Balmain
When it comes to Balmain’s bags, the designs are a mixed, well, bag. Some, like the Award clutch, are clear winners boasting equal parts approachability and severe edge, and others, are dire, overpriced repeats of bags by other designers. I’m happy to report that the Amanda falls into the agreeable first category! This slouchy, not [...]
How could one design house produce two bags I have SUCH opposing opinions about? I’m feeling a little schizophrenic about my emotions at the moment, perhaps because when it comes to their bags, Balmain is revealing they have a multiple-personality disorder. Since I like to see the glass half full, let’s begin with the Award [...]
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Do you want the good news or the bad news first? Since I’m an optimist, here goes. The good news is Balmain‘s obscene prices finally seem to be slipping. The bad news is their bags still look like they were pulled out of Forever 21 or the local mall. (If this one doesn’t have you [...]
Funny, witty, and with a sharp eye for style, Kyle Anderson is every girl’s dream BFF. Did I mention he is also the Senior Accessories Editor of Elle magazine? Enough said. Kyle tells me he looks at about a gazillion bags a week (oh, so envious!), so to say he knows a thing or two [...]
Hardware is making a serious comeback, though for some it never went away in the first place. Girls are growing bored of minimal bags with little to no hardware (but not me! Although I am now more receptive to appropriately hardwared bags). That’s not to say we’re going back to the days of the preemptively [...]
