Coach launches the New Ergo collection

I received an email from Coach today announcing the launch of the new Ergo bag collection. A while ago, I wrote about being taken in with the Coach Ergo shoulder bags. The ones I was looking at were these:-

As far as I know, the Coach Ergo hobo is one of Coach’s classics, which is the first bag on the left. The other 2 are relatively new in the collection.

To boost the Ergo stable, Coach has come up with even more designs and colours. There’s More! Continue reading →

Stella McCartney for LeSportsac

I’d known about the upcoming Stella McCartney for LeSportsac collection for a while. I was reminded of it again a couple of weeks ago when a sales assistant spoke about it, saying that the Tokidoki for LeSportsac is discontinued and will be replaced with Stella McCartney and that prices will be very high.

When I was down in Singapore over the weekend, I happened to chance upon the Stella McCartney collection and snuck a picture.

The bags don’t feel like regular LeSportsac bags. The nylon is softer and there’s almost a satiny quilted feel to it which is nice. The collection seems to place emphasis on travel with a collection of travel bags and camera bags which also double up as handbags. The bag designs are unique and do not come in the regular LeSportsac line. Pity, because I’d have liked to see some of the regular bags come in the Stella McCartney print.

The Stella McCartney prints veer towards the pastel with one exception of the pop print, which is bright with splashes of orange and bright blue. It is the print in the picture above. Otherwise the others are rather muted. The bunny backpack is in the Posh Print.

I saw in my most recent Isetan mailer that the travel bag in the picture above is priced at RM1,800. Are you shocked? I am! Then again, its expensive for LeSportsac but cheap for a Stella McCartney so I guess its a toss up.

The Stella McCartney for LeSportsac collection is available at all LeSportsac boutiques and counters.

My Hermes dream bag

Look what I spotted at the M boutique at The Gardens (run by the Melium group).

A Birkin bag!

The metallic green one on the far right is a real beaut. However, I found it heavy, the edges were a bit rough, and the clasp and flap were a real pain to do up and undo. It also cost upwards of RM2,500. The whole bag is leather (including the lining) which might explain the price, but still… I did not think it worth it. The sales assistant told me it was an Hermes. Really? If it is, I think I’m quite disappointed because I did not expect it to look and feel this way. Besides, since when was an Hermes Birkin bag so “cheap”?

The Birkin bag is a signature Hermes bag which I have been eyeing for a long long time. Last I knew they were RM40k a bag (or thereabouts) and a couple of years wait list to boot. When did Hermes drop their prices this drastically? Does anyone know?

Anyway, at RM40k for a bag from an Hermes boutique, I think I’ll be putting that money towards a car

Still, a girl can dream can’t she?

I’m away for the weekend so do excuse me if I do not respond to your comments or enquiries in the interim. I’m off to explore what Singapore has to offer but as its a working trip, its hard to say if I’ll have time to do any shopping!

UPDATE: I found out that these bags are not Hermes but M Concept. I have no idea what M Concept is but I think its an in house brand of the Melium Group. So sorry to disappoint all but I knew it was too good to be true for Hermes to be this “cheap”!

Stay beautiful,

For the Love of Bags!

Of all fashion accessories, I love bags or purses the best. So, what better way to celebrate the new year and my love for bags, than for me to have a whole site dedicated to bags?

Introducing my latest endeavour thus far - For the Love of Bags.

If the articles look familiar, its because I ported over my bag related posts from this site over there so for consistency (and also so it doesn’t look bare and unpopulated). I’ll write about bag related articles there from now, so if you are a “bag lady” like me, do join me over at For the Love of Bags. And not to worry, its not all about unaffordable stuff!