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