June 29, 2008
Veterans of the entertainment and fashion industries (Tina– a former MTV Asia VJ and jewelry designer, Kelly– former right-hand woman to designer Mark Eisen), the Bag Snobs have been collecting designer bags for over 20 years. BFFs since meeting at USC, we immediately bonded over a shared passion for Prada bags. Bagsnob.com was created as a way for us to converse about our obsession for bags; we blogged while our newborns napped and it kept us sane when they didn’t. Blogging was our entertainment and we had no idea that one day, thousands of women around the world would join in our conversation.
THANKS FOR POSTING THIS….HOW COOL!!!
GOOD JOB GALS AND Mr.Rich..
(with whom I’ve spoken to a couple of times Via email-you were very kind and helpful.) NICE TO HAVE A FACE BEHIND THE NAMES OF EVERYONE…..BRAVO TO YOU ALL!!!! =)
THX FOR HAVING BAGSNOB!!!
B..
XOXOXO…..
Oh my gosh…I totally love you guys! You should do a segment on Donny Deutsch’s “The BIG Idea”…I’m a budding entrepreneur, and it would be SO awesome to see my favorite women on my favorite show!
xoxo
Nice to ‘e-meet’ you all, keep up the good work!
Haha
“We don’t pay him regularly but the privilege of being Kelly’s husband is payment enough for him.”
You guys are too cute!
nice to finally meet the team who makes us look forward to bag reviews (and so much more) everyday!
Love your team. If you ever need a random writer I used to be a freelance writer…..once in a while..based out of Seattle.
Ciao!
Tara
I agree with Tiffany, it would be great to see you guys on that show The Big Idea.
Ciao…
Tara
http://www.tarasauvage.com
Nice to put a face to the name.
Anyways, any news on when Tina will be showing her Jose Eber makeover experience.
Also, the LV factory tour.
Just curious, from reading your thread about your Paris/London trip, sounds like you bought $$$$$$$$ worth of purses, clothing etc, did you end up paying an arm and leg in duty as one bag would have probably maxed out the limit for your trip.
what an adorable team of girls (and one lucky guy!). Tina you look gorgeous and your skin is absolutely luminous what do you use on it?
Your team is a lovely group!!!
I love to see people from behind the scenes. this is awesome.
You guys all do great jobs. I like to venture over to the beauty snob website and I throughly enjoy the anaylsis on the products and different events.
Thanks for all of your fab info and ideas. You gals/1guy always know just what women really want and help us get hooked up with the latest.
cap
Nice to meet you all! love all those smiles.
Thank you!
Tina….I take it Allison is your PA who does Kelly have…..Kelly I do hope you reward your husband lots…without him we wouldn’t have your vast expanse of knowledge!!
Great team girls.
L.xo
Wow, thanks for posting this!
It’s nice to ‘meet’ the team behind Bagsnob!!
Just a thought, but perhaps in the future you guys can add a feature where it would enable us to show a small “icon pic” of ourselves next to our name when we make a comment?
Love you guys!
xo
MB
Hi Mar,
I will ask our tech about this… perhaps that is a feature we need to add! a user/member icon pic next to comments… hum. Good idea!
Thanks!
xoxo
Rich is my favorite Bag Snob team member. He’s the best! You need to give him a raise.
Thank you everyone for your feedback — you have all been so sweet!
I have actually been getting emails from people I had no idea read Bag Snob telling me they just read the “Meet the Team” post…even my brother’s friend sent him an email saying she reads Bag Snob everyday and just saw this post and had no idea I was writing for the site..so amazing to hear from so many people I haven’t spoken to in forever through them reading the Snob Blogs!
Dear Esa Pekka Pang aka Creighton,
I thought I was your favorite snob? xoxo
It’s great to see the other faces that aid in making this a spectacular set of blogs. Are there any other openings available?
rc
is it just me or anne looks a lot like jen aniston?
