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[ 27 January 2009 ]
Most people have a thing — or several things — that they enjoy so much that the very concept is totally titillating, completely compelling, subversively salacious. Among the many things that send me into a delicious frenzy — high heels, health food stores, raw food, alternative healing, language & music — are handbags.
Oh yes, handbags. Ridiculous things, truly. Scraps of fabric sewn together in such a way that your mobile phone doesn’t fall out & smash on the filthy streets of… wherever. Dyed swatches of animal flesh with shiny hardware. The grown-up version of Huckleberry Finn’s scarf tied around the end of a stick. Those things that most men, somehow, manage to do without. Yes, handbags. I love them. I really love them. Mmmmm. Colourful, leathery pornography.
I never used to; it’s something which crept up on me, just like my shoe obsession. I hit age 23 & suddenly, it was all over. I trawl the internet late at night, my face perilously close to the screen as I squint at the leather, the stitching, the detailing. It’s a filthy obsession.
Worst of all, I am not into the vegan handbag thing. I know, I know, leather is cruel, & even though I barely eat anything that isn’t vegan these days, I just cannot made the switch to non-leather shoes or handbags. Sorry. Can’t. Won’t. Not interested. I am okay with being a contradiction, though; in fact, I embrace it.
So, all of this to say — I am slightly handbag mad at the moment. Just before I left New York, I spent serious time in the Balenciaga store, agonising over whether I did or did not want the Giant Amethyst Pink City. (How good does that sound?! A giant amethyst pink city…) I stood with it on my arm, looking in the mirror for a significant amount of time. I decided no — but I’ve since changed my mind. It will be mine… oh yes. It will be mine.
But I won’t own it for at least another month — no Balenciaga boutiques here! — & I keep thinking about bags. So in my travels around l’internet, I have found a whole bunch of other bags which are super-cute & would look lovely on anyone’s shoulder, & it seems unkind not to share. So here we go. Bags à la Gala, & of course we’re kicking off with my baby, the Giant Amethyst Pink City.
Ideal for girls with candy-coloured locks (ahem, ahem), & high-falutin’, champagne-sippin’, diamante brass knuckle-ownin’ fillies of all stripes with a penchant for stylistic drama & madness. Take it on planes (it’ll fit your Macbook), to fancy parties (it’ll hold a bottle of plonk) & on first dates with well-dressed boys or girls.
Essential contents: Moleskine planner, oversized Pucci sunglasses, business cards, vitamins, water bottle, airline tickets, passport, mascara.
This is the ideal handbag for the hard-working domme on her day off. Saucy but unassuming, it’s just right for shopping sprees, appointments with the therapist & dinners with totally unsuspecting parents. Oh, you woman of mystery, you!
Essential contents: Library card, black cherry cough drops, cigarettes & Zippo, shopping list (limes, tomato sauce, sugarcubes), invitation to an art show & a pair of handcuffs. Hey, you never know.
A superbly playful bag for the charming, unicorn-loving girl inside of all of us. The girl who owns this probably works in a record shop or an independent bookstore, has trouble balancing the cash register & is late almost all the time, but makes great cups of tea for all her workmates. She is always generous with her sweets & puts her spare change in a super-shiny pink piggy-bank.
Essential contents: Heart-shaped sunglasses, a folded copy of the Style section, small notebook & sparkly pen, iPod, torn out personals ad, half-written love letter to long-time crush, three blank postcards.
For the girl who loves design blogs, her half-shaved head & her epic collection of apocalyptic folk music, who also happens to need something “presentable” to take to her desk job. That girl who wears glasses with bold frames, MAC Red lipstick & doesn’t make small talk in the tea room. That one you kind of want to sleep with, but who won’t even look at you. Damnit.
Essential contents: A red apple, court summons, painkillers, concert ticket stubs, Band Aids & a well-worn copy of Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra.
