Object of Desire - The Designer Bag

Grace Kelly with her eponymous Kelly bag

Nothing satisfies a Fashionista more than to make an entrance with the latest to-die-for-bag dangling happily from her arm. The bigger the better and no matter the weight, it must dangle just-so with the all-important logo visible to the discerning eye.

Unless you've been living under a rock for the past decade, if you have any fashion instinct in you at all, you will know, that the handbag, or what our American sisters call the "purse" is the single most important  accessory in our wardrobe (followed very closely by the shoe!). The 'right' or 'wrong one can make or break an outfit! Believe me your dress may be too-tight-too-short, your hair may be disheveled, make-up not quite right, but if you step in with a crocodile Hermes Birkin/Kelly bag dangling from your arm...ALL sins will be forgiven!

The designer bag because of its oh-so near-yet-still-so-far (for most) is at the top of the desirability quotient. Extravagantly priced and eye-wateringly expensive it is

Have You Got Sole?

Those who have, secretly feel that maybe the Philippine Government was just a teensy weensy bit too hard on Imelda. Those who don't think, “What on earth was she thinking?” – Only sole brothers and sisters think “aaahhhh! Pure heaven”

“I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes; I had one thousand and sixty."

– Was Mrs. Marcos' indignant reply to her critics – when the extent of her footwear was discovered in the presidential palace, after she and her husband President Ferdinand Marcos had fled the Philippines in 1986. The irony of the statement was lost to many a shoe lover as indeed it was to Mrs. Marcos. Sole sisters worldwide concurred that while three thousand pairs of shoes is outrageous, one thousand odd is a perfectly respectable number, all things considered. In any event the injustice of being wrongly accused was far more important than the final tally. Whatever the number, every pair can be perfectly justified. As in,

 “Madam ten pairs of green shoes?”

“Yes, My Lord, all very necessary; I assure you.”

“There is the peep-toe (great for showing off manicured toe nails), the sling backs, the court shoe, this pretty floral wedge, (so in now), the lime green flats, (a-must-have-staple-for-spring), the forest green, the olive green, the satin stilettos, the pointed toes with rhinestones at the tips, the suede with rhinestones at the back, the tie ups in moss green patent leather…”

Mrs. Marcos’ crimes in the shoe department were...

'As Seen On TV'

I only have to see that cheery red sign  and I'm instantly drawn. I'm always fascinated by the moral question. Does it really do all the things it says it does? Hmmm if it didn't would they really have the courage to put it on TV like that? I mean ...a big fat lie in front of soo many people. I'm always inclined to think not, which is why I always go for things that have that reassuring tag. Of course that obviously means I have seen it on TV and assessed it myself, but even if I haven't there is a subliminal thought that loads of others have.

Last week I couldn't resist any longer,determined to buy all the things we have been bombarded with from Glomail on DSTV, I had my list; the Abs roller- a contraption that helps you do sit ups by assisting you to roll up and down,(looked pretty good);the perfectpedi, (an all in one home pedicure kit) and the Jumpstart juicer a seven day weight loss programme). I called B my professional shopping buddy and we went off to Game, one of the many department stores listed as stockists, praying fervently that the Nigerian Game would be included. If you're reading this and you're not Nigerian you can never really understand the frustration. Most advertised goods can't be bought directly from here so you are left to yearn and pine away endlessly without hopes of satisfaction. so you can imagine my delirious joy when we spied yaay!!!