This week, The Bravern in Bellevue, WA is hosting 10 Hermès artisans, representing their various specialties within the company.  I was lucky enough to be able to observe and speak to each of them (through interpreters), and I highly recommend the trip for anyone near the Puget Sound area. Our first artisan was making gloves. [...]

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Finally, someone is taking Coach to task for those Cease-And-Desist letters I wrote about over three years ago.  And, I’m pleased to see it’s one of my homies. Interestingly, the plaintiff actually worked for Coach and used her employee discount to purchase the bag.  I would think a personal lawsuit would have a bit less [...]

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Well, it was bound to happen.  My husband found a line of handbags for me.  Bless.  He stumbled on a blurb while reading a magazine, which is often how I discover new lines of handbags.  In this case, however, the magazine happened to be Plane And Pilot. Anyway, here’s the scoop:  A former flight attendant [...]

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So, all the designers have some version of orange in their Spring collections. I don’t usually do orange. Especially not day-glo orange à la Stephen Sprouse (sorry, Louis Vuitton, we must agree to disagree here). For some reason, the color orange really raises my hackles.  I dunno, maybe orange interrupts my Chi. However, I have [...]

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Lately Bottega Veneta has been putting out some bags that make me question my love for them. I’m used to their amazing intrecciato woven goatskin.  But lately, they’ve been, well, boring. That changed yesterday, when I cracked open my December Harper’s Bazaar.  Finally, a bag that is so amazing, so “BV,” with such attention to [...]

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