Perfect for the girl who collects boyfriends as an idle hobby. As comfortable in a video arcade as she is at the races in a fabulous hat, her chameleon nature endears her to everyone, especially men, who see her as exactly what they’re looking for. She plays it up & catches them off guard; they always think they have snagged a rare treasure. Even after she disappears with all their best china, they still think of her fondly as “the one that got away”.
Essential contents: Photobooth stickers folded in half, keys to the houses of her 3 current boyfriends, sparkly gloss for irresistably kissable lips, an essential oil perfume blend, a list of men to conquer.
Practical, sleek & clean, this bag is perfect for (secretly awesome) gold-diggers who want to fly under the radar. Those Wall Street bigwigs won’t know what hit them, especially when you come along with your slim, elegant hoop earrings, well-polished shoes & immaculately styled coiffure. Once you snare yo’ man, you’ll be free to kick back, stick your feet out of the window of that apartment with a view of the park, smoke a cigar & nod your head to Busta Rhymes.
Essential contents: Platinum Visa, hand sanitiser, hairspray, iPhone, leather gloves.
This bag could only ever belong to a famous manicurist in Beverly Hills. Fond of sunbeds, sculpted hedges & avoiding menial labour, her handbag is the perfect complement to her lifestyle: saccharine, impractical & slightly vulgar. Not to mention, the colour of the leather perfectly matches the collar on her poodle, Miriam.
Essential contents: Appointment book, emery board, Valium, dog treats.
For the girl who always wanted to grow up to be Jack the Ripper but ended up as a fashion editor instead. It’s just doctor’s bag-esque enough to get away with, while its price tag earns her the nod from the women she works with. She stays up late at night watching crime shows while writing about the hottest runway trends.
Essential contents: Guide to human anatomy, money rolled & kept in a small glass bottle, copy of Vogue Italia, mechanical pencil, vitamin c tablets.
Just came into your inheritance? This is the handbag for you. It’s loud & bold & slightly over-the-top — it says, “Why yes, I’m cashed up & I don’t care who knows it. In fact, DID YOU SEE MY BAG?!” This is not a bag for the shy. & if you blow through all your money too quickly, its padded exterior will make an excellent pillow when you’re sleeping on the streets.
Essential contents: Subscription pull-outs for Forbes & The Robb Report, 24k gold bottle opener, business cards of 3 plastic surgeons, keys to the new Bentley.
Yes, this bag would be the pride & joy of any Rick Owens or Gareth Pugh devotee. It is simple & slightly sinister, perfect for toting around all your eccentric, stand-offish personal effects.
Essential contents: Oh, who knows. It could be anything. I wouldn’t be surprised if an axolotyl climbed out.
If you saw this bag lying in the corner at a party, you’d immediately know which girl it belonged to. The one wearing neon eye-shadow. The one with crimped hair. The one with the shoes that make you raise an eyebrow. The one with the hat that looks like a balloon animal. ...Wait, what?
Essential contents: Glow-in-the-dark face paint, condoms with Pee Wee Herman’s face printed on the packet, heart-shaped Post It notes, vintage rhinestone necklaces, a handmade sign which says “BOO!”.
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I love the pink/purple Balenciaga, the purple Miu Miu and the black Anne Valerie Hash
For real. I would be delighted to own ANY of them!
I’m literally shuddering with desire for…all of them, but in particular the purple Miu Miu. It looks so soft and I’d love to live on the streets if I had that.
As I scrolled down, I was overjoyed by the best bag ever, and as I kept scrolling to reveal bag after bag, I found myself unable to pick a best bag and I’ve decided I’m going to win the lotto and buy them all! Although, I’m lusting for all of them – one of them would make me a happy gal!! I very much needed some bag porn! I shall go back to day dreaming said bags with possible outfits!
If the Diesel bag and the Marc Jacobs bags made love you would have me in all of my kick ass day glo glory.
I call the Diesel one.
I guess I don’t HAVE to pay off those student loans just yet…..
Why, Gala, do you feel the need to torture me with bags that are absolutely fabulous that I can’t afford?
