*drool* European fashion
Posted by Lauren | Under Random Thoughts with 1,464 views Friday Aug 19, 2005
I find it strange how I’ve never paid attention to those fancy-schmancy European fashion designers and their ridiculously overpriced items, and now I am lusting over a Louis Vuitton bag. This gorgeous gem costs $750 (approximately 41,250 pesos)–an exhorbitant amount for such an everyday, ordinary item. But I love the bag’s shape and its simple, functional, and classy design. The website’s description makes it sound like gold: A beautiful blend of everyday practicality and signature Louis Vuitton luxury, the Batignolles is perfectly sized for carrying as a sophisticated shopper or briefcase. The roomy interior easily holds a laptop or documents for versatility, while classic Monogram Canvas is accented with sleek golden hardware and sumptuous natural cowhide trim for an elegant finish.
I can’t stop staring at the picture and wondering how it would feel like to carry the bag on my shoulders or run my fingers over the monogram canvas. I used to find the LV monogram too showy, but after romanticizing the Louis Vuitton bag I saw the monogram in a whole new light. I want to world to know that I am a woman who owns a Louis Vuitton, bought and paid for with money I earned not through prostitution (unlike my more desperate and slutty counterparts), but through the wonderful world of capitalism. When I become a rich lady, this bag (maybe not this particular one if it gets phased out in the future) is the first thing that I am going to buy. To me, a Louis Vuitton bag is the ultimate symbol of the good life. I mean, if I can spend 41,000 on a handbag without flinching, then that means I can buy pretty much whatever I want without feeling guilty or worrying about my budget. It must be such a wonderful thing, to always be able to afford what you want. Yeah, that’s exactly the kind of life I want to live.
Actual conversation overheard by Tina in the ladies’ room at school a couple of days ago:
Girl 1: I’m in such a dilemma.
Girl 2: What’s wrong?
Girl 1: I have a major paper due soon and I don’t know who to team up with. The jocks? Or the nerds?
Girl 2: Go for the jocks!
Girl 1: But I desperately need the grade!
Girl 2: You don’t need grades; you need the connections.
*slaps forehead* Ladies and gentlemen, the students of the reputedly prestigious university that I go to.
Yeah I totally agree about those handbags. I was over at the Louis Vuitton site some time last year and was appalled by the high prices. It was like at least $1000 per bag! Now they have fake bags that look exactly like the real thing like everywhere
I know what you mean about moving to a new domain because of your shames from the old one. I recently got lostsockland after 6 or so years of blogging @ asweetgirl.com. That bag’s beautiful btw. And that conversation makes me even more excited for college *rolls eyes* Girls are stupid.
my friend and i were talking about how insanely unfair imitations look like the real ones that when people see you using them they won’t even notice if it’s a fake or the real thing!! when i become rich i’ll buy tons of designer bags and shoes! *sigh*
my friend and i were talking about how insanely unfair imitations look like the real ones that when people see you using them they won’t even notice if it’s a fake or the real thing!!
I know exactly what you mean. I see so many women with Louis Vuitton bags but chances are they’re probably not the real thing. Even though they look the same, I’m still buying a real Louis Vuitton. It’s not the brand I’m after, but the quality of the bag.
my experience travelling in europe…usually mga japanese and taiwanese tourists atak sila sa LV and Dior shops.. yung mga shops may mga japanese interpreters sobra. yung mga pinay nasa chinatown…bumibili ng mga imitations. haay.
I’m still buying a real Louis Vuitton. It’s not the brand I’m after, but the quality of the bag.
Quality? Anyone with the money to buy a $1000 bag will only use the thing once or twice – so where does quality become an issue? Maybe it just betrays my student-bum philosophy, but I am constantly astounded as to how anyone could ever spend that much money on an accessory.
Walang mahal sa taong mapera. Walang mura sa walang pera.
I was in Buckhead (rich area of Atlanta). All the woman in the LV store had realy bad face lifts. Gross! I make about $100,000/P50,000,000 per year, and I would never buy that ugly bad, or get a face lift. Most people who buy LV in ur nation a African Americans, Irish Americans don’t spend money like that.
When we got a lot more money, and my wife wanted color contacts. I hated them. I like Brown eyes, and I hate posers.
Anyone with the money to buy a $1000 bag will only use the thing once or twice – so where does quality become an issue?
You obviously don’t know me. If I spent that much money on an “accessory”, I’d use it all the time. Besides, brown is a classic color; it’ll go with a lot of things.
Luxury brands are a sign of good life, and a USD800 bag is not that expensive for those who earn big time (hint: USD100K earners are not up there yet but there are factory outlets for them).
To maximize your ROI, you just need to choose a color and style that you can mix/match with the rest of your wardrobe.
I was just like you when I was young, lusting over an LV bag (bags are my fetish). Now that I can afford it, I buy them when I want to but now feel sickened about the addiction. :( Just be careful…
Can you believe this comment? Is this guy drunk or just plain iggnorant? I especially love the generalization about African Americans and Irish Americans. I guess it’s true what they say about opinons and assholes.
Eh. It’s the internet. Whatcha gonna do. *shrug*