE", right? Sorry, I´m not gonna dissapoint you there, they are pretty expensive! But, I can bring you relief by telling you that these planners are the créme brulé of the planner world. Carefully made of real leather, they can be used through decades in a constant manner.

That means that the price you first saw as hefty is going to become nothing when you consider it´s something that lasts almost forever! In my calculations (please beware, I am an English teacher and chose the profession to get as far away from math as possible, but this time I think I may have invented the wheel!), it´s extremely worth it!

By the way, they come in many sizes and colors, from an itsy bitsy MINI, up to a wooping A5!

If you´re looking at this picture here on the left and thinking: "Why so many?!", you´re gonna have to buy you´re first to understand that there will never, ever, ever, ever be enough in your life!

It´s true, many people collect these little babies, and believe it or not, 99% of the time, they find use for ALL of them!

They can be used for personal finance control, business meeting, teaching binders, medical professional, teenage diaries (adult diaries too, for that matter), day to day control of your menus and grocery, you name it! The options are endless!

That´s what makes them so practical! Because they have rings and you use perfurated paper, you can buy your inserts, make your own according to your needs, or whatever. The sky is the limit! And this little baby will always be PERSONALIZED! <3<3<3

Well, Filo is English, but there are national offers here in Brazil to be considered. Here in Brazil, there is REDFAX, with HQ in São Paulo. It´s also made of leather, although from what I researched the structure seems to be on the stiffer side, but it does recieve ravaging reviews. In terms of price, it´s similar to most models of Filofax, but a bit on the cheaper side, considering you won´t be paying import taxes, and there is no way it can get lost on an international trip.

OH!!!! Of course, we can´t not talk about COLORS! If it´s colors you´re after, Filofax is UNBEATABLE! There are colors for those who are more business like, and others for people like me who can´t resist a neon (yes, neon, you can die now LOL).

In that aspect, REDFAX is a bit limited. Although they have a few options of color, they´re not that diverse. Here´s an example pic of them!

 What´s really cool about REDFAX is that the ring system is the same as the FILOFAX, 6 rings, and the space in between as well.

            

ONE HUUUUUGE MISTAKE that I found was REDFAX DOES NOT sell the 6 hole punch which we desperatly need! (OMG, right?). That leaves you with the soul option of buying one abroad (sorry!). I tried google for more then a day and could not find a single 6 hole punch available in Brazil! :(

Well, at least my search was not in vain. I found yet another Brazilian planner maker which has the same ring system as Filofax. So there! I can be very efficient! :)

My addicted friend started fearing me when she noticed that in less then 1 day I had gathered more information then she had in a month, plus started making inserts for a future Filofax of my own! LOL

Unfortunately, all I could do was dream about them at that moment, because I was so broke I was breaking my credit cards in half trying to avoid declaring bankrupcy (ok, so I am joking, but I was pretty broke).      

Anyhow, Carla thereby declared me a monster, but I´m a very happy monster in this beautiful world!

Back to the subject. MAIOFAX was the name of the planner. The main model of the brand is actually an exact "rip off" of one of filofaxes models (the one with the cross?). Of course the quality is not comparible, but the poor guys try.

Filofax is maleable, MAIOFAX is not.....like, at all. All you have to do is see one picture to see the thing looks like it has a cover made out of wood, but of course it depends on your taste, and if they´re in business, some people appreciate the trait (not me, though). Sorry, but I´m a Filo girl, and one day I too will have a big collection! LOL

Here she is! The MAIO! Is it just me, or does everyone get a stiff impression of them?

Another argument against them is the lack of color options, once again.

Oh! I almost forgot! At the end of the post, I´m going to add links to all of the brands I speak of here, so keep reading to the end to find them!






The last Brazilian brand I´m going to be speaking of today is TILIBRA (the T here is pronounced as CH in chile). They´re planner is not leather, it´s faux leather, and believe it or not, I know people who bought one for about 80 american dollars, which to me is a stick up. Although I do understand, because the options are slim and the offers even slimmer.

I think the TILIFAX comes in only 2 sizes, either PERSONAL and A4 or A5, not quite sure.to).

   

So, me figuratively bankrupt, was still in search of comething I could afford, but all the other I found were GRINGAS (that means foreign in Portuguese). There were some waaaaay cheaper then FILOFAX or REDFAX,  but I´d still have to import them.

Here are some of the names:

• Day Planner
• Day Timer
• Paper Chase
• YES (eu cheguei a apelar para pastas de 2 ou 4 furos comuns, depois eu conto).

There are others sold in department stores (and of course, if you´re a foreigner and from the filoworld and reading this, you´ll know), and places you would never imagine. For those who don´t know yet, some examples would be:

• target
• walmart
• goodwill
• salvation army

AND OTHERS! Of course it´s harder to get to those because you need to book a flight from Brazil to a foreign country, pay hotels, and then return, but hey, I´m so crazy I would have done it already if I had the cash ;)

Well, if you´re curious enough by now, I´m going to give you the links that I promissed (the ones to the stores, remember? YEY!!!!)

REDFAX

TILIBRA

MAIOFAX

FILOFAX

EBAY  (You can find any foreign planner, here. Take a look!)

Well, I tearfully bid you goodbye for now, and hopefully I´ll be seeing you again with my next post!