Thanks Bag Snob Team! I live in Hong Kong now and still love getting my newsletter!
“the privilege of being Kelly’s husband is payment enough for him” Ahhh, good man.
Great site. perfect for guys who wants to find out what bags to buy their wifes or girlfriends
Hi I love your site! You do it right! Check out my fabulous handbag e-boutiqe, http://www.stefaniBags.com.
Love your site..you guys do it right! Check out http://www.stefaniBags.com!
You should post a picture of your fabulous husband as well, Tina!
(job: behind-the-scenes moral support?)
Hi Susan, what a great idea! Unfortunately he would not like the attention and would be embarrassed
hi,
the latest quiz answer i believe is debra messing.
It’s Debra Messing, I could always spot out that gorgeous red hair. I love LOVE her!!! So did I win?
You all look so beautiful! I love your blog and am happy to have found it.
HI Bagsnob!
just thought that you might want to guide your writers and readers to http://www.emphaticnyc.com for the hottest designer bags at prices so low that girls out there can’t quite believe what they’re seeing.
Some of their items are right off the runway. I’ve read on Stylehive and elsewhere that the girls at EmphaticNYC have the best contacts in NYC, and basically pass the deals they get on to the customers – which is why they have the lowest prices for the hottest items . . items other sites and stores can’t even find, much less acquire. Emphatic stands by every item they sell, as they meticulously describe each item, guarantee its genuine-ness, and provide fantastic support. Check them out!
i hate to double post, and be annoying.
but this is the kind of thing I’m talking about
http://www.emphaticnyc.com/product_info.php?products_id=1047&cPath=29
keep up the great work. people are blogging about this bag everywhere.
hi–advice, please! was just given the nuage bronze valentino as a gift–is it outdated? thanks
Hi! I saw you guys on my local news program this morning in Dallas, Texas, FOX 4! You guys were awesome!! Love the site and the advice!! Keep up the wonderful work!!
Hello all,
Did you guys hear of InnaNYC Beaded Bags? I haven’t seen any comments from you. I seen the bags and fell in LOVE with them. They are so unique and just beautiful
Hello,
We are interested in exploring advertising possiblities BagSnob. Please forward us a medit kit for review.
Thanks in advance,
Ming
It is great to read up on what ladies like is USA, here in London it is slightly different. I would love to contribute by writing to you on a regular basis what is happening on the bag scene here. The best place to be is the school playground, and in London with one area in North London with over 30 schools in a 1.5 mile radius you would have a field day looking at the best and worst bags. I, of course am a major Bag Snob and that is probably one of my little vices in life. I love high street clothes but a bag is a non compromisable item that should never be overlooked in any stage of a womens life. I have seen the best dressed ladies of London fall completely down in my estimations by the bag they have. The best I have ever seen is one mother at school who tries sooo hard but always seems to get it just that little bit wrong. I call it the mobile phone syndrom. The phone is on and charged but has it has no chip inside. Her bags are her downfall and as much as she tries to socially climbe the bag always seems to let her down.
Maybe a little help from the bag snob should help her out.
I love your blog and really enjoy reading it! But I am a bit shocked to see the advert on the left is for a website selling fake chanel bags (watch50.com)! Even if they are paying you surely you dont condone this?
Please visit this new website of Crocodile & Lizard handbags.
http://www.FrancoiseElizee.com
Would you be interested in writing about this new line ?
So exciting to have my picture up there : )
So excited to have you, you are such a cutie!
tracy’s amazing and my best friend in the whole wide world!!! soo lucky to have her on board:)
Yayy!!! How exciting!
Stumbled upon this site while searching for Chanel 2.55 bags… keep up the great work !! Do check out http://ravijour.blogspot.com .. I work as a personal shopper for all things Japanese
I absolutely LOVE your site … so much information! Keep up the great work! Please check out: http://www.coalcreekauctions.com My company authenticates designer handbags and clothing for online shoppers!
