About Shoes

There are handbags out there for hundreds, even thousands of pounds. How is this sane? If I won a balenciaga or a fendi or any of the others I would just put it on ebay. I’ve no desire whatsoever to have one of these overpriced, wasteful follies dangling from my arm. Status symbol? Style statement? Work of art? Baloney. I’d get a fake.

A handbag is merely a receptacle in which to put the bits and pieces that you might need when out and about. I’d rather people noticed me than my bag.

I’m not advocating that we all adopt hessian sacks, hand woven hippie baskets or even (recently allocated anti-establishment status and therefore more contentious than fur knickers) plastic carrier bags. I’m just saying what is wrong with an ordinary £5 £10 or £15 bag from the shoe shop or high street? The owner of a fake Louis Vuitton is, in my opinion, far more sensible and savvy than the person who needs an original.

I’m not against all things designer. I can see why a £100 pair of jeans may grip your thighs in a way beyond the reach of a £3 supermarket pair. I can appreciate how a cocktail dress made from expensive fabric can hug your curves and streamline your silhouette in a manner which may just justify the 3 (or dare I say 4) figure price tag. These items work with you, become part of you. But a bag? Short of draping it ingeniously in front of your gut, I don’t see how these over priced accessories enhance you in any way. Designer bags? Get the fake and spend the extra on clothes to go with it.

Gucci used to be a style that the rich and famous and well heeled would wear. You would see gucci bags travelling the world with well of travellers however these days I think it is seen as a more ‘trash’ designer label many thanks to the designer fakes out there. You now see every Sharon and Tracy out there with their fake tan, Croydon top knot hair, and a gaggle of children following behind all dressed in their fake juicy pink velour tracksuits covered in gold bling.

Prada whilst also being a victim of the fake industry does not have such a well known logo as such so is maybe not such an obvious fake brand so maybe due to this, this means it still manages to hold onto and retain some of it’s style and sophistication while other designer brands have become significant to lower classes and something to laugh, joke and identify them by. It is just upsetting in a way that they have hijacked such brands.