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I guess I was somewhere else when everyone started to go mad for handbags. I have used Vera Bradley bags for years. A friend of mine-a poor and struggling new attorney-was given a Coach bag as a gift from a client, but if she hadn't told me I would never have known it was anything special. I have only the vaguest sense of what is "in"...and I am happy that way.
When I buy jewelry or spend money on a house I feel I am at least getting goods that should endure...and can be insured. I think that a handbag, like a car or clothing, has to be considered something that will lose its value over time.
I have wasted a lot of money on clothing over the years, less on cars. I am just glad not to have the handbag bug. It seems very costly!
"'How did this happen?' Nina Collins asked as she settled down to a lunch of miso soup and salad in downtown Manhattan last week. 'When did we get to this place where we spend $1,000 on a bag?'
The question was rhetorical. Not long ago Ms. Collins herself arrived at that place, succumbing, she confided a bit sheepishly, to a yen for a handbag styled like a saddle bag from Mulberry, a British luxury brand in high demand at stores like Barneys New York and Bergdorf Goodman. The price, about $1,200, struck her as an affront to reason. But she had to have it."
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Deborah
When I buy jewelry or spend money on a house I feel I am at least getting goods that should endure...and can be insured. I think that a handbag, like a car or clothing, has to be considered something that will lose its value over time.
I have wasted a lot of money on clothing over the years, less on cars. I am just glad not to have the handbag bug. It seems very costly!
"'How did this happen?' Nina Collins asked as she settled down to a lunch of miso soup and salad in downtown Manhattan last week. 'When did we get to this place where we spend $1,000 on a bag?'
The question was rhetorical. Not long ago Ms. Collins herself arrived at that place, succumbing, she confided a bit sheepishly, to a yen for a handbag styled like a saddle bag from Mulberry, a British luxury brand in high demand at stores like Barneys New York and Bergdorf Goodman. The price, about $1,200, struck her as an affront to reason. But she had to have it."
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Deborah
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