Looking for a new fall bag.
Is there an It bag for fall 2009?
Chloe Python? Valentino Garvani ?
hey, i love your website. keep it up.
also i wanted to tell you that i recently found this new line of handbags and TOTALLY fell in love with’em! the brand is Cherry Berry. you should totally check it out.
Wish you do a link exchange with us one day here in Singapore
Hey Snobs,
I Looooove the sight and i probably check it every day even if i cannot get to my computer. I work at the Bendels in Columbus Ohio, am obsessed with bags but nothing there really suits a guy. I am finishing up college and really really want a new bag for school but everything i want is out of my range. as with most mens fashion. I was wondering if you had any suggestions and also wanted to know how huge of a sin a replica black birkin 50 cm with palladium hardware would be!? Let me know your opinion!? Love the sight!
Hello, I wondered if you may know of the Burberry bag, style Estaple in black quilted leather. I am trying to establish if this is a genuine Burberry. It’s advertised as a sample by Burberry. Any feedback or info would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Jeni
Hello,
I am interested in speaking with someone at Bag Snob about marketing a line of handmade exotic leather clutch bags.
Please let me know.
Thank you for your time.
Peter Hoffman
Peter Hoffman Design
858-775-4916
I`m a bag hardware fitting supplier, our bag hardware is good quality, if someone need them to create new bags, please mail me.
Looking forward to our message.
shineinha@hotmail.com
Eric
FANTASTICO,FASHION,UNICO……
isabella Italy
Consumerism at it’s finest! Could you imagine how much more in the hole this economy would be if real people with a brain cared about this blog? It would be interesting to see how much credit card debt the average reader on this site has! Congrats to your support in the disintegration of financial accountability.
Wow, that was uncalled for. I’ve been a reader of this blog for years. I am fiscally responsible with absolutely NO debt. Please keep an open mind before you insult every visitor of the snob sites!
nice to meet the family x
This is an awesome site. Dedicated to nothing but bags, purses and clutches. So narrowly focussed. too bad that nobody has focused a website so narrowly on men’s accessories like belts or wallets. it would be called Wallet Snob… Oh, but Warren Buffet already owns that site! – Nematoad
hell,this is Jethro from yiwu,China.we are a factory of bags.please let me know if you are interested. thanks.
Hello,
I just discovered your site. Yesterday I was fortunate enough to have been given a lovely Bugatti bag as a gift. Do you have any information on your blog about the bag or the brand name, as I am not familiar with them.
Thank you.
Although Tina and Kelly are the reasons I started reading Bagsnob, I do love Jim and Emma’s entries tremendously as well. Along with great fashion sense, their respective strengths really come through in their writing, specifically Jim’s impossibly sophisticated taste and Emma’s wonderful humor. More more more!
How i can advertise on this site? I have one website http://www.alpacahouse.net where i sell handbags.
Great site..I would love for my client TUSK, http://www.tusk.com to be featured. Can you send me contact information?
Thank you!
Hello,
I am a handbag, purse freak! I was wondering if you are hiring? I can definitely bring something to the table since I love fashion.
Thank you,
Helen
Super fan of Emma’s! Love reading all her blog posts, its like I’m shopping with a old friend and she’s totally giving me her true opinion. Such fun and humor in all her writing!
Tina(陳尚婷):人家想怎麼穿就怎麼穿. 有誠意沒創意.你又知道人家Lady GaGa的想法了嗎? 別把自己的專長太過於神話.說一堆鬼話. 那你虛擬的幫她創意一套整體造型出來呀. 再發給媒體.讓讀者看看你的創意嘍. 真的想看看你的創意.tks
Tina(陳尚婷):人家想怎麼穿就怎麼穿. 有誠意沒創意.你又知道人家Lady GaGa的想法了嗎? 別把自己的專長太過於神話.說一堆鬼話. 那你虛擬的幫她創意一套整體造型出來呀. 再發給媒體.讓讀者看看你的創意嘍. 真的想看看你的創意. tks
Hi Bag Snob team,
I came across a website (emibella.com) that sells several high end designer purses at surprisingly low prices. They claim that they are new and authentic brand names, but slightly irregular. I’m not sure if this is valid since I know LV destroys any irregular bags, but they are selling quite a few LV options at almost half the regular price.
