such a wonderful lady

lady gaga had a few things to say about why she chose to... add special details to her iconic hermes birkin bag.

she said:
“I bought the bag because Matt Williams, my creative director and closest friend, said, ‘You must buy a Birkin because it’s the most classic bag.’ I hate all purses; I used to buy cheap, punk-looking, sloppy bags in New York, and I would stud them with stuff. I had a little glue gun, and I used to glue rhinestone studs, sequins, mirrors. The disco bra from the ‘Just Dance’ video I made with my own two hands. So I bought this [Birkin], I carried it, and then I saw stuff on the Internet like ‘Oh, Gaga holding a Birkin getting on a private plane — so much for hating money.’ So here is the irony: the most classic and iconic bag on the planet, but my fans don’t relate to it because it represents something they don’t have. So how do I create and make it into something that they will love and adore, and turn it into a performance-art piece in itself? My fans are more iconic than this purse. And I love fashion, but I don’t love it more than my fans. And that’s what this bag is all about.”
vanity fair
this woman is so genius she needs to invent a new word for genius

out of this world

style.com put out their fall 2010 accessory report, and two pieces in particular really have me wishing i was independently wealthy (more than usual)


UNREAL!

tribal fusion

check out these amazing tribal-inspired pieces from West/Feren




these are really useful bags with a southwestern flare that i love. these bags came in a multitude of colors, but i really like the 80s looking red and black.

i need more blues

burberry prorsum
that's a fabulous handbag

little details

lately i've been trying to focus on details and how they can really make or break an outfit. i'm an accessory girl my nature, so the easiest place for me to start was to make little improvements on things i already own to give them a fresh new feel.

obviously my funds aren't limited, so doing these little projects makes things feel new again and helps eat up some free time.

today, i took this great vintage bag i have and put a little detail on it

i tied a ribbon around one of the straps and sewed a little pendant from an old necklace i never wear on the ribbon. it's not much, but i think it gives this already unique bag an even more personal spin.

plus, i love the pendant and seriously NEVER wore that necklace. it just sat in my jewelry box for like two years.

lovely!

i love this luella spring 2010 bag. a lot of the bags for spring are a ton of fun, with a lot of intricate details.
that's a fabulous handbag

the genius that is

so this is a bag from the chanel fall '09 collection. it's a nod to the paris/moscow connection the house made this year, and i have to say it is the most amazing thing i have ever seen. of course lily allen owns one.
if i had a house i would get a second mortgage to afford this.