| Bad_Rich_Chic |
03-05-2004 01:45 PM |
Slice of NYC Life
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Originally posted by paigowprincess
I fail to see what is exceptionally chic or stylish about the bag. Now I never saw one in person so maybe the handscraftsmanship is outta sight. can people really just be buying it bc of the SATC/hard to get thing? bc if so, that is the most nouveau riched thing I ever heard of. The only people who would buy it for those reasons are those that just started banging donald trump or something. bc otherwise, it is such a lemming move, and how 2001!
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It's basically a really expensive, really well made tote bag. I understand they are actually a bit of a pain to use on an everyday basis because you have to go through such a huge unstrapping thing to open them up - hence all the pictures of celebs carrying them with the lock straps flapping open all the time. But, yeah, I understand the craftsmanship is pretty excellent. You do see them in person and think "that's a really well put together bag," which you don't with the knock-offs. (A couple partners here have them - it is amusing to watch one of them take 5 minutes to unlock and unstrap and open the thing to pay in the lunch line.)
I think the SATC thing was, as it usually was, the marker that the trend had run its course. SATC never really started anything. The waiting list had been around a year long for a long time before SATC picked it up. Dunno what kicked off the craze in the late '90s in the first place, though - probably just part of the whole "it's cool and understated to rediscover your grandmother's brands that are still really, really expensive for no fathomable reason." I think Lambertson Truex bags are a more-current incarnation of this. |
