Thank you Emma. You are right on 100%. Being of the certain age that I am, I have watched fashion trends come and go. Luxury goods trend just like everything else. Labels on the outside or labels on the inside or no labels at all?

For some of us, luxury goods are as close to heaven on earth as one can get. Once you own a LV or Chanel bag and understand why you pay the big bucks you are addicted. But like the Oreos or Swedish fish we crave, this addiction is vest fed in small doses..

We were all so busy defining ourselves by our designs and flexing our financeial muscles by building custom closets out of rooms to house our addictions that we failed to see why its worth it to own a $3,000 purse. One, maybe two and a classic to pass on to your girls are worth so much more than 85 lesser quality throw away bags.

Come out of the closet and enjoy quality like the old school customers for whom it was created. Buy 1 great bag and use it everyday until it fails. Enjoy the beauty of the patina it has earned. Leather darkens in response to your body oils. Over time, you have become a part of your bag. It’s a beautiful thing.

Thank you again for reminding all of us about what luxury is, why we desire it and the impact it has on our lives. Great art lives for centuries in our museums. A great bag can experience you life with you for years and if you are lucky, enjoyed and appreciated by future generations.

Oh and dating the Goldman banker….is there a choice?

[…] During the closing ceremonies Sunday night we. were. stunned. Stunned. U.S. Olympians looked awesome. How U.S. athletes turned out more tailored, put together and undoubtedly classy than nearly all their European counterparts is nothing short of miraculous. Ralph Lauren truly outdid themselves with their Olympic design by leaning on their classic legacy. But the Olympic designs also transcended Lauren’s preppy foundation with hipster friendly cardigans and for the outdoorsy types, down jackets. […]