We’ve talked about Tom Ford bags a bit on PurseBlog, and it seems that our team has mixed feelings. I tend to like the direction of the line, while Amanda thinks that the designs are lacking. Just goes to show you – our taste is similar, but it’s definitely not identical.
But a bag that I recently found staring at me from my computer screen isn’t like the rest of the Tom Ford collection. It’s furry and totally out-there, and guess what, the fur of this bag isn’t just made to look like skunk, it is skunk. That’s right, for $1,660 you can own a designer bag made from skunk fur.
I find it oddly humorous that Tom Ford turned to an animal that is not known for the beauty of its fur, rather the atrocious smell it can make, to design a bag that’s sold at high end retailers. The fur comes from an Italian skunk (not sure how they compare to American skunks), and it adorns the golden-framed bag and pushlock closure. When it comes to a bag this odd, there’s no one better to turn to than you all to fill in the blank. Buy via Neiman Marcus for $1,660.
Fill in the blank in the comments below: The Tom Ford Skunk Fur Minaudiere is ________.
I think of evening purses as elegant, and skunk just can’t be elegant- no matter whose name is on it.
I sense Pepe Le Pew is about to fall in love again…
that is quite ugly, in my opinion.
Its kind of cute.
Pepe le pew’s love child
I don’t think I’d want to touch that fur.
wanna touch it and don’t wanna touch it… hmmm
gross.
Pepe Le Pew?;)
Looks like a tribble from Star Trek!
The Tom Ford Skunk Fur Minaudiere…stinks! Ha ha.
weird. For me at least. Not only because it’s a skunk, but also because it’s real fur. I know it is absolutely hypocrite to use leather and think real fur is atrocious, but idk… It’s just awkward to have a dead skunk as a clutch hahaha, just doesn’t sound great
skunky!! Ahahahahaha!!
… the perfect bag to wear with Celine’s furkenstocks. I am with Amanda on the whole bag collection, the big gold accents put me off. I feel like for that kind of money (and name) they just don’t pack enough coolness.
fill in the blanks…this clutch is a mess and i am in love with all things Tom Ford including the man but i cannot bear this mess…
The Tom Ford Skunk Fur Miniaudiere is disturbing… I buy leather bags and I know where they come from, but something about it being a furry (and unpleasantly scented) little animal just puts me off.
Plain and not very original. Louis Vuitton did a few takes on it with its Clair-Obscur Speedy a few years ago and the furry bags from the FW 2012 collection. Created a small amount of buzz in the press and was soon gone. Noone really wears those…