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Thursday, July 09, 2009

get yours now! alexander wang handbags have arrived

 
Think back to more innocent times, specifically childhood: the night before Christmas/your birthday/some major event that had you lying in your bed tingly with excitement. Now imagine that sensation spanning five long months. It’s a feeling that’s been in the air of the shopbop offices ever since accessories buyer Kassidy brought back photos of the fall Alexander Wang handbags in February. And this week, the tension finally broke.

These bags are more than leather to be stuffed with everyday necessities and slung over a shoulder. They’re a phenomenon. The Coco Duffel Kassidy mentioned in her Fashion Week report, the one spotted on Mary-Kate Olsen long before we mere fashion mortals could get our hands on it? Sold out. In a day. Sorry to dangle that in front of your nose only to snatch it away, ladies, but you see my point. These are bigger than It bags. They’re carry-for-the-rest-of-your-life-and-love-it bags.

So pick your buttery-soft, brilliantly designed, absolutely undeniable poison while it’s still there for the choosing. I, for one, will make short order of deciding between the Eniko Gunny Sack, Jess Small Tote, and Donna Hobo (I especially love it in the black denim leather). Or maybe it’ll be the Dorothy Shopper (the last time it was in it sold out before I could nab it, and I spent the weeks following daydreaming about it).

Am I overdramatizing the urgency here? Maybe, but I think these beautiful creations are worth the commotion.

--Amie

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