WoW!! The most extravagant handbag!

Guess what is the most expensive handbag for today? Hermes birkin? ehmm...no. The below limited edition (only 13 pieces!) alligator skin Chanel classic has 334 diamonds ( a total of 3.56 carats) encrusting the inconic Chanel C's set in 18-carat white gold, and will cost $260,150, according to Forbes

So, bag collector,rush before it sold out !

picture taken from www. forbes.com

The smell of mulberry's leather...

Gosh! I believe my shopping appetite has been such uncontrollable lately. I haven't posted something I guess is pretty important in my life=)...ho! I bought a mulbery bag during my shopping trip in Hongkong. And nothing can be more true than what Fashionese said about a new bag!

The smell of the leather, uh...the touch of the leather (it has no inside lining, so you can feel it), and it is also roomy....and I like the colour very much...yes, I prefer light color.

Welcoming my new mulberry in my wardrobe (I used it for 1 week and now it back to wardrobe again, hybernating first, and will use it again some time =) ):

New kipling bag

I got this Kipling bag from fashion bazaar I went to yesterday. It is very lightweight, and this bag is very suitable for travelling, or any other 'casual' trip. Due to the material is 'waterproof' I have no worry in carrying them during travelling, and it's also 'sratch-free'. I was so worry carrying my Mulberry last time in Hongkong, since it was a brand new baby, and I was being like a 'too protective' mom...(see? now you know I even more protective to my Itayashi). Oh ya, the price is 50% less. =)

Almost forgotten, I also got key wallet for only Rp 35 k =) not pictured here...

Sold!

Ha! My bag is finally sold!..I should post this earlier, as it has been sold in exact 10 days after I put it on Saturday (Sunday is closed) in a second hand branded bag store at Central J town.

Bit flashback, when I arrived there, there were couple of visitors and I was kind of 'ignore'. It's okay, since I could take a look on what they have in store. Mm..collection is just so-so for the bag, the models are pretty old, and the pricing strategy are they put a tag with price (not so common for second hand bag!) with 10% discount (actually they just mark it up and discount it bag to arrive at a 'desired' price!). Luckily, the mbak2 has priced my bag, coz when I ask for a bit up of a price, they ask the 'nyonya besar' , she even gave me Rp 500,000 cheaper! Damn!

After more than a week, they sms-ed me, asking for about Rp 750,000 lower than agreed price..haha, no way man! it's already cheap, and the model are still in. Late in the afternoon, I ask how was it. They said, it's sold! C'mon, why I was not informed? May be becoz I already didn't feel comfy since the first time I was there (the lower price given by nyonya besar), I got the bad feeling that they could hold my money until I ask for it. Luckily, the next day, the transfered it to me..

By d way, they took Rp 2 mio as a profit @#$@#$! I should think open second hand branded bag huh? Lucrative business..

By the way, my ex-bag ;) is not too bad huh? Beside Paris Hilton wears it in white, Lindsay Lohan also wear it, but in different colour and size..





I like the way she dressed..

How BIG is your handbag?

As recently, big bag (or oversized bag) become more trendy, health experts warn that it can be a key serious problem.

Quoted from reuters:

Bags for women have become bigger and heavier as designers combine briefcases with handbags and straps have become longer but the extra leverage has many patients complaining of neck, shoulder and back problems.
"I see so many women with neck pains and headaches and what I usually do is look for their purse and pick it up," said Jane Sadler, a family practice physician on the medical staff at Baylor Medical Center in Garland, Texas.

"We take it over to the scale and weigh it and usually they're anywhere from 7 to 10 pounds (3.1-4.5 kgs)...We're really going to see women with more and more problems later on if we continue the big purse craze."
William Case, a physical therapist in private practice in Houston, Texas, said an aggravated neck or shoulder can lead to upper back problems, meaning pain may then be felt while working at a computer or playing sports.
He urged designers "to place a cute, educational caution tag on all bags to inform of potential neck and shoulder dangers."
Above all, he recommended correct posture while carrying bulky purses, keeping the head and shoulders aligned upright. Patients should also frequently change the size and weight of purses carried.

That's one of my reasons of why I am gonna sell my YSL Muse which I bought just a couple of months ago:

Actually the main reason is, I am bored...I am liking another bag...:) bad habit!

Tas nenek nenek...part2

Not until did I see this..it's Miroir collection in F/W 06 runway.

Second pics proves that this model is not a 'tas nenek nenek' type..Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian parading around their Miroir Alma's..thought this pics make alma look less classy...(is it because of the bag's owner? :)) )

Tas nenek nenek..part 1

Hm...I notice that I have been using my alma for less than my total fingers of my right hand during the first year I bought it...(I bought it on early 2006). Reasons are, first, it is pretty valuable collection for me..so, I am so 'sayang-sayang' in using it...sebenarnya it deserves a nice trip to the town loh..second, it is because my influential friend, miss S, say something that make my self confidence down...she said all the alma bag owners are those with grey coloured hair...semua yang bawa tas alma itu rambutnya putih..haha..it's okay..i appreciate an honest comment from a friend...so, i think that i still can keep that bag for another 20-30 years for me to use it later..haha...

So after that sentence terngiang2 always, bener aja, tiap saya pergi ke mall, en biasanya sih, emang ibu2 setengah baya (not to say those are nenek2) wear that bag.

But for me, still, that bag is versatile and elegant. Not to mention that it is enak loh buat dipake, cukup spacious. That bag, is, in fact, a classic collection of that brand. It is first made in 1938...yes, 1938, before Indonesia's independence...

Saking classicnya, alma itu dibuat dgn leather monogram canvas, monogram damier, multicolour, epi, etc etc...dan once i notice in its boutique that they put in a row all the collection, with something like 'celebrating alma'..hehe..