Recently in Vintage Category

I'm getting kind of bored with Fall bags already, it's the end of the season and everything is starting to look alike to me. One way to get out of the funk is to shop vintage. This Chanel with the swirl stitching is so edgy and cool because it looks vintage, and you get a great price for it! A win-win if you ask me. Portero is better than going to vintage shops because they authenticate all their bags and it is less time consuming to shop online. Sure I love sorting through random things to find the gems and that's fun while on vacation but honestly, who has time to do that on a regular basis? Chanel Vintage Black Lambskin Leather Swirl Stitch Envelope Shoulder Bag is $588!! Shop Chanel at Portero.com.

Beauty, as they say, is in the eye of the beholder.  And I find nothing beautiful or desirable about this bag by artist Tom Sachs.  As he sees it, nothing beats the Hermès Kelly bag. "It's the holy grail of handbags," he said. "There's no bag beyond it."

Apparently his knock off version is beyond it-- fashioned from hardware-store supplies for added durability at a cost of $12,000 (way more expensive than the birkin and kelly at Hermes).  You can find it for sale at Larry Gagosian's new Madison Avenue shop.  What do you think of it?  I vote slob!

Photo: Rob McKeever, courtesy Gagosian Gallery