Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Sunday, December 21, 2008
what is this?!
Monday, November 24, 2008
eld 1
anyways, to commemorate me teaching once again....my REAL identity as oppose to this bag whore one, i would like to show you this fug tote that marc by marc jacobs actually tried to sell to his minions. it's called the "new standard supply tote." i think it's hilarious....reminds me of the scaffolding you would need to provide to second language learners when they access english...you know, label everything in the classroom. like a chair would have a card that says "chair," a clock would say "clock," and his tote says "tote." ugly right?
Friday, November 7, 2008
i never forgot you....
"Don't tell me it's that wallet you returned at the Rodeo Drive Chanel Boutique."
she is partly right anyways...that's how she rolls..always being partly right. oh snap!
i did go to the chanel boutique looking for something but not specifically for the blue camellia wallet that i had returned in the past and which potsticker had guessed. but while i was waiting for the sa to get that "something else" for me to look at, she opened a drawer that housed the blue/grey camellia wallet. YES, i was lured again. it is such a BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL color with a super feminine pattern. the kind that makes you swoon a bit and you start thinking to yourself (well myself anyways), "ahhh, it is too pretty to pass up this time right?" i needed to re-evaluate my past decision especially since i know it's been sold out in most places.
so i asked to see if they had a virginal blue/grey camellia wallet in their stockroom and they did. but upon further inspection, i found a little white spot on the inside of the wallet (no bueno!)...and sadly, i still found the same issues with it. the lambskin is too delicate (i think i would baby it too much and it will still get all scratched up), there's not enough credit card slots, AND the bills don't lie flat in the bill slot. i feel this style wallet was not made for the american dollar. anyways, i already have my red prada and my orange colored chanel one...and my wee house for that matter. i guess TECHNICALLY, i don't need another wallet so i decided to pass. still regrettable, but i don't think i would have put it to good use.
however, because i LOVE this color and pattern so much, i decided to pick up a credit card holder in this design. it has 3 credit card slots and a slot in the middle to hold any folded up bills. it's a tad bigger than a regular credit card and i think it will make a great alternative to using a real sized wallet for golden deliciousness since she's a tad small herself. besides, i'm just going to fess up right now. i wanted to own a piece of this gorgeousness and buying a cc holder seems a lot more reasonable than a wallet that i would not use often.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
a tote you can believe in
what do you think of this tote? hmmmm?? some catch phrases can be:
anyways, i'm excited for this election. excited about the possibilities. excited about a non-republican president and ending this god forsaken war. i would tote this tote to the polling station if i could...but i guess i will just have to settle for one of my other equally hot but not as political bags.
did you vote?
Sunday, November 2, 2008
OBAMA made me do it!
Friday, October 31, 2008
happy halloween!
"Yael Mer designed these ‘Head Hand Bag’, which are inspired by the biblical story about Judith and Holofernes and its visual representation from the Renaissance. Each bag tells its own story."
this is the story:
head 1: so, how did you lose your head?
head 2: umm, my chariot was going too fast so my head got sliced off by the wooden bridge overpass. how about thou?
head 1: i had an illicit affair with the master's wife and got caught. that wasn't the only head of mine that got cut off if ya know what i'm sayin' *wink*
head 2: tmi
head 3: could you guys shut up please?! i'm trying to get some shut eye here!
imagine this could be YOU, rocking a head bag!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
smooches,
bagnatic;)
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
preventing the abyss
courtney cox with her big ass red snakeskin "bird bag."
angelina jolie with her anya hindmarch tote.
gorgeous chanel croc tote. huge effer though.
now, if you can carry off such a behemoth of a bag, then i have to wonder, HOW THE HECK DO YOU FIND YOUR THINGS IN SUCH A LARGE BAG??!! some designers are considerate of this fact and sew pockets on the insides of the bag for your cell phone, keys, etc.... but others do not. i guess if you were planning to carry such a huge ass bag in the first place, the designers probably assume that convienence isn't your main priority. lucky for angelina and courtney, there is a solution to this: the purseket. yep. an organizer for your big ass bag.
"The Large measures: 8" high from top of key post x 36" long. It wraps around inside to line the purse with 8 gusseted pockets. Fits canvas totes, carryalls, travel bags, large purses, beach bags, diaper bags with 15" min. opening x 8" min depth. 8th pocket is 6" wide & has velcroed flap which can be tucked behind the Purseket when not needed. Bulky items, eg. wallets, makeup cases, dayplanners, sit in the middle of a clean purse."
um, i have a few big bags myself, but i think the purseket is tacky. i know it's practical and all, but i can't get over how "pocket protectorish" it all seems. you know, GEEKY. it just seems ick to open your big ole chanel or marc jacobs to find one of these things in there. i don't mind digging around my purse for my wallet and keys. would you pursket your purse? it's $22 for a large, $20 for a medium, and $18 for a small. OR, you can take that money and get a froyo, yo. i pick option B.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
chanel has nothing on this
Monday, October 13, 2008
so i bought something else.......
