photo courtesy The SartorialistA Friend In Need: Which is better? Adrien Grenier on the Sartorialist? Or Adrien Grenier labeled ‘Friend’? Either way, the combination of that face and Scott’s camera is fantastic. {Sartorialist}
Teenage Wasteland: We would have paid so very much money to witness one Madonna’s early (as in childhood) performances of “Baba O’Riley”, complete with midriff top and body paint—so very SS10. {RollingStone}
Wannabe: So it’s not exactly hard-core fashion news, but we like to include all things that sort of involve a Beckham, which this does. There may be a Spice Girls musical in the works. To which we say, hell yes. And zigazig ha. {JustJared}
Chicest in All the Land: We definitely can’t argue with Inès de la Fressange being named the most chic woman in France. Oh, to live in a country where Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is at number five. Sigh. {Telegraph}
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Ines de la Fressange carries this lettered black Roger Vivier bag everywhere.
We thought it was custom made, after all she’s Bruno Frisoni’s muse and Vivier’s brand ambassador. And technically it is custom made. The catch is, you have to design it yourself because according to de la Fressange, “Real luxury is a unique item that is yours and yours only.”
So you pick your colors and your letters and your font and then they’ll put it all together for you and you get your very own Cut Up Bag for the small price of $1,875 even though the plain black version of the bag costs around $1100 without all of your extra work.
It’s kind of like when Fendi made the white canvas baguette and handed you a box of markers for $5,500 and said, “But you get to be the artist!” even though a Fendi designed baguette would probably set you back more like $2000 or $3000.
Which means the more work you’re expected to do, the more your fancy bag will cost.
But what we want to know is, if you’re going to splurge on an insanely expensive DIY it bag, would you rather the designer put together your creative vision (which kind of defeats the purpose) or would you prefer going to town on your own, a la Fendi?
