Posts Tagged ‘Katie Holmes’

Luxe for the Littles

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

suriferragamo850

Of course I have to jump into the whole "OMGosh!  Suri Cruise is carrying a $850 Ferragamo Sofia bag just like her mom!!!" debate.

Which is an interesting trend since we saw Angelina and Zahara's matching Valentino Histoire handbags (Zahara's being specially made- I'd assume, just like Suri's) just like a year ago or so... remember that?

zaharavalentino

I mean, it's hard for me to get beyond the cuteness factor... but I'll try!

First off... I have real suspicions that neither of these bags cost anywhere near $850.  They probably were more in the range of, oh, I don't know... TOTALLY FREE!  Yeah, gifted.  I mean, look at the attention that both of these little families got for each brand.  I seriously doubt that either were actually purchased.

But for the sake of argument- let's say that The Cruise-Holmeses (for starters) did buy the Ferragamo for Suri with their hard earned cash.  Well, I don't know that Katie's worth but MSNBC put Tom alone at about $250,000,000.  Yeah- a lot of zero's!  So $850 is just at .00034% of his total wealth (and Katie makes a good chunk herself!)  To put that into perspective, that's like someone who makes $38,611 (the average per capita Income in the USA according to Wiki) spending a whole $13.13 on a handbag!!!!

So... anyway, won't go evangelizing, but I know that both families give away millions of dollars to charity- so I'm just not worrying about it for another second.

Picture Credit: US Magazine

Excess Baggage…

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

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Love this article from today's Wall Street Journal about the huge bags everyone is wearing!

It made me think of the fab Red Hermes Birkin that Katie Holmes carried while Christmas shopping this year.

I love this quote from the article referring to a New York chiropractor/ American Chiropractic Association spokesperson:

Karen Erickson... estimates that the number of purse-related injuries and sprains she treats has risen 30% in the past year.

No wonder... ARGH, my aching back!!!

** By the way, Katie's Birkin is actually a travel bag- but maybe she's using it as a shopping tote- (ya know, the environmentally friendly alternative to those pesky plastic shopping bags!)

If you're looking for one cheaper than retail... do I have the tip for you! We had the chance to meet a client of ours- Francis Elisio, who owns Des-Voyages in the fabulous antique district/ flea market in Paris this Christmas. This is NOT your grandmother's flea market. There was literally stall after stall of authentic vintage Louis Vuitton and Hermes, Chanel etc! Walls lined in trunks and travel bags. It was amazing.

Check out his stuff here: Des Voyages.  If you are in the neighborhood- drop on by!  Tell him your friends at FASHIONPHILE sent you, and see if he as any of our trunks on stock!!!

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