Saturday, September 27, 2008
why are you so hot?!
here's lauren conrad from mtv's "the hills" (omg i love that show). she's rocking a jumbo caviar flap. to no one's suprise, there is a suspected price hike on jumbos in november.
here's heidi (also from "the hills") rocking her white chanel accordian flap.
and here's audrina (also from "the hills") rocking her chanel diamond stitch tote. that sucker went up in price real quick and became a hot ebay number.
lindsay lohan and her super cute mini red lambskin flap. this bag is slightly bigger than a wallet on a chain. LOVE the red.
not to mention the countless other young celebrities that love them as well: mischa barton, nicole richie, paris hilton, olsen twins, christina aguilara, etc (hahaha, i didn't want to spend too much time downloading all their pics). anyways, a good bag is loved by all. too bad this love drives up the prices so damn high, hence, another suspected price hike in november.
*btw, why my homage to "the hills" girls? they brought teen attention to chanels. talk about the power of media.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
don't ruffle her bag!
in the past season, dior came out with a "gypsy bag." i believe the red ruffles you see adorning this bag is suppose to make you think of the tons of ruffles that a "gypsy" might rock with her skirts.
hot cartoon gypsy chick. notice the bellowing skirt.
in january of this year, dior came out with a red ruffled "gypsy bag." i don't think it's very cute. love the red color, but the ruffles are TOO much. don't they look like oversized panties? it also looks like you're carrying a frock. and for the price...ick. put that frickin' frock down!
i saw it sitting by its lonesome at a dior store. i did not go in to inquire, but the bag looked pretty big and i think the ruffles are made of leather.
fast forward 9 months later, another frickin' frock shows up. say hello to the prada pizzo sachel. it appears to be covered in lace and again it has RUFFLES. this bag is a straight up school-marm-with-a-tight-bun-about-to-attend-a-funeral bag though. this is no, no, no.
i think we should leave the ruffles alone. this is one fashion detail i don't mind disappearing with the dinosaurs.Monday, September 15, 2008
Saturday, September 13, 2008
blinged out hermes...oooohh la la
Sunday, September 7, 2008
don't judge a bag by it's cover
anyways, the concept is simple. you have a basic black bag like this:
anyways, the shells of her bag have girl's names. i'm assuming she must be naming them after some important chicks in her life. my favorite one is the "amy" shell. i don't know why the "amy" shell looks like a jail uniform though:
i personally wouldn't get a miche bage cuz i think it's fugz and the idea insults my bag whore proclivities. but to each their own.
Monday, September 1, 2008
rain, rain, go away
i "get it" i suppose because some of these purses are hella expensive. it makes sense that you would want to protect them from damage during a rainy interlude. and i also "get it" i suppose in not wanting to put your chanel or bottega veneta in a plastic vons bag in order to protect it. you don't want to appear tacky so i "get it."
BUT, i still think it's pretty dumb. i would rather not bag my bag in a bag. if i expect it to rain, then i won't even carry my leathery babies. but if i didn't expect it to rain but it did, then i would just tuck it under my jacket or swiftly wipe the beads of rain off my purses as i have done in the past. spending money on a plastic raincoat for your bag smells like a dumb idea.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
so shady
here's what's in the box. whoo hoo! i know right? wtf did it take me so long to post? it wasn't a tease. i promise!! just been uber busy and tired out with some other time consuming obligations.
anyways, i saw these pair of sunglasses when i had bought my gold metallic reissue. i really thought they were great looking for my face (though my sis and a friend just thought they were OK). obviously, i tried on EVERY pair they had and these sunglasses truly fitted my asian face the best. it sat comfortably on my nose and it covered my eyebrows. i liked that a lot. i also liked the way the cc's looked on the side. pretentious? perhaps. i just thought it was a cute detail with a good fit. but after some pondering, i decided i couldn't buy it then and there. i WAS NOT about to walk away with a new bag AND some sunglasses. i thought that would be horrific for my wallet so i restrained myself....barely.
well, a few weeks went by and i returned. that's usually how long it takes for an idea to sit in and germinate. i immediately went to chanel to look for those sunnies. eh?! ALL GONE?! no way really? so from that period onwards, i looked at all the department stores, etc...that sold chanel sunnies and all the sales folks told me that the particular style i was looking for SOLD OUT and was DISCONTINUED. apparently, they fitted A LOT of faces, especially asian ones so they were one of the firsts to go. awww....
that was a few months ago. recently during a stroll through scp with my boiling crab splattered t-shirt, i dropped by the bloomies chanel to say "hi" to kazue. kazue wasn't there, but LOW and BEHOLD, what do i see there?! one pair of these sunnies left!!! i bet it was either a returned item or it was forgotten in the stock room. anyways, no pondering this time. i immediately bought them and have been rocking them since.
here's some modeling pics courtesy of afro ken. isn't he adorable?! the sunnies totally fit him as well.
and a profile shot. cute!
