Personal-izing Handbags

Remember in high school when you used to doodle on your backpack during class?  Or have friends impart their love onto your favorite tote?  Well, fear not that you have to leave this habit behind because I discovered today adults can still do this.

Allow me to submit my witnesses...

Mary-Kate Olsen is notorious for carrying around her scribble-ridden Balenciaga.  Today on People, I noticed even Lady Gaga's got some ink on her Birkin bag (yes, writing on a Birkin!).  Since I'm just an average worker bee, I'd most likely never own a Birkin in my lifetime.  On a good fortune that I might, I may never let a it out of its shrink wrap; it will sit nicely in an air-sealed container next to doorway waiting for rescue in case of a fire.  THE Birkin bag, averaging $6,500-$65,000 (and a potential waiting-list of 5 years), has become the most coveted handbag of our time.

But, that's what we love about Gaga: her laissez-faire, too-cool-for-school attitude about it all.  She can do whatever she damn well pleases.

What do you think?  What are you doodling on?

Other reading . . .

   
(yes, the book in the middle is really titled "The Official Filthy Rich Handbook" at $3.52)

Sex and the City: Poster

It's here.

... and looking so much more fabosh than the last!

Weekly Celebrity Faceoff

Cut-out dresses have been popping up everywhere.  This week, Rachel Bilson sported this trend in a cut-out white dress.  Rachel has always been one of my celebrity fashion icons, but I'm not a fan of this dress on her.  The ruffles seem like they started off as a good idea, but ended up looking like a wrapped towel (and doing nothing for her shape).  The corset structure adds to this cut-out dress looking like a bra (an uninteresting bra in white).  All this together with the bedroom eyes and morning-after hair make an otherwise stunning woman look like she could use a venti cup of coffee. 

Here's the list again as clean as I can make it:

• Tacky corset bralette - NO.
• Unflattering wrap-around babydoll towel draping - NO.
• Overall structure - NO.

On the other hand, Demi Moore looked ravishing in her pink backless mini with a petite ruffle tail.  The structure of the dress is modern sexy and sophisticated conservative.  Additionally, the dress also works in subtle floral embellishments (which you all know I've been raving about) in bright peony tones.  What a breath of fresh air for Spring!

List:

• Gorgeous figure flattering silhouette (includes back ruffles) - Yes.
• Surprise element: backless - Yes.
• Choice of color: feminine and fresh - Yes.
• (Floral embellishments - Yes!)

Stunning!  What do you think?

New Sex and the City Trailer

New SATC Trailer is Here!

Watch until the end, I nearly had a heart attack when ________ came on screen.

Happy Friday!

Pixels: Video Games Invade New York

PIXELS by PATRICK JEAN. - une vidéo Art et Création @ Yahoo! Video

Loves it!

Karl Lagerfeld Coke

French etailer Colette collaborated with Karl Lagerfeld to give you Coke Ligh the Lagerfeld way.  Each bottle goes for $4.71 while the box set sells for slightly over $80, not including shipping from France, of course.

This favorite drink of women has called upon the genius of Karl Lagerfeld to dress the Coca-Cola light aluminum bottle. The designer affixes his style and his famous silhouette on the bottle and delivers an exclusive creation with chic lines and also a unique box in limited edition, accompanied with a bottle-opener discreetly hidden in a drawer. The Coca-Cola light box by Karl Lagerfeld is the must-have of the season! On preview from April 24th !

The box set comes with a hidden bottle opener.

I also love their dressed up Pom.  Oh, zee French!