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| One of the season's handbags- vintage, sadly. |
5:26 PM: I begin writing the first installment in my bags of the season series. For several minutes I fail to do this and watch an 80s fitness video on the TV instead.
5:30 PM: I return to writing. I drag the table my laptop is on towards myself several times, now the lamp cord is all taut and fraught with potential danger.
5:31 PM: I eventually get back to work because I happen to point my staring at the computer screen where the handbags I am supposedly talking about are in full view. I admire them all over again. They are too cute.
Yet they also have a business-like side. It looks like they're saying "We hold important things too! We're just very selective. Not just anything gets in this bag."
They're "directional" as Net-a-Porter would say, and the direction they're pointing in is Fashionville, along Route 101 Style, with a turn-off on to Haute Couture Avenue.
5:34 PM: I snack lightly on some crackers and mozzarella (or, as I call it, "Pizza Cheese"). I hear "Way to work guys!" issuing repeatedly from the TV. I am proud.
5:40 PM: The thing that I love about these bags, I think to myself, is that they can cover so many of your necessary fall trends in one fell swoop. Let's see:
Retro: CHECK
Ladylike: CHECK
Simplistic/Minimal: CHECK
And, get one in a camel or scarlet and that is another big CHECK!
5:46 PM: I wonder when dinner will be ready and stare into the kitchen forlornly.
5:49 PM: I get back to business. The thing is, though this IS the handbag for the season, you won't find one in mainstream stores, not yet. But that's what fashion is about, isn't it? Being several season ahead of everyone else?
5:55 PM: Dinner. Vast enjoyment is had.
6:20 PM: I continue. I have nicknamed this particular item "The Short-leashed Wallet" because of its small, compact nature and its short strap, below are more pictures of some finds, all of which remind me of snappy 60s career women, stepping out in style. Ending on this point I add some more pics of the "SLW" and am finished in time for Coronation Street!
Such hard work and so much genius goes into these posts, clearly.
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| A pretty vintage number meant for going out! |
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| A simple, utilitarian handbag, but gorgeous nonetheless. |
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| A simple chic black short-leashed wallet. |
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| A new spin on the old style by Anya Hindmarch. |
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| A larger-sized Fendi version currently on the market. |
