Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Reality check
I'm a big big fan of Daily Candy which, if you don't know it, is a perky and entertaining information service that tells readers about fashion, food, events, hotels, travel, services of many kinds, and just plain fun. Devotees check the website or, more likely, receive daily announcements about the city/cities of their choosing. There are separate dailies on New York City, DC, Boston, Paris, London, L.A., San Francisco, Seattle, Miami, Chicago, Dallas, and Atlanta. Anyway, it's often stuff you'd never ever scope out on your own and is often really fantastic. I totally recommend signing up.
My quibble, however, is that when they show designers or shops that sell handbags, more than anything else, the prices are absolutely insane. The other day they had a place that was having a supposed "blow out" sale. All excited, I went to look and nearly fell off my keyboard. The lowest price was $385. For a handbag. And today, there's a designer handbag site. One-of-a-kind (which made me leery). The lowest price I saw before I fainted dead away was $650. And that wasn't a tote, by the way, just a fairly normal size bag. Come on, Daily Candy, get real.
My quibble, however, is that when they show designers or shops that sell handbags, more than anything else, the prices are absolutely insane. The other day they had a place that was having a supposed "blow out" sale. All excited, I went to look and nearly fell off my keyboard. The lowest price was $385. For a handbag. And today, there's a designer handbag site. One-of-a-kind (which made me leery). The lowest price I saw before I fainted dead away was $650. And that wasn't a tote, by the way, just a fairly normal size bag. Come on, Daily Candy, get real.
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