I also have a bag obsession, maybe a bigger obsession then I have with shoes (shocking, right?), but I am going to college and barely have enough money to buy my underware let alone my luxury goods.
vegan handbags maybe? plus canadian – we love it…
www.mattandnat.ca/
Bag heaven!
My god they’re all beautiful.
I need a new bag…unfortunately, none of these babies are in my measly price range. Alas, I’ll just have to head on over to Urban Outfitters. Agg.
Thanks for the eye candy, Gala! :]
Corey — Use it as motivation to kick MEGA-booty in your degree so you can be an epic success & buy as many ridiculous handbags as your heart desires!
Those Anna Lou bags are magnifique! The bows, the bright colours! I loved this post. ♥
Okay okay… Gala, I get that you said you don’t do the vegan handbag thing… but maybe someone reading the comments is looking for a fab vegan bag. So, I have to recommend Matt&Nat! Here’s a link to the current women’s collection: www.mattandnat.ca/product/sear…
I managed to score mine at a discount store for $60 before they went all “upscale.” Still though… for bags as big as they are (my bag is frequently referred to as “luggage” as opposed to a “purse”) I think it’s kinda worth it. They look MUCH better than the average vegan bag, too… at least in my opinion! Strangers regularly ask me where I got my bag and are really surprised when I tell them it’s not real leather.
Things I heart about my bag: It came with two interchangeable straps (a short one to keep the bag tucked under my arm, or a long one to wear it down at the hip); it has LOTS of easily accessible compartments (3 pockets on the front, one on each size, a zip pocket on the back, and a zip pocket in the main compartment) and a place to clip my keys; it’s made with material that’s designed to change based on the way you touch and use it; I can fit the WORLD in it! Today I carried, among the other daily necessities, a pair of jeans, a pair of shoes, and a thick cardigan sweater. Matt&Nat doesn’t fool around!
I’ll admit it- I’m an easy pushover for bright, shiny bags (because come on, how fun, right?)!
And I must say, the description on the Anna Lou bag makes me laugh in irony, only because it looks exactly like the kind of bag a girl on my rugby team would have :)
The grey Chloe purse is one that haunts my dreams.
oh god, i know, i know … my handbags ARE vegan at the moment but i long for something else … the lack of quality gets me every time.
i would ideally have two handbags: an 35cm hermes kelly in gris, and an old, battered 1940’s doctor’s bag painted on by yoshitomo nara.
one day i will totally have these (maybe not nara … but someone completely fabulous)
Thanks Gala! Well dear all if you dont have the dosh for that glorious bag you crave don’t fret! I too have that filthy obsession for bags I mean but what I do is head into my nearest Opp Shop (ie Opportunity Shops).I’m a big opp shop girl you see. Why last week I picked up a genuine Chloe bag (similar to the Paddington bag) for the pricely sum of $8AUD. And yes it is genuine a girl like me can just tell these things. Granted it is a little preloved inside but that’s cool. It gives it character I think.
Anyhow reasons to love Opp Shopping include:
(1) Its great for your pocket.
(2) Its great for the environment. You are buying something that would otherwise end up in landfill.
(3) Its great for charities. When you buy something the money goes to helping people less fortunate not to lining the pockets of some filthy rich retailer.
Need I say more? Happy shopping :-)
(If you are interested you can check my blog piece on eco parenting here – babysitterdirectory.blogspot.c…)
DIVINE! You’ve nailed each directly on the head.
And I’m fairly sure that I’ll need to find someplace convenient to shoplift that Barbara Bui bag from.
Oh God, the Chloe one is amazing…
Pity I don’t have the money for any of these xD stucked with vintage ones!
I love almost all of these bags ahhh.
But some of your links are off, I think. Most of them lead me to the net-a-porter home page. =/
the chloe and anne valerie hash bags are amazing.
i always choose handbags based on whether or not my school notebooks will fit in them. practical, but i guess cuter than a backpack.
Haha, the Anna Lou bag was immediately my favourite and the description fits too. I like to think of myself as scatter-brained but well intentioned!
That Balenciaga (along with the mint motorcycle) is my wet dream.
