Monday, December 13, 2004
POLITICAL PURSE PATHOLOGY
The Village Voice decodes purse-talk for us: Louis Vuitton, Fendi, Gucci, all unhip. Marc Jacobs ("I went to college, but I'm still kind of arty") and Coach ("I went to college too, and I have a really good job!"), perhaps not unhip (the article is coy on this point). But apparently purses can make larger points too:
And then, of course, there are those who opt out of the status-handbag system all together, carrying their water bottles in a saggy cloth Channel 13 (shopthirteen.org) or Strand Books (strandbooks.com/nonbooks) tote. If these bags could talk they'd cry, "We want a recount! Ohio was stolen!" as their owners settle in for another four long years
