If you woke up today wondering if Taylor Swift and Karlie Kloss are still lady besties, the answer is an enthusiastic “YES.” Here are Taylor and Karlie, leaving the Sephora in the Meatpacking District of NYC together. The girls had a cute little lunch date on Wednesday, which included a Sephora pop-in and a leisurely lunch at ABC Kitchen. Taylor is carrying an aubergine synthetic leather ALDO Frattapolesine Bag, which will set you back all of $50. You can find a black version for $50 at ALDO, just as we foretold.
This ALDO bag does look suspiciously like the sort of top-handled Prada and Dolce & Gabbana bags Tay-Tay has been favoring in the last year. Taylor’s first edition of “The Many Bags of…” was rife with straight-from-the-mall bag options, but the much more recent “The Many Bags of Taylor Swift, Part 2” showcased her rapidly expanding designer bag stash. We can appreciate that Taylor still plays it both ways, since she is something of a role model for tweens and teens.
The handbag looks similar to the LV Alma Epi which sells for $2120–thx for pointing out the $50-will check it out!
Great! So happy to see some affordable handbags on PB. Not everyone is willing or able to dish out thousands of dollars for an accessory. When I see the grotesque collections of Chanels and hermes piles of your “Instagram bag celebrities” I cringe thinking of how narcissistic our society has become. We are unable to look beyond ourselves and our material needs. It is refreshing to see women who are strong and independent whose self worth is not attached to the price tag on their arm candy.
“It is refreshing to see women who are strong and independent whose self
worth is not attached to the price tag on their arm candy.”
Well said!
Agree!
The leather looks surprisingly luxurious.
This cute little handbag is from ALDO. Style name: FRATTAPOLESINE
http://www.aldoshoes.com/us/en_US/handbags/satchels-%26-handheld-bags/c/342/FRATTAPOLESINE/p/95127505-40
Love this bag and love her for appreciating it in spite of the fact that it doesn’t cost thousands of dollars! I want one!
Tweens and Teens are obsessed with celebs, as they always have been but now they have access to social media such as instagram and blogs and often strive to achieve their idols’ looks. So, they’re exposed to fashion and bags that celebs wear at a much earlier age. I’m super glad that Taylor Swift decided to carry a more affordable bag from Aldo (not only accessible by price but also accessible by teens’ local malls). Taylor swift’s main audience is probably tweens and teens right? It’s great that she did this!
Totally agree. I do love when celebrities set attainable standards for the young’ins!
$50 bag, but we can’t forget about those gorgeous red bottoms
Why is the site not working on ipad? Cant get rest of article nor pics to show up
Mine is doing the same way.. I am not a fan of the new site. I like the older version better.
I like her shoes, not the bag. Why does the way she carries her bags irk me so?
It’s nice that she carries an affordable bag, but the way she holds it makes me think, she’s paid for it though
Cudos to Taylor and her $50 bag! One of my favorite spring time bags came from Aldo! I have had it for almost 3 years and it still looks great. I get tons of compliments on this little gem, and it was on sale for $29, yes $29! The next bag is a $73 leather eBay special, (I have no problem with fakes as long as they don’t use the designer’s logo), that also gets me tons of compliments! A bag doesn’t have to cost thousands to be arm worthy! I will buy a Coach or Michael Kors bag, but that is about my limit when it comes to how much I will spend on bags. If I ever did spend thousands of dollars for a bag, I would loose sleep wondering how many kids I could have fed with that money!
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I wanted to follow up on this post with a quick review of my experience with Aldo and this handbag. After seeing this bag in your blog, I went in the site and ordered it. The price is great but I always look on line for coupon codes. Found one for an additional 20% off! It didn’t work though so I called Aldo customer service. Spoke with a lovely gal named Vanessa. She gave me another coupon that worked for 20% off. The bag arrived the very NEXT day!!
Now, I am a huge handbag fanatic and very picky.
I’ve owned several high end to very high end over the years. OMG I absolutely adore this little gem. It is beautiful, eye catching, chic, functional, you name it! I find myself just carrying around the house with me and admiring it. What a deal and what a beauty. I ordered the black because burgundy was sold out. (Your post had a lot to do with that I suspect) 🙂 but they will restock soon and I will be ordering again!
Thank you for bringing this bag to my attention!