I can’t wait to see you wearing it every day Gala, it’s the next best thing I suppose.
So gorgeous!
I love the Gianfranco Ferre bag.
I think tonight maybe I’ll dream about it.
(The poodle formerly known as Sanchez?)
Fab post! Nothing compares ot Balenciaga, although I’ve actually never seen one in real life! I carry a $200 knockoff in blue. If anything would compare though, it’d be that Marc Jacobs with the studs. I’ve loved anything with studs since before the 2009 trend. My first skater boyfriend turned me on to studded belts and after that, as you say, ‘it was all over’.
(Love the Miu Miu description!)
I LOVE when you create characters around fabulous items! Makes me smile with a common knowledge of human natures.
Oh…. The Barbara Bui or Chloe for me. Haha – I wonder what my handbag choice says about me!!?
;D
I am SO glad the black Diesel bag is out of stock on asos! And I’m not going to go looking for it somewhere else.
BTW, Kirks sale is on with lots of bags with huge discounts.
I love when you create some characters and background to go with outfits or accessories, like this!
Oh My God, I LOVE YOU!!!! I’m not much of a girly girl, but I do have a thing for handbags! And that pink one is sublime! You must get it and I think I must also (and then, if we were friends in real life, we could hold hands and skip around the city with both of them slung between us :D Hee!). You’ve got me in a bag buying mood now, so I’m off to trawl through ebay….
Haha, now the poodle tweet makes sense. Was afraid such a pet wouldn’t fit into your current lifestyle and didn’t want to have to notify PETA.
Not that I would anyway, since this vegetarian can’t & won’t give up leather bags and shoes either. I do only faux fur, but also suspect that when I am older/wealthier I shall own some delicious furrrz that I will have rescued from their previous old Hollywood owners.
And I vote sooner rather than later on making that Amethyst dream yours!
[random praise]gala, your my effing hero. this post made me insanely happy, and totally brightened my day.
i love the way you write, your blog always cheers me up.[/random praise]
I never understood the fascination with handbags (although that Anna Lou is adorable). I guess I’m just strange. All my bags are hand knit or made of recycled materials. I use enough enough leather with my boot obsession. ;-) I am a lifelong vegetarian and have little to no qualms about leather and I don’t see it as a contradiction either. I think cows are pretty safe from me; I’ve never even tasted beef before!
Oooh I love when you write these little character stories. So much.
instantly inspiredThis is my HERO. The way you write is so… Magic. I love it.I like the LAST one the best, but the pink balenciaga bag and the Anna Lou’s are adorable too! Yummy…
I like this: www.modcloth.com/store/Womens/... So ironic and absolutely GORGEOUS.
And not too pricey. ;)
Did you see my petit request on the Chinese New Year post? Very excited, I hope you’ll consider. ;)
xoxo
SPRINKLE
bisous!
I’ve been vegan for nearly two years and I’m in love with my Stella McCartney for LeSportSac bag. I can’t find a pic but the one I have… the lighting is not great: heartshapedsky.vox.com/library…
Sorry, it’s on a blog post! But I love her and wanted to share.
I still wear my leather shoes, I’m not giving away gorgeous things I bought when I wasn’t vegan! Nope!
I love the Anna Liu and Marc Jacobs bags…
Gala, I have to say these entries where you write stories with/based off of clothes are the best. How do you do it?
Oh, bags. Gorgeous, gorgeous bags. I almost almost almost bought myself a Marc by Marc Jacobs cream leather shoulder bag on Bluefly over the weekend- but I couldn’t make my decision quickly enough, and it sold out. Between the massive sale they were having and a discount code, it would have $90 for a nearly $300 M by MJ bag. Oy. One day.
All those bags are great. I love the little stories you made up to go along with them, make them even more intriguing. This also makes me want to go bag shopping.
