Slush Fund
One good thing about being stuck in L.A. was that I had some free time to do some shopping. And because the weather was so balmy, I was actually in the mood to think about my spring wardrobe. The bad thing (or maybe good, depending on your point of view — whether you are my accountant or not) was that I had no room in my luggage for any purchases!
Okay, there was room for a pair of Prada sunglasses — but nothing more!
Instead I came home with a shopping list.
1. The Pochette Onatah bag from Louis Vuitton’s new perforated suede line (it’s in the new arrivals section of vuitton.com), in the chocolatey cacao color — though there’s something yummy (in a creamsicle kind of way) about the orange color that makes me want to go against my better judgment and buy it… The whole can’t-spray-it, can’t-get-it-wet thing is bad enough, certainly in the post-blizzard slushy gray mess that is New York right now. (The streets look like they’re flowing with a cement-flavored Slurpee or something.) I have to go inspect it again back on my home turf — but could it be that there’s finally a Vuitton bag that’s perfect for me?
2. A fabulous pair of crocodile skin wedge slides from Prada — like these but in croc. They came in red or black at the Beverly Hills Neimans but I haven’t seen them on this coast yet. Good thing I’ve got a salesperson in every port.
3. A floral Catherine Malandrino dress that’s just begging for a garden party. Easy enough to imagine when it was 85 degrees out in L.A. yesterday.
4. Yeah, I’m late on the Vera Wang bandwagon — CFDA designer of the year and all — but how gorgeous is this coat?
And then I get back to the frozen tundra of New York and shoppers are just gearing up to scrounge for winter bargains at the Barneys Warehouse Sale starting this week. Not me, no way. I’m saving for spring!
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