Much could be said about Proenza Schouler’s PS1 bag. I’ll just start with : it’s my current bag obsession and I’d wear it to pieces if I’d ever have the honor to welcome it in my closet! From the PS1 Pochette (small sized PS 1 bag) to PS1 Medium, PS1 large and PS1 Extra large, [...]

With Easter just around the corner, this collection from “Our Lord & Saviour” caught my eye. There’s too little I understand, to my great shame, about religious symbolism translated into fashion or everyday objects. And the very sight of misused (in my view) sacred symbols creeps me big time. Getting back to the clutches: “Our [...]

Worrying about misplacing and/or damaging your luggage when airtraveling (and not only) is the main concern when using Bottega Veneta’s alligator skin luggage set! Complete six pack with different sizes suitcases, beauty case and duffle bag, this Bottega Veneta alligator skin wonder costs only $157,000. Buy them together or separately (from $23,000-$47,000 a piece), it’ll [...]

Recession, what? Hermès challenges the young designers for $4,000-worth first prize while they’ve initiated a breeding crocodiles campaign in Australian farms. Because it’s really hard to make 3,000 crocodile bags/year (it takes 4 crocodiles per handbag), bags that end up costing around $48,000/piece! Let’s see: that’s about $144,000,000/year in crocodile bags and just $4,000 for [...]

Why not? Crocodiles are hard to catch, everybody knows that! Fetching one, removing all the skin, nasty job! Someone has to pay a fair price, right? I like yellow. It brightens up my day! And the Gucci Spring-Summer 2008 was a beautiful collection for me. Sunflowers, black-white-yellow, it’s all joy! However, a crocodile handbag, be [...]