I have been vegan for a few years now and the hardest part was giving up leather shoes and purses…belts too!But, being a vegan advocte…I felt it was the “right” thing to do and I dont regret it. But, as mentioned in a few of the prior posts, when I found Matt and Nat I just about died…their purses are sooooooo amazing!! Truly beautiful :) I received the “hot” pink one for Xmas this year and lucky for me its the same color as my hair…and yours, Gala :)
I really think that you should give Matt and Nat a viewing :)
I absolutely LOVE this post. I am addicted to handbags. My mom and my grandma give me a hard time all the time about my obsession with them. I have such a wonderful collection of bags and purses…they really deserve their own room and display. Some day, I swear.
I am in total agreement with you Ms. Gala, the Amethyst Pink City is to die for, positively divine! I would give so many different things for it. The perfect accessory. Hmmm.
I also Love the silver Anna Lou with the blue bow. It is beautiful. Fun, and more individual.
Also, the Gianfranco Ferre just speaks to me.
Now, I just have to rob a bank, win the lottery, or figure out how to make money on the stock market.
...fabulous post…
Such awesome bags! I love most of them, and I love the little descriptions of each’s owners.
Unfortunatly I happen to be another very broke college student. No gorgeous handbags for me… Yet.
drooooooool
Good gosh, those are too lovely…!
Particularly the Anna Lou one.
Thanks for sharing!
XOXO
Funny how I started lusting after that black Diesel bag as soon as I glanced at it. and then, after reading your description of its owner, felt that I NEEDED IT. Ahhh, but then, that’s the magic of handbags, isn’t it?
In the same way you embrace your contradiction, I embrace purchasing copycat purses. No guilt whatsoever. I am absolutely offended by any designer who has the snobby gall to charge more than $150 for a purse. It is as rude as having a VIP section in a restaurant or club, being made to feel as less than an equal human. A horribly expensive purse only tells me that I am too poor to purchase their nice things. So I buy copies, the name means nothing to me, only the style. If I find a copycat of #2…count me in. I hope this didn’t sound rude, it wasn’t meant to be.
Y’know, I’m not that into handbags, but your little character-sketches are, as ever, a delight. I’m more into your beat-up army surplus bag genre – like that satchel you used to have back in the Melbourne days, remember? I don’t know how it meshes with my style, which is kind of “barefoot siren” but honestly what does mesh with barefoot siren? (We’re talking coloured low-cut figure-flattering dresses dayindayout . . )
It’s funny how a year ago, I couldn’t be bothered with bags, and just stuffed my wallet, phone, etc. into my pockets. Now, I can barely take my eyes off of that Diesel. I just can’t stand faux leather. It’s horrible, but I love my boots and bags too much.
Lucky for me (and my pay packet!!), designer bags have never really appealed to me. I’d bend over backwards for that purple Miu Miu though, and I’m totally not even that flexible! Is it blue, is it purple!? It’s a new colour entirely. I love it.
My bags have to be giant with a plethora of pockets for all my day time crap (most of these are just massive canvas totes that I have acquired over the years, I don’t buy leather, sorry Gala!)...or cute and colourful with a long strap for night time adventures.
Becca – Those bags are soooooooooo hot! I’m dying because I can’t afford them. But they really do look better than most vegan bags I’ve seen!
I freaking love coloured crazy bags. I saw one I loved ((Can’t remember the brand)) but it was snakeskin, but painted zebra print. I just loved the contrast of those two ideas :D
This is my current favourite bag::
tinyurl.com/Balnciagabag
The only problem ((apart from the prioce-tag)) is that I just can’t bring myself to buy a handbag that is coloured. I have to have it black. I just freak out I won’t have anything to wear it with. So I stick to my black soft leatehr handbag which is quite nice, but yawn
I really like THIS one ((i’m dying my hair pale pink when my baby is born, so I’m really getting into hair matching things))
tinyurl.com/AttitudeHoland
You have fantastic handbag taste Gala! I love love love the deisel one!
I’m also a newly transformed handbag girl, it was only on my trip to New York that I brought my first one. Now I wonder how I ever lived without it!
drool….giant pink handbag! also, that diesel one. curse my lack of funds!
