Women's Fashion
Buy and sell women’s clothing, shoes and bags in Guatemala.
Plenty of what Guatemalan women wear is ordered from US shops and brought down through a courier locker in Miami, and the dress or the pair of heels that arrives a size too small rarely makes the trip back. Women’s fashion runs from the blouse and the heels to the bag and the watch that go with them, new with tags or pre-owned. A handbag or a pair of earrings can be judged from a good photo; anything with a size is worth trying on before you pay.
Handbags and earrings that sell on a photo, dresses and heels that need a fitting:
the line between the two decides how you shop. A Michael Kors tote, a pair of silver earrings or a watch has no size, so clear photos and an honest description tell you most of what matters, and these are the easiest pieces to buy from someone in another town. Shoulder bags, totes and crossbody bags are in women’s bags; jewellery, watches, sunglasses and hats are in women’s accessories. Fit is another matter in women’s clothing, women’s shoes and women’s sportswear. One label’s size 8 is cut for straighter hips than another’s, and a shoe size that is roomy in a sneaker can pinch in a pointed pump. With these pieces the seller’s description narrows it down, and trying it on settles it.
New-with-tags pieces shipped down from a Miami courier locker:
are the part of the women’s market most worth watching. Ordering from US shops through a courier locker in Miami is routine here, and when a dress or a pair of Steve Madden sandals arrives in the wrong size, sending it back means paying the freight north again, getting a return label from the shop and waiting weeks. So it often gets listed instead, tags on and never worn. For a buyer that is a recent piece without the wait, seen in the hand before paying. A tag only proves that something is unworn, though, not that it is genuine: copies bought online arrive with tags too, so ask to see the order confirmation. A fair price sits below what the same piece would cost you to order and bring down yourself, which takes a minute to check on the brand’s own site.
Where a used pair of heels or a leather bag gives out first:
is rarely where you would look. Shoes that sat in their box for years can fail without being worn, because polyurethane soles break down with age and crack or crumble once they are walked on. Flex the sole and press the heel before you agree a price, and on heels check the tip: worn down to the metal pin, it needs replacing. Stretch leggings and fitted sportswear in front of a window; if light shows through over the knee, the stretch has gone. On a leather bag, the painted edges of the handles crack before the leather does, and a coated lining that has turned sticky or flaky cannot be cleaned back. On plated jewellery, look at the clasp and the edges, where the plating rubs through to a different-coloured metal first.
Listing a dress, a pair of heels or a handbag:
put each piece in its own branch, because a woman looking for sandals searches shoes, not someone else’s whole closet. For anything with a size, give the brand and the size printed on the label, then say how it fits you or why it never did: tight across the hips, short in the body, narrow at the toe. That one sentence answers more messages than any size chart. If it came through a courier locker and did not fit, say so and photograph it with the tags attached. For bags and jewellery, photograph the hardware, the inside stamp and the corners. A buyer in Mazatenango or Zacapa will ask for a photo of it worn, or for a meeting place where she can try it on, before she pays the bus fare to come and see it. And the heels bought for one wedding and worn for one evening are the easiest thing here to pass on: say how many hours they were worn, because that number tells a buyer more than any photo of the soles.