On The Rag
I’m sorry, but how is this cool? Promoting violence?! I don’t care if Vlieger&Vandam‘s pistol and blade are tongue-in-cheek, these clutches are all kinds of wrong. I live in Texas and have a few close girlfriends who not only have gun licenses, but actually carry them in their bags and cars! As much as I [...]
Newsflash! Blumarine moves to Sesame Street! I bet Big Bird is happy to have new furry neighbors, though I’m not so sure about how Cookie Monster feels about the recent additions. A chubby jacket in fluffy Mongolian fur, I can get behind (especially when the temperature falls and the winds get brisk). But a handbag [...]
Carpetbaggers, circus clowns, and rhinestone cowgirls rejoice: Fall 2012 is chockfull of bags made just for you. If it’s an assault on the eyes you crave, these overly stimulated, ultra-busy bags ought to strike your fancy. Seriously, what’s going on?! Dolce & Gabbana’s bags always veer from the intensely chic to the intensely unsettling, and [...]
There’s high-shine and there’s scary-shine. I probably don’t need to tell you these crinkly, color-changing blasts of high-temp sheen fall into the latter category. These bags look like something that should fly out of a rundown Vegas slot machine when you’ve hit the jackpot! I do see the Jem and the Holograms-esque appeal – and [...]
What the hell is this? A lifejacket or a bag? Maybe it’s both. Diverso Italian’s off-putting rubberized calfskin backpack (if you can even call it that; it wraps and clings around your body like an unattractive vest) could possibly be good for air travel. In the case of an emergency landing, you’re required to leave [...]
In concept, I love this D&G bag: a shoulder-tote style, with contrasting front and back patterns, that folds fluidly into a clutch. Three bags in one – sounds like a great deal, right? But, alas, concept and execution can be two very different things. Three-for-one does not a bargain make when the bag in question [...]
