don't ruffle her bag!

many bags share similar qualities. sometimes you see this quality prevalent in all the design houses in one season, and some linger and overflow to the next. i don't know if that's called staying power or just persistence. i think designers do find a fashion pulse though and they design a lot around a certain inspiration. OR, they see a particular style that they like and then they replicate it because they ran out of ideas themselves. who knows.... in my classroom, i call that COPYING. nooooo bueno!

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.

just like online dating.....

i received my dior wallet...and i don't love it. i'm soooo disappointed. it's like a freakin' online dating picture...you know what i mean? like you THINK he looks one way, you get a little bit excited because you think he's hot, but when you actually see him, it's totally different. totally different....boo hoo.

unfortunately for me, this dior wallet that i had pined for does not meet my expectations. when i opened my box, i was like what the heck?! what the HELL did eluxury do with the pictures to change the coloration so much? it was suppose to be "mystically mustard," a HOT yellow, but instead, it looks like a worn out, mustard-brown. a sad, depressed brown...verging on turd. so sad, so sad. boo hoo. don't you think the color looks TOTALLY different?

back on my wallet search again....

the bag that gave birth to a wallet

i'm still obsessing over bags, but getting a new bag gave birth to a side thrill. i NEEDED a new wallet...it didn't feel right to pull out my anonymously designed black wallet anymore as i buy my combo #27 at rodeo grill. yes, the wallet still works. yes, it's still ok. but am i ok with "OK" anymore? i don't know...give me some time to reflect on that question please.

as i perused eluxury for my marc jacobs research and right before i went out and got the dr. q. groovee, i had stumbled across a christian dior wallet in gold. it's HOT!! the gold color (or mystically mustard as i would like to think of it) was available. but the price was NOT to die for so i left it alone. i would visit it once in a while as i cruised the internet, but like the old high school crush i had when i was but a little girl, i was "just looking." :(

i originally had wanted the continental size wallet because the design looked better in its larger format, but OH MY GOSH, the smaller square sized sibling of this christian dior st. germain double-face wallet went on sale on eluxury and I HAD TO HAVE IT. i asked 2 friends to look at it. they were none too excited. one thought the price was outrageous...but he's a boy and boys are dumb. j/k. ahahhahaha. my other friend felt lukewarm about it. at that point, my excitement for the wallet was still present, but i must admit, my confidence wavered a bit because it is online after all and WHO KNOWS how this wallet will really look like as i hold it in my hands. was it a hassle i was willing to take upon myself?

YES!

i bought it. it's on it's way to moi soon. i will probably get it by wednesday. i couldn't find a picture of it anymore on the net, so just imagine the smaller size in that gold color. do you love it? if i love it, i will take a picture of it and repost this.