Bring in the New Year with some sparkle and shine! We can't wait to party on New Years Eve with this to die for metallic gold evening bag and matching stilettos from Christian Louboutin. A favorite of J.Lo and Madonna, who know a thing or two about dancing the night away and looking fabulous. At Neiman Marcus .
After milking the success of the Le Dix Motorcycle bag for 7 years, Nicolas Ghesquiere is finally back to the drawing board to plan his next bag attack. The latest from his spring collection, the Sellier bag in blue suede with subtle silver details, gets the nod from the Bag Snob. Please, give the Le Dix a break for a few seasons and perhaps we'll be into it again. balenciaga.com for locations or call 212 206 0872 .
Christian Louboutin, the man with the red soles and the master at making sexy stilettos feel like cushiony slippers, is now rockin' us with his line of fashionista worthy evening bags. This little red velvet clutch with diamante clasp screams sophistication and elegace so it won't matter if you're wearing last year's velvet smoking jacket or this year's LBD. Whether you've been naughty or nice, at $625 everyone deserves to have one. At Christian Louboutin NYC 212-255-1910
Going to an outlandishly chic New Year's party? Well, don't show up without this outlandishly fabulous Dior Detective clutch in satin, ostrich feathers and mink. It's chic and looks like a cute dog so you Paris wannabes can leave your real critters at home. For the Bag Snob loyalists, we diss, as in dis-like, the Dior Detective Leather bag but the feathers and mink on this one covers up the icky sillouette and all you see is poof and furry goodness.
Lindsay Lohan will pose for Chanel. OK. I am speechless!!! WTF?? First Selma Blair and now Lindsay Lohan? Karl needs to get a new prescription for those glasses he's wearing. Or maybe its just plain glass in there and he needs to go see an optometrist. I thought Chanel stood for something else. Like style, class and beauty but what do I know, I'm being sued.
Oh Delicious Bag Snob,
I couldn't possibly adore you more than I did this morning when I read that "Karl Lagerfeld Has Lost His Mind". You are delightful! Please NEVER lose your marvelous sense of happy slander!
Your devoted subject, "Hello Kelly" - Comment by Hello Kelly
Yes, the executives at Chanel have gone insane! From Catherine Deneuve and Vanessa Paradis to two American who are hardly the standard of beauty and style is absurd! Comment by Ann
We received this letter today from the lawyers representing the retail website (we are not allowed to mention their name) reported in our story "A Real Story About a Fake Paddington" and were asked to take it down. It is, in our opinion, a disservice to the shopping community but unless there are lawyers out there willing to help us with the fight, we regretfully have to obey. We are excited, however, that we have become big enough to attract so much attention. Next week, Hermes will call to make us take down our bag logo. Maybe everyone on our Shit List will call and we can all go out, get drunk and go shopping together.
There are discussions about them at the Purse Blog Forum if you are interested.
We were forced to take this story down but now that Sophisticated Spirit is no longer in business, I'm putting it back up. Maybe we were a factor and thus helped in saving unsuspecting shoppers from the heartbreak of buying a fake. In any case, it's a good story.
We’ve all been there: dying for a bag, months in on that wait list, every time you see some bitch with the bag you want to rip her eyes out. Desperate times calls for desperate measures, right? Even if it means buying bags from, ready for this? An unauthorized retailer!!! The horror of it sends shivers down my back. A few weeks ago, we received an email from one of our readers, who we will call X, asking to help spot whether or not the Paddingtons selling at www.sophisticatedspirit.com were fake. We checked it out and sure enough, they were not the real deal. These are pictures shown on the website.
X even had the seller send detailed pictures of the bag and we went as far as forwarding them to our expert source to take a look, even though it was clear compared to the Paddingtons in my closet it was all amiss.
Our assessment was that the handles looked too thin and far apart, the zippers were wrong, the seams were puckering and the price of $1,199 was a dead giveaway that it was a fake. But our gal was beyond persuasion, she had lust blindness and went ahead and bought it. Luckily, the story has a happy ending. We received this exciting email from her today.
Hi Snob!
I just HAD to tell you. I bought the Paddington today at Bergdorf Goodman (they got one chocolate brown in, and the woman working there knew how much I wanted it and called me first!).. and let me just say, you couldn't have been more right about the first one.. it was SOOOOO fake. Now that I have the real thing, I am shocked at how wrong it was. In and of itself, it was a pretty bag - but there is no comparison to what I have now. You were SO right about the handles and everything down to details on the zipper were wrong. I am so glad you planted the bug in my head about those things -cause the feelings of doubt and uncertainty were what made me return it. I am an assistant buyer for a department store and I can't believe how much this woman tried to play me for a fool. I would never carry a fake and I am so glad I talked to you. I am so happy that I found your blog and was able to figure out the right thing to do. Sometimes I guess when you really want something, you'll try anything - but it's best to wait for the real deal.
Thanks again,
X
This was an email sent by the owner of www.sophisticatedspirit.com after X asked many questions as to the authenticity. This just makes us crazy MAD!!
Dear [X],
You are so smart to ask and you have caught on to some of these scams on the net!!!!! I ordered this directly from Chloe, it was sent to one of their top Italian Authorized boutiques and then it was shipped to me. This is how I order almost all of my merchandise!!! Completely authentic straight from the designer!!!
Thanks so much for writing me and please let me know if I can help you in any other way.
Happy Thanksgiving,
Lynda Higgins
Owner
Sophisticated Spirit
I was at the Chanel boutique in Soho the other day and the salespeople there were waxing on about Marc Jacobs, he could do no wrong, everything he touches turns to pure gold, etc., you know, as if he were the return of Christ himself. Well, we agree to a certain extent because we do love love love him but we all make mistakes and at times are short on inspiration. Like this bag here, what happened, Marc? We expect this patchwork disaster from Coach but we (your bread and butter clientele) would NEVER buy this!! We just hope your 4-day inspirational retreat in Russia revives you. Please, take 5 days if you need to.
The Kaiser has an eye for the obvious. This is what he's calling Chanel's spring line of fabulous metallic bags, "Luxury by Chanel". No shit, really? Anytime you pay thousands of dollars for a bag you better hope it is luxurious. We do love these adorable shiny bags though, no matter how stupid the name is! We also have a suggestion for next season, "Overpriced by Chanel".
How brilliant of Marc Jacobs (and his twenty assistants) to address the expanding needs of the modern woman! His latest, the Sienna Hobo, is the ultimate bag. Sleek and chic when zipped, it also unzips into a roomy and slouchy carryall when needed! In rich burgundy leather lined in brown suede with gold hardware, the Sienna is a must have in The Bag Snob's collection. $925 at eLuxury.
