A satchel is just a satchel, right?
Right now I don’t use a satchel. I carried one for school for 12 years and then for about four or five years I used one as a handbag. I find them rather stiff, unaccommodating and heavy. But I think...
View ArticleSecond look at the Michael Kors Shopper Tote
I posted photos of the outside of this shopper tote yesterday. Today I thought I would feature more detailed photographs of the inside. This is an extremely well planned bag. There are: padded centre...
View ArticleWhy is forbidden love so wonderful? On the horns of a dilemma
I have always loved the Modalu Pippa handbag. I love handbags with pockets on the sides and a zippered central compartment, as is evidenced by my Chloe Elvire and Francesco Biasia Barbera bags. I love...
View ArticleWhat’s in my bag today
This is a different kind of ‘What’s in my bag’ as I am showing the main things while they are in my bag. This is my Pierre Balmain tote from TKMaxx. Visible are my cheese bagel and green apple for...
View ArticleWhat’s in my bag today: Brown Furla Tote
My carry today is slightly different from what I usually carry. Now that it is summer here in Sweden, the nature of my work has changed from 7 or so meetings every day and rushing from place to place...
View ArticleThe difference between a Luella Giselle and a Mulberry Luella Giselle
Black Luella Giselle and Tan Mulberry Luella Giselle I received an email from someone today asking me the difference between a Luella Giselle handbag and a Mulberry Luella Giselle (also called a...
View ArticleMy Second Mulberry Roxanne in Oak Darwin
I have a Mulberry Oak Roxanne in Darwin leather (above) and it is one of my favorite bags of all time. I used it constantly for an entire year, which is a record. For that entire year I did not buy a...
View ArticleMulberry Roxannes a multiplying
Here are the Roxanne’s – two in Darwin and one in NVTL. I really love this model. It has been my absolute favorite since I saw a really battered one opposite me on the tube one day. Previously I had...
View ArticleThe Chesterfield Brand Black Backpack – CF580115
When most people hear the word ‘Chesterfield’, they think of one of these Well, Chesterfield brand also makes bags out of the same gorgeous leather as their sofas. I have a rather well-worn...
View ArticleWhat’s in my bag today
You can see that things are winding down for the summer and I don’t have much to carry. It has also been really hot (over 30°C) for about a week now so I don’t like anything heavy or hot against my...
View ArticleMulberry Oak Darwin Phoebe
Another one off my wish-list, thanks to Margaret S who spotted this beauty on eBay. It is a very hard to find Oak Darwin Phoebe. I love this style and this era of Mulberry. The only one left on my...
View ArticleAs promised, a post about Vanilla Paris in London
I have posted many times about Vanilla Paris, on The King’s Road in London. It is a shop tucked away in an unassuming mall but it is an explosion of colour and at one time about ten years ago it was...
View ArticleMulberry Annie in Oak Darwin
I have been selling off a large part of my handbag collection and am keeping just my rarest and most favorite ones. Mainly because of space considerations but also to free up funds for models I really...
View ArticleFjällräven Kånken backpacks for sale in Selfridges, London
I was so tickled to see whole walls of Fjällräven Kånkens for sale in Selfridges in London. You see them all over in Sweden – on everyone from tiny kiddies to pensioners and trendsetters and hikers in...
View ArticlePink Vanilla Paris Bag
This one just jumped out at me immediately. They did not have a larger one in this colour and it was the only one they had. So I got it and it is lovely! Not too big, gorgeously soft and fits A4! It...
View ArticleMulberry Annie in Oak Darwin
This was the last item on my Mulberry wish-list. I am so delighted. My wish list was: Roxanne Jacquetta Romilly Bayswater Phoebe Annie I only really like Mulberry bags from that era. Anyway this bag I...
View ArticleA Filofax and Chloé day
Hair still damp but at least it was cool! Campomaggi cuff, Fossil watch, Superdry t-shirt, Evisu Jeans, Vasuma glasses, elephant Chloé Elvire bag and in the dust bag on the other side, black Chloé...
View ArticleWhat’s in my bag today?
Oak Darwin Annie Fulton mini umbrella Mirror with little skulls around it iPod earphones (why oh why do they always end up in knots like that – in seconds!) keys with bug and bat charms mushroom...
View ArticleA Day in the life of my Michael Kors Jet Set Laptop Tote
This is a bag that has proved its work over and over again. It has everything that makes a good work bag. This is not the Michael Kors tote that is just one central space. This has a central padded...
View ArticleMulberry Leopard Pencil Case
Just bought this from our Mulberry Handbags and Accessories Group. Isn’t it gorgeous? There is a pencil sharpener in the padlock! I have been looking for a nice pencil case for ages and just haven’t...
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