Have you heard anything about this website? Do you know if it’s safe to buy from them?
I have pasted their claim on the authenticity of their brands:
Emibella .com guarantees the authenticity on all of our products as they are irregular items, containing slight imperfections which are barely noticeable. All products are shipped to our warehouses directly from the manufacturers over seas. If you have further inquiries about our products, please do not hesitate to contact one of our customer service representatives at our toll-free number 888-388-8555 or e-mail our company to further assist you.
I would appreciate any information or help you could provide.
Hi!
How do we email a bag snob directly to recommend a new Luxury British Handbag label we have discovered?
Thanks
Col
Dying to give you the inside scoop on new bags to look at and bag-related/celebrity/fashion eventsin NYC! E-mail me back?
Hi!
Great blog and very informative. Helped me make decisions on some of my purchases. Thank you!
I’m looking for a YSL leather mombasa sling bag, you can take a look at the pic in the url above. Any idea where I might be able to find it?
Thanks again.
It may benefit The Bag Snob to do an exclusive feature on a brand called Catwalk Exotique from Australia. Its philosophy and branding as well as its totally amazing handbags will make very interesting reading for the blog readers: http://www.catwalkexotique.com.au
I searched your site and found no mention of Cortiglia hand-made, Italian leather tennis bags for women. I would love to read a review of these bags and I think they are just divine!
http://www.doittennis.com/bags/cortiglia-bags/
i really miss the old Website design… No offence to anyone the New Website design SUCK BIG TIME…
The older design is so much easy to get around looking at the handbag and finding information of the older season bag…
The new website design is… boring (at the least), it’s word word word word… and word not a hint of single picture at the sign…. Can anyone try to improve it???? Please… This is used to b 1 of my favourite website to visit evry week, but since they change the web design, i just feel like i cant b bother….
I love your site, so please take what I’m about to say as constructive criticism. I wanted to send ya’ll an email, but I couldn’t find a contact link.
This site loads slower than a stoned snail. Sometimes it takes a full 30 seconds just to load the front page! I know it’s not my internet connection, because most other sites take only a second or two to load. I’ve always heard that you start to lose visitors when your site takes more than 4 seconds to load.
Also, when I ctrl click a link to open in a new tab, it doesn’t load the page at all. It sends me to a blank page. I have to blindly click your links and just hope that they will open in a new tab lest I have to click back and wait for the previous page to ever so slowly reload. It’s very frustrating.
FYI, I’m using the chrome browser on a PC. I haven’t checked it out in other browsers, but you might want to.
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Hi! I am writing to you from edressme.com in regards to a contact person who would be responsible for your media sampling and fashion Editorials. Mainly, I will need a fashion editor who will be a good liaison between our office and the publication to have our fashions featured. Kindly email me back at your earliest convenience. Thank you!
Was wondering what you think of Chanel’s new ultra-soft suede day clutch from the 2011 Fall Pre Collection. I just purchased it in black. It’s my first Chanel bag & and would love to hear your opinion….With the cross body chain, it seems like it will be a versatile piece that can easily make the transition from day to night. However, it’s a little non traditional (which is why I like it!). Do you think I would be better off purchasing one of their more traditional bags? What are your thoughts?
Hello! Your site never disappoints! I always check into to find the latest inspiration (sounds better than “excuse”) to get myself a new bag. In any case, I’d like to know if you can help me identify the cross-body bag that Bar Refaeli wore when she went to an amusement park in Barcelona:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2040631/Bar-Refaeli-tucks-ice-cream-boyfriend-David-Fischer.html
I know, I know. It’s from the DailyMail but it’s a good resource for looking at the latest photos. Many thanks!