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Monday, August 11, 2008
bag huntress
dang, you dasher-er of dreams. this response is from an SA that i've been talking to about a particular bag in a particular color. after visiting the boutique once, we've talked on the phone and emailed. this response was taken from one of her emails.
i have a particular bag in mind so i am on a bag hunt which may or may not result in anything...leaning towards probably not. it's best for my wallet that i don't. it is tough when one sees a beautiful bag though that one MUST add to a bagdrobe. the hunt continues.... :)
Saturday, August 9, 2008
it takes a village to celebrate a marriage
side view. so preeettyyy.....
full frontal. it looked like the medium size to me.
Sunday, August 3, 2008
fairies, fairies, everywhere!
Sunday, July 27, 2008
woot woot!
my berfday festivities started on friday with great friends and good eats at "the park" (i yelped it in case your stomach is curious). i thought it was a pretty scrump-de-li-lumptious meal and happily knew that this meal signified a fat ass weekend for moi. what a great way to start it up! holla! and a fat ass weekend it has become!
yesterday, saturday, was just as fantastic. a few friends took me to crustaceans because i rave about the garlic noodles all the time so they delivered me right to their koi doors. yummy! they are my social activist friends from way back. seriously, back in the days, i used to march in rallies, participate in protests, helped with some community organizing, etc... can you hear me scream this?
anyways, i carried golden deliciousness to dinner (my chanel metallic gold reissue) since i wanted to max her out. throughout dinner, i must admit that i tried to hide her a bit or i would put my hand over the tiny chanel inscription on the clasp. i felt a bit embarrassed to carry her amongst my activist friends...i can't explain it other than the fact that i had a very different persona back then and if they ever found out about my fondness for chanel, i would NEVER hear the end of it. they truly would not understand my newfound materialism and although my politics remains the same, the chanel twist would have knocked their social justice socks off. hence, no one from that particular circle of friends knows about bagnatic. shhhhh..... ;)
she is purty even though i wore her uneasily that night. here's another outfit combo. i wore this to crustaceans and golden deliciousness works just as well. she is much more versatile than i thought!
my office is still messy. i protest cleaning...come on, join my protest!
Saturday, July 19, 2008
i'm not a playa, i just crush a lot
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Sunday, July 13, 2008
and it shines...twice
this is my outfit when i went to the church ceremony. i don't think it's hard to pair golden deliciousness up with an outfit as long as the outfit isn't too busy looking. i think this bag looks best against a solid colored background....or as solid as you can make it. the dress i'm wearing has tiny white polka dots (and yes, i love polka dots too. thanks for wondering). i think it looks great! :) *crickets*
here's a few things i noticed about the bag. it's "soft" in the sense that it lacks the stiff structure of a caviar bag and of course with this size, it holds a lot less. i had to squeeze a ton of stuff in and the bag "gave in" a little but still maintained it's shape. definitely can't carry as much as jumbolicious. it's also a head turner. whoo hoo! i saw you checking out my bag lady! kidding!
at the reception, i saw two other chanel sisters. both were older ladies (mid 40's and 50?). one carried a white gst with gold hardware and another rocked a small vintage lambskin flap. seriously, i thought this shallow thought: it is nice to be able to enjoy some nice things at this young age. ow! i continue to stick by my philosophy that some things in life, you shouldn't wait till later to enjoy. do it now! hahahaha....
Sunday, July 6, 2008
if it ain't broke....
the original padlock.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
my golden ticket
i had originally visited kazue over at scp bloomies because of this bag, the black caviar gst (grand shopping tote).
now you know what i finally decided to do. the black gst was cute, but i thought it looked similar to jumbolicious, my jumbo flap. besides, it didn’t take my breath away quite the same way that the gold reissue did. not too long afterwards, i called kazue and asked her to hold the gold reissue for me. i went back to scp to return the gst and to purchase this golden bag. done deal.
my “golden ticket” still sits in my closet looking as golden and as lovely as ever. since i have 5 weddings coming up, there will definitely be 5 occasions to bring this golden beauty out for a spin. watch out for this bag as it makes an appearance at a wedding near you. i know my tastes may not run along the same path as yours, but goodness gracious, we all know when we love something and boy do i love this bag so very much. it is my lucky golden bag indeed.
as i delude myself into thinking my chanel collection is complete with one caviar flap bag, a gold reissue (2 super signature pieces. must have classics in ANY chanel bagdrobe), and my chanel wallet…might i say that bagnatic will be on a hiatus from procuring more bags? for the moment anyways, since i still need money to fund my drug habit (j/k).
hahhaha…i was shopping at target with my friend “j” and i saw a lovely silver piggy bank. i told her i should buy it so i can put money in there for my chanel fund. ahahhaha…sad :)