Yellow Handbag for Moi
March 18, 2009
Twice a year, I buy a new handbag. Last fall/winter it was a brick red satchel. The spring/summer of 08 was a metallic cream bag. This year, I’ve decided to go yellow for spring and summer. After all, it is the hot color. I’ve convinced myself that yellow really is a neutral, and will match everything I wear. [Will I look back on this in five years as a fashion mistake?]
Here are some sun-shiny beauties that are way out of my price range:
Jimmy Choo, robin leather satchel, $1,395
Tod’s soft Dbag from Neiman Marcus, $1,925
Prada ‘Naplak’ from Barneys, $1,695
Salvatore Ferragamo ‘Origami’ from Neiman Marcus for $1,890
Lockheart Sadie ‘sweet and sour’ from Saks, $395
Dooney & Burke from Zappos for $298
Nicki shoulder bag from Linea Pelle, $409
However, these I can afford:
Nine West ‘Justine’ Shopper, $79
O’Neill bag from Zappos, $48
Jessica Simpson Azza Satchel II, $108 (ouch)
Target ‘Merona’, $25
Rosetti from Kohl’s, $33
Perlina from ebags.com for $45
Bagtique from ebags.com for $46
Kathy van Zeeland from ebags.com for $75
Which one do you vote for?
Tags: fashion
You know what? And this is no lie. I actually like the Merona one the best. Tod’s comes in second (but I take it that’s not in the category we’re voting for).
I vote for the Target Merona one, too — what a pretty shade :)
Hmm, I like the Nine West one…every spring I look at all the pretty colored bags and I end up with beige. Maybe it’s time for a change…
It figures that my fave is the 2nd most expensive one, the Prada–yikes! If only I hadn’t spent all my money on my Jimmy Choos, I could get it =)
But I also adore the Merona one! Target never fails!
Ooh, these make me want to buy a new purse too. I like the Nicki shoulder bag the best, but it’s out of my price range. My second fav is the Nine West bag.
Don’t we love spring! But it seems so unsympathetic for Mother Nature to show off all her splendor while the world is in a deep recession. How dare she! Hope you get a chance to read my take on this all at peoplepowergranny.blogspot.com and vote in my poll about what you’re doing this spring…other than buying a new handbag!
Is it sad that I have had your blog open for the past several days and have read back as far as this post so far!? (and I am still reading… I just thought I would comment on this purse thing!)
I have fallen in love with your blog :) You have fantastic style and great pictures to go along with your engaging dialogue!
My husband buys me a quality purse each year for my birthday – it keeps me from splurging on purses throughout the year (unless I find a steal at a yard sale on brand new ones… like I did this year on a Chinese Laundry purse).
I love the "tradition" of him picking out a purse for me each birthday, it's fun and he's got great style and spends more than I would :)
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