There’s no bigger name in American vintage fashion than What Goes Around Comes Around. The company was founded in New York City in 1993, and since then, it’s expanded into an internationally known source for the finest in designer vintage fashion. WGACA is also particularly well known for its ability to source handbags from the … Read more
Even in 2018, the powers that be in luxury shopping do what they can to ensure that buying luxury goods is an in-person experience. Not only does getting shoppers into stores help control the flow and availability of product for control-hungry brands doing everything they can to maintain their image, but shopping in person and … Read more
Celebs have descended upon Venice (which won’t make it sink any slower) for the annual Venice Film Festival. It’s exactly the sort of late summer affair you want to see on Labor Day weekend—celebs in linen suits and flouncy short shorts, getting on and off gondolas in perpetuity while carrying designer bags from Fendi, Louis … Read more
Hello and good morning, and for those of you in the US, welcome to the last day of work before the holiday weekend. Summer is unofficially coming to a close, which people in the Northeast like to say, in spite of the fact that most of the rest of the country is going to be … Read more
Like it or not, you guys are always among the first to know when I’m in the market for a brand new bag. Who’s actually first in line depends on where I am the moment the urge strikes. Sometimes it’s smack in the middle of the workday and the first thing I do is ping … Read more
Stories of high-end handbag shopping are, by their very nature, usually those of wealth and indulgence. Not many people who make normal, five-figure livings are buying four- or five-figure bags at any notable clip, and saving up for things can be tough to do. Today, on our latest edition of Closet Confessionals, we’re talking to … Read more
I think anyone with an opinion of Céline, Saint Laurent, Hedi Slimane, or Phoebe Philo (so, everybody who reads this website, pretty much) has been at least a little bit curious about what Hedi Slimane’s would do with Céline’s ultra-successful handbag line as the brand’s creative director, and now, thanks to Lady Gaga and the … Read more
I started to suspect something was afoot when Beyoncé got involved. Last October, Bey featured the Judith Leiber x Alexander Wang Show Me The Money Minaudiere you see above on her Instagram, as part of her look for a TIDAL event at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The $6,000 Spring 2018 collab clutch sold out immediately, … Read more
Nothing about this post looks or feels very 2018: There are power prints, corsets, cherry patterns, platinum blondes, 1940s-style day dresses, weird hats…it’s a real design hodgepodge this week, and it’s giving me an intense case of fashion deja vu. The very sight of this first Louis Vuitton bag may trigger a flood of nostalgia … Read more
I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with logo bags. When I first became obsessed with the idea of starting my designer bag collection, the only brand I wanted to buy from was Louis Vuitton. Logo bags were all the rage at the time, and Louis Vuitton was the best of the best, and … Read more
Given the kind of money and access that most celebrities have, you’d probably carry some wildly expensive handbags. And almost without exception, they do—we keep pretty close tabs on who’s carrying what, and the vast majority of them switch bags frequently and always have something notable on their arms. The bags in question usually cost … Read more
When you consider the paradox that luxury brands and consumers alike have to contend with, it’s not all that surprising that people sometimes go to great lengths to have a bag unlike any other. Luxury is a business predicated on the idea that fine things are rare and difficult to create, which helps justify why … Read more
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