Comments on: Balenciaga Crocodile Work Bag

By: purselover

purselover — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:41:15 +0000

Please don’t be ignorant and don’t buy crocodile handbags.
Companies usually buy the skin from farms where Crocodiles are often caught with huge hooks and wires and reeled in when they drown or become weakened from blood loss. A PETA undercover investigator at one of these farms in Florida, Gator Jungle, documented workers? smashing animals over the head with aluminum baseball bats and cutting through their spinal cords with steel chisels and hammers. Some alligators remained conscious and in agony for up to two hours.

Be chic not ignorant.

By: ISABELLA HARRINGTON

ISABELLA HARRINGTON — Thu, 22 May 2008 18:56:32 +0000

I think its quite disgusting that a reptile has been skinned for a bag how vain are we soon the way we are going there will be no animals left we are going the way of the dinosaurs they trophy hunt in africa there are only 700 gorillas left in the wild the ocean is being polluted then we have idiots who want bags made out of exotic animals

By: Vicky

Vicky — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:47:13 +0000

I don’t like any exotic skin bag.

By: Bembon

Bembon — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:46:28 +0000

lets be real how much goes into the bag enyway to cost that much………..? think about it…is a compulsive buy,
buy originals one of a kind, make it yourself a good skin cost 200 $ buck’s.
does it have gold in it….? a computer in it to tell you you’re fabulous….not!

By: Jahpson

Jahpson — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:11:11 +0000

at $18,000 you BETTER have a job!

By: Saadia

Saadia — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:39:24 +0000

Love this bag for its practicality and of course the black color that goes with everything.
Check out http://www.designerhandbags2u.com

By: Graciella

Graciella — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 08:58:33 +0000

^I’ve had this kind of reaction when I bought my chloe paddington – many of my class mates were like ‘you’d better give money to charity instead of spending so much on a handbag’. Of course I didn’t agree, they spent hundreds of euros a month on phone bills, alcohol & smoking, partying and cheap H&M clothes and never gave anything to charity. So I pointed that out to them. Honestly, Katy, do YOU save up to give to charity? Do you ever cut down on your spending to help others? Some people are just such hypocrites. By the way, I’m quite sure most people who have $18,000 lying around for a handbag are generous and wealthy enough to give some (or a lot) to charity, others, like me, have to save up for a handbag and actually have to work really hard (and still give to charity) but that just isn’t your buisness.

By: shevy

shevy — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:15:47 +0000

Good point, Katy! I wonder if someone at least got to eat the crocodile meat after they took its skin to make this briefcase bag.

By: william

william — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:04:24 +0000

I always tell myself that no matter what a person spends their money on that it is worth it, if it makes them happy – but in light of this extreme poverty in some nations it makes me shudder to see someone spend $18,000 on a single bag.

And I am a die hard fan of Balenciaga. DIE hard. I don’t like this bag, regardless of price. It looks stiff.

By: dela

dela — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:27:14 +0000

BTW the bag is a beauty. I can look at it all day long.

By: dela

dela — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:25:32 +0000

I agree that the situation in Haiti is truly horrible. It seems that UN or Haitian government aren’t doing anything to help out. Purse-oooh doesn’t owe anyone anything and they certainly don’t need to explain their philantropic efforts to judgemental people whose only purpose in life is to passively point fingers at others. Compassion and genrosity of spirit (and pocket) has nothing to do with a person’s handbag choices.

By: Chi town Chanel

Chi town Chanel — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:13:42 +0000

Megs, thanks for bringing this beauty to our attention.

Purse-Oooh you are so lucky! Congrats on getting this.

This really is a dream bag. I love Balenciaga bags anyway, but this is beyond divine.

By: Mr B

Mr B — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:59:42 +0000

She very wittily has pointed out that $18,000 could be better spent – in this case helping the poor. I agree, the sum could be better spent – on more than one handbag! I don’t think it’s worth 18k but it is a very nice bag. I like Balenciaga a lot.

By: Vlad

Vlad — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:44:41 +0000

And your point would be?

By: Katy

Katy — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:13:52 +0000

siiigh.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hcJ474CjaJGOUznskl4ZgTHdpxUAD8UFQVR00

By: Graciella

Graciella — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:13:25 +0000

Now that is a great shape for croc! Not a big fan of the regular leather balenciaga bags, but this one is fantastic, what a beauty.