Yadira
Used to love looking at your site as photos of the bags commented on were posted. Nowadays, only words so I hardly visit the site.
I was wondering what the Snob team made of this new collection?
http://apps.facebook.com/ruby-shoo/
Hi All!
I love the passion throughout every writer on your blog! I haven’t seen a blog so dedicated to bags! After coming across your blog today, I just knew your blog- being so down to earth and trendy at the same time needed to hear about this up and coming brand Gunas— it is a vegan approved Eco-friendly brand of hand bags that also define a smart fashion forward movement! The Gunas brand is unique, durable, and chic– please check it out and let me know what you think!
http://www.gunasthebrand.com
Best,
Stephanie
Hi guys!!
Can you believe its Thanksgiving?? Wow, where did the year go?
I don’t want to take a lot of your time, but since I am sure you get a ton of emails, I wanted to make sure my pitch on GUNAS didn’t sneak by you. We would really love to work with you and your wonderful readers so please let me know what we can do.
Don’t eat too much Turkey!
Stephanie
Hello. I hope you are well. I want to first start off by saying what a great blog you have! I am writing because I design a line of bags using fine upholstery fabrics and also natural dyed handwoven fabrics that sustain villages in Asia and Central America. I would love to send you some information on my collection and some images. I thank you for your time and consideration on being featured on your blog. Have a fantastic holiday season.
Best,
Ben
P.S. my website (www.zinkstore.com) is being re-done and will launch the end of next week. I also just launched on http://www.vivre.com
Nice to meet the masterminds behind this blog, great stuff!
Love your site- want to exchange links?
Check mine out!
thanks,
Pam
Where is your unsubscribe options for twitter?
Do you know what bag she is carrying?
http://theblueearthgoddess.tumblr.com/post/14204424660
This blog is great. keep up the good work guys. Get loads of inspiration and ideas from here!
Dear Bagsnob, I love your blog and can’t wait for the full low down on Firenze 4 Ever. My bags were there for the first time!
Please have a look at my new collection for MILSKI @ luisaviaroma.com & Gregory’s any day soon!
x
MILSKI
Hi! I first want to say that I love the site. I’ve followed it for the past year or so. It’s the first site I thought of for a new product review. It’s called NaturelEyes and it’s an amazing anti-wrinkle treatment that has natural ingredients, is light, works in a few minutes, and can be used under makeup. I personally use this product every day and would love to get Tina’s review on it. If you’re interested in reviewing NaturelEyes I’ll send you a sample kit to try out. I’m sure your readers would love to hear about it. You can find much more information about us at http://www.natureleyes.com. Thanks!
Cydney
Hello,
Wondering if either of you would be interested in doing an expose of Marc by Marc Jacobs bags. It pains me to write this, because he is absolutely one of my favorites and go to’s for fun, funky, functional bags and they have always been of the best quality. This year I have noticed that he has cut corners in the quality area. Prices of the bags are of course the same, however the material is cheap and rough to the touch. I feel so betrayed by him, but still can’t help but love him. I feel like we’ve been in this long term relationship then all of a sudden, out of nowhere…..betrayal. He has been my one and only love for quite some time and I have been faithful to him, season after season. Why Marc? I thought I could trust you, but you played me, you played all of us. Maybe we can change him, maybe he can go back to who he used to be, a creative genius who spared no expense in his creations. But now, I wouldn’t even fashion his purses on the neighborhood hobo. It’s that bad.
Signed,
Betrayed in the Bay
Hi!
Love your site! I am hoping I can get my bags reviewed by Tina! Can you please let me know how I can hand in a submission and if you like it then I could offer one as a giveaway!
Thanks again!