If those bags were people, I would want to sex them all.
i have a fetish for miu miu bags. currently i desire both of these:
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droooool!
o my god, i just realised that anne valerie hash bag has a giant saety pin on the top! genius
I love allll the bags Gala but most are so expensive! I have been forever on the hunt for a NICE bag that is LESS than $200 (maaaybe I could say $300) Aussie dollars that is LEATHER and UNIQUE. Its so hard to find would you believe???
Most bags are either too cheap and not leather….Too expensive for “mid range” (eg Witchery & Mimco) and boring to boot….WHERE are the unique, mid range bags?? Do they not exist???
Wow! I can’t wait until you get that bag… it’s so beautiful!
I have a bag obsession too.. but probably because I make them for a living =)
I was going to mention Matt and Nat as well!! I’m not vegan (or even vegetarian) but I bought it because it was such a nice bag!! I also thought it was leather until I afterwards…. I use it all the time, as it’s big enough for A4 pads of paper (just) and it’s quite light on its own – I suppose the benefit of a non-leather bag. Pictures linked here
I love the Diesel bag!! And I do like the Balenciaga but I wouldn’t get it in pink – maybe in racing green, dark purple or boring black!
I read this awesome book about the history of luxury labels and Hermes is the only one that really connotates luxe + luxe quality, so my votes for a Birkin or the Kelly :)
I love this post. And I love that Diesel bag – yummy.
Those Matt & Nat bags in magenta are totally HOT. You guys have good taste!
aaaw, i was so sad when this post was over. i could look at handbags and read your little creative stories about them all day! i always wonder which one of your girls i am most like.
i just love the miumiu handbag. too bad no inheritance is in sight. but fortunately i already have a gorgeous violet patent leather handbag so i can console myself with that for now.
barbara bui is also very intriguing. the leather looks so incredibly soft – how ideal to mask a secret professional identity…
I so love this post. I’m not a huge handbag person (oh I’m joking, I love bags, I collect them like the Anna Lou girl collects boyfriends). This is my favourite sort of post. Heart it.
Argh and I also have a dilema about leather. I’m not vegan, but a strict vegetarian, and it troubles me, but I cannot bring myself to not wear leather. Could you throw out Doc Martens? Never, it should be a crime.
Love
Isabella.
I think I love handbags more than I love chocolate.
I want the white Anna Lou bag so bad! And it is not that pricey either!
The padded miu miu bag – wow! Admittedly a little tempted to sell everything I own and set up on the streets with it now!
Loved the “court summons”, hahaha xx
I’m vegan, and I won’t give up the handbags either. But, when you can get 500 USD leather bags for free from your job, I don’t think anyone would turn that down.
Even though none of these are really my thing, I LOVE the little stories about the people who’d own them. Awesome!
Oooooooh- LOVE them all!
Can’t believe you managed to resist the undeniable charms of the Giant Amethyst Pink City- hope you get one soon. If ever a bag was made for someone, this bag was made for you! xoxo
It is very dry here, weather-wise, & here I am, minding my own business on the Interwebs & Miss Gala puts up a delighful delirium of dainty handbags & one sharp intake of breath— whoosh—- my nose starts bleeding. If that is a not a psychosomatic reaction to the sheer beauty of the bags, then it is probably the weather, but I have chosen to blame the bags. But blame? Such a dirty word! THANK the bags! PRAISE the bags! DANCE with blood dripping from nostril in HONOR of the bags.
& whilst we talk of bags, what was the bag you had in your New Years’ Eve collage? I could not find a credit & I wants it, damnit.
Last night I dreamt of me & you at an L.A. tea party & Britney Spears danced for us. Please take this is a Sarah’s-subconscious-jumbling-together-things way, not a creepy-sex-dream-stalker way.
Stay cool
It’s true, just how do men manage without handbags?
If i would nick any of your bags Gala it will be the Bag from Femme Sud‘s Ex Libris collection because that one just made me droool ;D
Bags are fantastic and you, we, me can’t never make enough excuses to own another one.
