Reveals: Miu Miu Gathered Leather Bag in Denim

We were like people on a mission when we went to Taipei 101 and walked straight into Miu Miu to ask for this bag in Denim. After being told the price, I tried to do some mental calculations but we all know there is a reason why I’m not an accountant. The SA very kindly calculated the price we would be paying after the tax refund. She also showed us a list of the prices in Asia for comparison.

Suffice to say, my colleague is a happy person after saving some $250 for her new purchase. I don’t suppose the savings are as spectacular as buying it from Europe but the flight to Taipei sure is cheaper!

We were not the only ones in on this Miu Miu revelation since we saw 2 ladies boarding the same flight as us with four giant Miu Miu paperbags. I’m sure they were happy people too.

Reveals: Chanel Grand Shopping Tote with Gold Hardware

There’s nothing quite like a massive white box sitting in a massive white paper bag with 31 Rue Cambon and Camellias on it to greet you when you come into work. For some reason, everything was sold out while my colleagues were in Paris and I didn’t think they were going to be able to get this for me. Even the earrings I wanted were sold out.  It was perfect timing when my colleague happened to be in the store as they received a new shipment of the GSTs.

I’ve wanted this for a long time but somehow I always got distracted by some other bag. I’m glad it is here now. The 2010 version is pretty cool – instead of the double Cs being made of separate pieces of leather and sewn onto the bag, it is now stitched directly on the same piece of leather. Some people say it means Chanel uses less leather for the same bag but I reckon stitching the double Cs and quilting might actually be more work. They also engraved the famous address “31 Rue Cambon Paris” on the hardware.

Clearly, this is going to be the go-to work bag for some time.

Reveals: Miu Miu Leather Bracelet

The Parentals came back from their trip bearing gifts in tiny pink boxes!

They got the bracelets in mustard and blush pink which are cute alone but much better when layered together. I suppose that would have been the sales pitch which got the Parentals to buy two instead of just one.

They also come in hot pink and grey but I think a navy one would be perfect with the gold hardware.

Reveals: Proenza Schouler PS1 Wallet

We ordered these from the Proenza Schouler website and I must say the service is excellent. The wallets were shipped out within 1 day. We had to wait a tad longer for them to actually get to us because we used a concierge service to ship them to Singapore.

In any event, they are here! And they are beautiful! Red has always been a personal favourite but I’m so glad I took a chance on the Military which turned out to be this lovely shade of green. If I had to choose, I would pick the Military.

Green is totally the new black, at least for this year.