Luxury goods and team sports usually only interact in one way: star athletes using their considerable wealth to buy cool stuff and flex it on Instagram. With sports that double as leisure activities of the wealthy—golf, tennis and yachting, mostly—luxury brands often dabble in direct sponsorships, but globally popular team sports tend to be reserved … Read more
Tod’s has enjoyed a resurgence in popularity with celebs over the last few years, and celeb affections clearly aren’t waning any time soon. The Tod’s Sella Bag has made its way into the arms of many an A-lister recently, even though it’s not a terribly new design. Many of these women are die-hard Tod’s enthusiasts. … Read more
Name Caitlin Donovan Occupation Vice President/ Head of Sale, Handbags & Accessories Instagram @christieshandbags & @raisindonovan Tell us about your bag: Hermès Black Vache Liegee Birkin 30 with Gold Hardware from 1997. Bought on secondary market. Describe your Job and Responsibilities: As a Christie’s specialist my job entails working with private clients across the US … Read more
If this week is feeling a bit lackluster, you might draw inspiration from this week’s batch of bag-carrying celebs. They are treating themselves to Parisian shopping excursions and jetting off to Miami on private planes left and right. Or you might just ogle their bags and continue to slurp down that iced coffee while you … Read more
Happy Friday my PurseBloggers! Can you believe we are already halfway through June?! I certainly cannot, and it feels like just yesterday, literally wasn’t it yesterday, that sale season kicked off with everyone’s favorite Memorial Day Weekend sales. As the sales forge on fresh deals are popping up all over the place and deeper markdowns … Read more
A few weeks back, we brought you a handy dandy guide for choosing your first designer handbag. While there’s no one size fits all approach to picking out your very first premium designer bag our insider tips and tricks should make things a little bit easier! Back when I was picking out my first big … Read more
In luxury fashion, there are pockets of time when seemingly every influencer suddenly becomes enamored with a specific “it” item. In late 2017 and early 2018, it was the Bulgari Serpenti Bag. Popular influencers like Victoria Magrath (@inthefrow), Tamara Kalinic (@tamara) and Lydia Elise Millen (@lydiaemillen) all sang its praises in posts that popped up … Read more
If you were a fan of Louis Vuitton in the early 2000s, then it’s likely you either had, or desperately wanted, a Louis Vuitton Monogram Denim Bag. Back then I was in my pre-teen and early teen years, and I had no business dreaming of one because there was no shot that one would ever … Read more
When you get bitten by the luxury leather bug, it usually doesn’t stop with bags. Some people delve into shoes, but in general, the obsession extends to a more obvious spot first: wallets, card cases, and other small leather goods. Because Chanel makes a wide selection of accessories, on top of its bags, we always … Read more
I learned so much in the course of writing this post: who’s pregnant, who’s dating Nick Jonas, and who can rock an amazing jumpsuit. It was highly educational, and the bags are actually top-notch this week. (They don’t explicitly pay me to say that.) The bag choices were thoughtful, yet unexpected. While the post is … Read more
With bags that have been around for a while, like classic Chanel or Louis Vuitton pieces, it’s easy to notice prices going up because we have previous numbers for comparison. That’s why prices on those bags go up relatively rarely—raising them is an easy way to irritate existing customers. Those increases aren’t the only way … Read more
I’m upper middle class and have been my whole life, but on most days, I feel like I can thought experiment my way into what it might be like to be wealthy. I live in New York City, after all, so I’m face to face with wealth all the time, and I’ve covered an industry … Read more
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