I remember being really obsessed by finding a bag exactly like Winona had in the movie Reality Bites. It was basically a big ugly bag wich she carried with her all the time and i just loved the way she was rummaging through it trying to find something.. Years later i got a red leather one and i’m still really much in love with her.
Giant Amethyst Pink City looks as a godess, damn she is hot hot!
I have been longing for a purple bag like this i2.iofferphoto.com/img/item/73… Valentino Maison Studded Satchel Purple mmmm wich i maybe even want in blue-greenish www.pursefocus.com/ProdUpload/...
Love these purse descriptions! I have to wonder, though, do you have a favorite purse, or are you one of those people that loves them all equally?
(Makes me think of my favorite purse, my Gone with the Wind one, the almost-kiss picture. Mmm. :) )
Poodle named Miriam?!? LOL!
I’d go for the Balenciaga and Diesel bags. Maybe also the first Anna Lou in your list is something I would want.
Bags have to be BIG! How else could I carry all my life with me?
Other bags I love are pink Tarina Tarantino bag from Tokyo Hardcore collection and the new Vuitton / Stephen Sprouse graffiti styled bag. Oh my, I’d die for that bag ♥
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That is too freakin funny. You had too much fun putting this together.
I’ve spent the last few hours looking up handbags on www.modista.com/ and haven’t even touched at how many there are. Beware if you open that link, the site is addictive!
OT: a collapsible hoop will never fit in any handbag, but its sooooo much more fun!
Someone just posted a how to on on MAKE (sorry no handbags there either)
blog.makezine.com/archive/2009…
i would definitely be the first anna lou!! ‘u’
i would definitely be the first anna lou!!
that was fantastic! it made me giggle
If I could afford any of those bags I would totally buy one!
however it made me think I should keep funnier stuff in my handbag.. on the off chance that someone else may see inside!
Haha, you know what an axolotl is? I had one for a pet as a kid :D
I think maybe you know me all too well.
“For the girl who loves design blogs, her half-shaved head & her epic collection of apocalyptic folk music, who also happens to need something “presentable” to take to her desk job. That girl who wears glasses with bold frames, MAC Red lipstick & doesn’t make small talk in the tea room.”
OK, I Never Ever Ever Say This™, but that sounds exactly like me. Like… exactly like me. (Note that I cut out the last sentence because that didn’t sound exactly like me, but hell).
And what’s weirder is, I love that bag, too!
Oooh, I’m SALIVATING. The Diesel and Chloe are calling to me …
That Diesel one and that black Barbara Bui one needs to be in my hot little handbag loving hands. I swear, I never had a handbag fetish until my mother brought me a chili pepper red Dooney & Bourke purse for my birthday and after that if a purse catches my eye I lust after it for months.
That Balenciaga bag is STUNNING in all of its pink glory, but far too much for me to consider investing in. I’ve already justified purchasing a Dooney & Bourke giraffe-print purse, and a Nikon D-SLR to stuff in it; and I only make minimum wage!
It takes a lot for a handbag to make me fall in love, but that Balenciaga came close
what do miss gala darling’s business cards look like exactly? :)
I love the first Anna Lou bag, it’s adorable! Plus your description sounds just like me, except for the fact that there are no bookshops or independent record shops in my town and I have to work in a horribly boring and uninspiring frozen food supermarket instead!
Both Lou’s and the Ferre bag have me written all over them! :D
Must say, cigarettes are a questionable essential. But each to their own…
I’m not really into bags. I can never seem to find one that I like and I don’t really get the hype on them.
I prefer shoes. And tights.
However, I do quite like the Barbara Bui one, and LOVE the description of the Marc Jacobs girl! I am so her.
This post is hilarious.
I have an older Balenciaga in bubblegum pink — it’s so cheerful!
lovelovelove this!!! the fantasy characters to go with the handbags are just adorable. so fab.