Natasha
Jeopardyandyoung.com
P:S My website is not totally fine tuned yet
P.S. my website (www.zinkstore.com) is being re-done and will launch the end of next week. I also just launched on Visit us
Nice to meet you guys!!!
I love your site! It’s very nice to see the faces of the people behind this project. I do have a website that want to share with you all. Is called The Prestige Shop and we offer great leather bags, accessories and unique leather jewelry. Anyway, thanks for sharing and hope to see you around http://www.ThePrestigeShop.com
Hello Tina and Kelly,
You guys are the best!! follow you all the time…
Are you coming to Paris Fashion Week 2-5 March?
Please come by my Fashion Fair, MeMy Mode being held at the Stunning Bourse de Commerce… there is an amazing group of designers with their new collections being presented to Buyers and Press from all over the world… A few new and very inspiring Bag designers will be there, you are both going to love the selection …The designers that present at my show sell to all the Top Label boutiques world wide.
Please come and have fun discovering NEW Amazing designs, new talents, a celebrity here and there passing by…. and all this under one roof…
To obtain an invitation please go to my web-site http://www.memymode.com
or contact me personally at info@memymode.com
Can’t wait to meet you guys, my favorite snobs
Mariel Gamboa
Organizer of the MeMy Mode trade show
Can I send you both some of my products so that you can try them in return for a review?
The bags of Vienna ! MUST HAVE 4 2012 !
I have a Fendi bag that I received as a gift from my boss a couple of years ago. I no longer have the original box or bag it came in. I am trying to sell it but do not know the value, is there anyway you can help me?
hiya tina and kelly! any advice for advancing my name on a waiting list for a CDC? do you know what the average time is for the wait? i’ve called all over, no one has any in stock, they never know when they will receive and the WL here in paris is about 10 pages long (ridiculous!!). help! any tricks or hints you can offer would be much appreciated
merci!
I have been looking for my absolute perfect bag for years. I finally found it in a picture and I know that it’s by Miu Miu but I have no idea what style? I have been combing the Internet for days with no luck. I must find out which Miu Miu bag it is & where to purchase it. Please help!!!
Here is the the link to the picture. Any help would be VERY appreciated.
http://pinterest.com/pin/156711262003742890/
Thanks, Mikhaela
Hi,
I am trying to post a comment but keep getting an error.
Maybe you can help me.
I am looking for the Chinese Doll Clutch from the Chanel Shanghai collection.
Hey Girls…very nice site indeed! We’ve just launched our site and would be interested to chat with you for future biz. Still loading pieces within the next few weeks and filling orders from FB site. Would love to hear what you think!
Keep up the great work…your blog is on my and my teams’ favorites!
Love your site! Please check out my site ♥♥♥ I’m currently based in Japan and make the jewelry myself. I hope you like what you see!! xo
I have used only Hermes bags for the past 30 years…first kellys and then birkins….Now my favorite purse has become a reality, tabloid tv nightmare…
Looking for a new bag…
What do you recommend?
Is there an email address of physical address we can send samples and a press kit to?
Is there a website support email that I can use? I have a question and it would be great if I can have it answered….
hi there, thesnob@bagsnob.com thanks
Hello, I am looking for the Lousis vuitton * Edun Holdall. does anyone know how to source a preowned one?
Please email me on jazza@dircon.co.uk
thank you for your help,
Jazza
Hi!
Please let me know your email address we can send a business proposal.
I’ll appreciate your response!
Thanks in advance.
Hi Kelly & Tina,
I think your fashion blog is extremely entertaining and full of quality content!
Hi! Is there something wrong with the site? As soon as I click on the ‘next page’ to see earlier entries in April, it jumps to the Jan. 12, 2012 (5 very colorful bags)entry always.
I can’t seem to view anything between the ‘newest’ entries and Jan. 12. I missed seeing a lot of entries.
hi there,
would love to connect with you about a contest launching on couture.zappos.com.