Damn you, Luni, for getting me addicted to ... of all things ... designer armcandy. I would very much like to take 30,000$ and blow it on a Birkin. *poof* Just like that. Sadly, I am no tai-tai and hence, no can buy.
It all started with Luni's new purple Christian Dior handbag that she bought on Souq.com. Since that day, we've spent a few hours each day cruising ebay USA and ebay UK, drooling over the bargains and then returning to souq.com to monitor the influx of (few and far apart) bargains.
Luni got really lucky with her CD bag and we couldn't believe it was real. It was mint, I tell you. Not even a single crease mark on the flap. It seemed too good to be true, so we decided on a Plan Of Action: immediately after work, Luni would go to Saks to get the bag authenticated. I never thought I would, but I did wait with bated breath and finally we shrieked enmasse post-authentification. It was mucho the real deal.
Apparently the girl it had belonged to has designer handbags more than she has use for and this particular one - being purple - was very difficult to match outfits with. (Life is soooo tough for some people, innit?) So she decided to sell it on souq-com. he mistake? She gave it to her brother to take care of.
As you have it with boys, he put it up on auction NOT knowing the true worth of it, and that is how Luni came to own a never-used Dhs 5000 bag for a tenth of the price.
Moving on … I really gave myself a good fright last night. We were watching “Inside Man” on DVD and I got fixated on Jodie Foster’s red Birkin. And then on the Black one. I have no idea what went on during those few scene. I had eyes only for The Bag.
And then I had that total-out-of-body-experience where you kind of float above your actual self and observe yourself (critically, more often than not). What’s happening to me?!! I can spot an ‘it’ bag in a movie! Not only that, I can NAME it. YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Ladies, three cheers for my new
‘bag’dar. Y’know: the ‘bag’ detecting version of a radar. LOL
I shall sign off with pictures of a totally yummy blue Birkin and one of Lindsey Lohan with her Orange one which she ... amazingly coincidentally ... lost and then found at Heathrow yesterday.
Lindsey: That’s what becomes of carrying around a 30,000$ bag with 1 million$ worth of jewellery in it.
Birkin-napper: Where DID you think you were gonna hide an ORANGE BIRKIN?!!