Last time I bought a non-leather handbag it fell apart within 3 weeks. It was hot pink, too, and perfect, apart from the falling apart bit. So I bought a big Tosca Blu black leather bag. It fits everything in, from lunch to handcuffs (yes!) to warm hat & gloves, art textbooks, cigarettes, sketchbook, sparkly lipgloss, painkillers.
dxxx
I find it interesting, especially after reading through the comments that people are falling in love with these bags, then reading the comments you’ve made about their potential owners and saying ‘this is exactly like me!’ Perhaps you really can tell a lot about a girl from her arm candy?
I myself love the Diesel one and also feel quite strange that you seem to have pinpointed my personality down to a tee. (Apart from the half shaved head thing, although I did cut myself some Lady Gaga style bangs a few days ago!)
I’m vegan, but I still have leather handbags and shoes — I get them second hand — I’ve gotten some really nice ones! I don’t think there’s anything wrong with buying second-hand animal products. And if you get them from a charity shop, your money’s going to a good place, too.
Based on your descriptions, I’m a Balenciaga (it also happens to be my favourite bag of the lot), although my handbag has a sketchbook instead of a moleskine and I don’t have business cards. :D
PINK Balenciaga all the way!!! OH MY GOD. It turns me on at the very sight of it! :P
Brilliant :)
Oh Gala, you know how to make me drool! 8D—
I’m a bit obsessed with handbags, and have been for a VERY LONG TIME. haha
I agree with your decision…you MUST own that bag. Heck I would have every color if I could afford it! haha
and now I’m off to look at diesel and Chloe bags! (one of my favorite past-times.) XD
great post :)
Gala, I’ve been a random peruser of your site for a bit now and I’ve just go to say that you’ve concocted the perfect blend of practical writing, aesthetics, and whimsy.
On a side note, I Googled ‘cute designer handbags” the other day and came across the same Miu Miu bag. I totally cumgasmed.
It will be mine… oh yes. It will be mine.
PLEASE tell me this is a Wayne’s World reference.
And fuck yeah, I’m bout it bout it with Balenciaga too. I’ve had my eye on their bags for some time… and it’s a good sign that I haven’t gotten bored with them. Perhaps I’ll save up…
p.s. I’m also in the kinda vegan about clothes thing too. I’m also a virgo girl HOLLA
Gala, i love all those bags, and the personalities to match but for me i just can’t go past THIS:
Chloe Patent yellow cutout
and
Vivienne Westwood RED Bowling bag!!!
I just love her logo design – i want the brooch too.
what do you think???
Gala you are just plain cruel. I’ve fallen in love with this Barbara Bui and I live no where near NYC, which according to the website is the only place I can make such a purchase. Shame on you lady.
Just a suggestion but maybe you could do an article about animal-free accessorizing. As someone who LOVES handbags and animals, I always find it hard to look at such nice bags but not be able to buy them because I’d feel guilty.
If you could point me (and I’m sure many others) in the right direction, it’d be awesome!
One the one hand, yes, I want to make sweet love to that black Diesel bag.
On the other hand, I am saddened that you basically described me TO A T (or is it Tee?).
Now I am going to buy a bag.
To ALEX- looking for vegan bags- try MATT AND NAT.
Oh how i long for an axolotyl to scamper out of my handbag.
would love a new bag more, though!
(and i wrote my new blog address wrong on my last post…doh!)
The Gianfranco Ferre handbag’s description fits me perfectly!
OMG, I spent almost 20 minutes trying to decide which one of them was the prettiest .. and failed. They are just SO lovely !! ^^
I am not vegan, however, I am vegetarian – and I know what you mean by saying you wouldn’t give up on these ladies. They’re just too awesome :))
Thank you for yet another amusing and mouthwatering post
I love your comments x100! And the Anna Lou bag description of yours is SO ME.
♥ x 1000, -Julie.
the balenciaga bag is my dreaaaaaaaaaaaaam bag !
Oh man, I’ve been literally visiting that first Balenciaga bag since last spring at Holts.
Unnggghhhh. I dream of being the girl you described for the black Diesel bag.
I always love your posts Miss Gala, but this is the best you’ve ever written, for the simple fact that you mention axolotls. Hero! xx