I do not believe this same caveat always applies to hair-cuts or to fashion accessories. Nothing wrong with Supercuts if you put your glasses back on at key moments ... and those old-lady bags for 50 cents at flea markets are hot and let the hipper and younger than you know you're willing to take a risk. Flaunt it.
Yes, this is a frivolous post. No politics or religion or angst over X vs. The Clash. No debate over the exact release date of The Modern Lovers lp. I'm talking about bags. To some, this is serious and involves both politics and religion.
Bags. Purses. Clutches. Totes. I simply don't get it. Why all the hoopla? Sure, I like a cute bag that fits all my stuff in it. Right now (I'm checking ...) that includes my wallet, address book/note pad, three pens, my pepper spray, lip stick, an emergency chap stick, a couple of band aids, two fire balls, and the crossword. Tomorrow on my way to work I'll also add a book and a protein bar. And I suppose, if truth be told, I have at least seven or eight bags that might be dragged out depending on the occasion, my mood, or its size. Sometimes I need to also carry my camera, an extra lip stick and/or other make-up product and a pack of gum. Maybe even an extra fire ball.
Have I been sleeping or is this fixation with carrying around an expensive bag when you can hardly pay for cab fare a new thing? I work with a woman who recently showed off her Juicy Couture bag which she got for a steal (she felt), under $300. Same co-worker has no health insurance and often asks to work doubles because she's broke. I wonder why. The bag was a monstrosity.
Did Carrie Bradshaw have something to do with it? I'm constantly hearing about those bags and seeing them clasped in the paws of the-next-great Audrey Hepburn comer on red carpets. Can't we all just admit they are god-awful ugly? Do we feel good because we're toting a super expensive bag that looks like a pile of shit? I'm talking about Louis Vuitton.
The LV Monogram Speedy 3o basic (or as their web site calls it " The Essential") goes for $700, while the "chic" Multicolor will cost you $2,240.00. The Sohali Le Radieux with "ultra haute" shearling around the edges (seen above) will set you back $3,230.00. That's 5 months of rent for me and if I'm shelling out that much for a monogrammed bag I'd really expect it'd have my initials on it. And they ain't LV.
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How timely! I just read a book called Bringing Home the Birkin, about a guy who makes a living reselling Birkin bags, which range from $7000 (leather) to $22000 (crocodile) in price. I'm really fascinated by the whole bag thing. I've even checked out Bag Borrow or Steal, the site that is like Netflix for handbags (if you can't commit, rent a bag!). However, I find many of them ugly (including the Birkin, which apparently gave its designer, Jane Birkin, tendonitis after years of use) & unnecessary. But I just can't look away.
I have seen attractive designer bags. I'm sure I'd be pleased if given one (if it was wretched I'd certainly sell it for $$$!). But I do not understand the fanaticism that some women (and probably men too) have for bags. They'll even carry around the ugliest knock-offs with their heads held high ... that's just madness and makes even less sense than shelling out thousands for the real thing.
I find cool retro bags for very little money and totally dig them. I'll have to check out the Birkin bags because I'm not very familiar. The Louis Vuitton bags are everywhere and I simply don't understand it. I'd rather carry a brown paper bag.
Glad to see both of you ladies getting off your asses and doing some posting around here (yeah, I said it) and I have to agree that I don't get the bag thing, my wife has been rocking the ugliest while patent leather Coach bag simply cuz she got it for free (and it's fairly roomy.) On the plus side, she tends to go cuckoo for Kate Spade bags and those are usually cute.
Did you mean white patent leather? Egads. No offense to the Mrs. but that could be my worst nightmare. However, Kate Spade does have some cute bags, I agree. Slightly more reasonable in price but still a bit costly for a gal like me who chucks her bag under a beer cooler each night.
As for the ladies and their asses, I'll say that the appearance of several posts by djpegleg in a short period of time nearly knocked me on mine. I've been too dazed to think clearly.
A Vera Bradley anyone????
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