The Girl Can’t Help It

Monday: green Prada skimmers

There are some past collections that I’ll always love. I feel like I could easily pluck a piece from Prada’s spring/summer 1996 collection and wear it today. (In fact, not long ago I finally bought a dress in that season’s signature print, which was put back into production when the SoHo boutique opened.) Then there were the orange and camel wool bags, coats and skirts with the leather leaf appliqués from the fall 1999 Prada collection. I bought a tiny tote bag from that collection in a dark camel color that Prada delectably calls sughero (it means “cork” in Italian). But as much as I loved it I hardly ever carried it because… well, it was tiny.

And yet, when I was surfing amazon.com this weekend (did you know amazon has past-season designer stuff, and not just Bluefly.com and Nordstrom.com stuff it lists?), my heart stopped when I spotted this rectangle wrist strap bag with the same leaf appliqués, in the same sughero color. I instantly felt like I had to have it … even though it was even smaller than the tote bag I already had. For a split second I thought I could use it as a makeup bag inside the tote. Okay, maybe like thirty seconds. Sure, two leaf appliqué bags in sughero may be too much, but what if I got one in ruggine (which means “rust” and I guess sounds better than orange)? Or cammello (er, that means “camel” but it looks a little more taupey to me)?

I know, it’s crazy! Some things I just can’t resist. It goes way beyond being a collector. It’s as if I feel compelled to horde certain Prada items and all Laineys. Now I understand that man I once saw buying ten sets of knives because, as he said, he was a collector. At the time I just thought he was scary. But now maybe I realize I was afraid because in him I could see my OCD: obsessive collective disorder. It is taking every last ounce of self-control not to do that 1-click shopping. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but somebody buy them all out so I don’t have a chance! At least then I’ll know that they will be in a happy home…

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