Fashion Board 2-3-04 to 3-5-04

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
That is remarkable.

And to continue on with slice-of-life stuff, two days ago my friend and I were in Hermes and witnessed the purchase of a $9,500 ostrich Birkin. The stuff of urban legend, I am told.

They tried to charge her $10,000 but she said in a loud voice that the negotiated price was $9,500. Way to negotiate a bargain for your Birkin, lady. Excelsior to you.

Indeed. Any indication how long she was on the waiting list?

Incidentally, I am finding it impressively difficult to locate good jelly Birkins (meaning ones that actually more-or-less look like Birkins, except for being brightly colored rubber) for my mothers day gift buying blitz. Kudos to K&E's TM department, you are doing your jobs.

BR(must wander over to China Town sometime soon, I guess)C

[bilmore]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
it was a waitlist thing. I am not sure how long she waited. It was made of ostrich skin. It looks like this but hers was darker brown.

I can buy a whole ostrich for, like, $400.

[pretermitted_child]

Originally posted by sunnybunny
"fucking whiny hamster" --at first I loved it, but then I thought about for a second and wondered whether hamsters whine? Mine never did.

My hamster didn't "whine" either. Whenever he appeared annoyed or otherwise discontent, he made this squeaking noise that resembled a high-pitched cluck, not unlike that of a chicken.

Scuttlebut and Cotton Wooly were very content hamsters who never gave me an once of headache except for the fact that they both had the uncanny ability to up and die in the middle of winter making the hamster funeral and burial in the backyard a bery miserable experience.

Yeah, you can't flush them down the toilet. My hamster was placed inside a hermetically-sealed jar when he was buried so that the stray animals wouldn't dig him up.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by pretermitted_child
My hamster was placed inside a hermetically-sealed jar when he was buried so that the stray animals wouldn't dig him up.

We found out you shouldn't own small hamsters AND snakes.

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
it was a waitlist thing. I am not sure how long she waited. It was made of ostrich skin. It looks like this but hers was darker brown.

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!

[pretermitted_child]

Originally posted by bilmore
We found out you shouldn't own small hamsters AND snakes.

What did you feed your snakes? I had some friends who kept a stash of frozen baby gerbils in their freezer for this purpose.

[Dave]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
I've also lexis/nexised an ex - his family was involved in a rather prominent criminal court case, and I wanted to keep tabs on what was going on but not, you know, ask.

You dated O.J. ?

Da (happy friday) ve

[bilmore]

Originally posted by pretermitted_child
What did you feed your snakes? I had some friends who kept a stash of frozen baby gerbils in their freezer for this purpose.

You mean, what did we intentionally feed them?

'Cuz, that's a smaller list.

(Goldfish, frogs, and mice.)

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by pretermitted_child
What did you feed your snakes? I had some friends who kept a stash of frozen baby gerbils in their freezer for this purpose.

Sure, that's what your friends told you.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by bilmore
I can buy a whole ostrich for, like, $400.

impressive

[Oliver_Wendell_Ramone]

Originally posted by bilmore
I can buy a whole ostrich for, like, $400.

Enough with the pet stories already, bilmore.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by bilmore
I can buy a whole ostrich for, like, $400.

Why spend that much? It tastes just like chicken.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by spookyfish
You really must get out more.

Or deploy your secretary more effectively.

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

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!

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.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

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!

You have to be completely out of your fucking mind to pay $9,500 for a bag. I guess there are just a bunch of people out of their mind.

I'm not for telling rich people what to do with their money, but when people are needlessly starving to death (to use just one example of something in the world that might be alleviated with money), the purchase of an over-the-top overpriced bag just inspires nausea.