In a recent perusal of Net-a-Porter’s “What’s New” section, I came across several Judith Leiber crystal-embellished clutches. The two that really caught my eye were a cupcake(just like the one Charlotte’s daughter Lily had in the Sex and the City movie) and a jaguar.
I am a great lover of shiny things, and when I was young and would go to the mall with my dad, I would always stop and gape at these bedazzled-object-clutches that one boutique carried: Minnie Mouse or a high heel or a lipstick tube.
These sorts of things still make me happy, but I could never, ever, even if I actually had the money, warrant spending five thousand dollars for it (the jaguar is $5,495 and the cupcake is $4,295.)

But both clutches are sold out! Obviously there are still wealthy people despite the recession, but I keep on reading that when they spend, they try to do it on the sly – over the phone orders and such. As this is online ordering, that’s incognito, but this is the sort of thing that isn’t just expensive to buy, it looks expensive.
To each her own, but if we had the cash, we’d be buying Lacroix.
–AMANDA JEAN BOYLE