Gorgeous blogger Deirdre of Craft Cabana made me a beautiful bag as a belated birthday gift. I am so impressed by the quality of her work and attention to detail. Gorgeous, right? Note the contrasting lining AND zippered pocket. I love it when bags have little metal feet Thanks, Deirdre! UPDATED TO ADD: In other…
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Linda’s Got a Brand New Bag
Elle.com reports that architect-artist dude Ron Arad and Notify artistic director Maurice Ohayon joined together to create a space-age handbag for my favorite model, LindaE. Embed from Getty Images The bag doesn’t interest me nearly as much as the “four-hand” factoid from the story: “What happens when supermodel Linda Evangelista—who at her height in the…
Watching the Sales
The Margiela wolf bag I’ve had my eye on is marked down to $719 from $1,195 on eLuxury. But that’s not quite far enough to make me buy it.
Sprouse Is Back, Back Again
I perked up yesterday when I read that Louis Vuitton is doing another round of Stephen Sprouse designs (click here and here). I always had a thing for the late Sprouse. He might have been one of the first designers I was ever aware of, thanks to the Sprouse dress worn by Debbie Harry in…
Tell Me About It … Stud!
Today’s eBay picks are brought to you by Olivia Newton-John in Grease. Vintage studded Anne Klein boots Vintage studded dress 1930s studded belt Burberry Prorsum studded clutch If you bid, don’t forget to snipe! Getting back to Olivia’s definition of a stud, any studs reading this should check out my thoughts on men’s jewelry over…
eBay Picks of the Day
This Etro handbag is such a beautiful shade of green. The auction is almost over so act fast. (Proceeds go to charity.) If you bid, don’t forget to snipe! The charity — Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation for Cancer Research — has a lot of other cool auctions too. If you buy two tickets to Zang Toi’s…
Old Purse, New Tricks
I was practically married to my Louis Vuitton Monogram Multicolore Speedy handbag back in 2003. I carried it every day. It’s been sitting on a closet shelf for a couple of years, but a few weeks ago I decided it deserved to come out. (Thanks to MrB for fixing the zipper.) Here’s the bag with…
Fringe and Ruffles on Etsy
This Has Grrrrr-own on Me
I’ve gone from being amused by this kitschy Maison Martin Margiela bag to craving it. The style of my bad-ass blonde friend from 1983 must be influencing me, because you know she would have loved this bag. She probably would have hung a feathered roach clip from it. Unfortunately, a wolf bag is not something…
Gucci Gucci Good
If someone offered me these Gucci bags, I wouldn’t say no. Hysteria bagPhoto from FabSugar Babouska Boston Bag