For the Love of Bags

I have always been enamoured with the Celine Boogie Bag. My friend M in Canada owns one and I’m so “jealous” because it costs about RM5000 a bag! Then again, she changes LV leather straps to look new so whatever eh?

Everytime I go into the Celine boutique, I play with the bag and then tell myself that its impractical because there is no zip top. Their leather is always sumptous and supple and just amazing. But at Rm5000 a bag, all I can do is play with it in the store.

And then, I saw a version of the iconic Celine Boogie bag with a zip!

Ok I couldn’t find pictures of it in leather but this is what it looks like. Essentially, a Celine Boogie bag with a zip.

It is rather large though for an everyday handbag. At 5′ 2″ I looked like I was carrying a luggage tote bag. Still, the leather was the typical supple soft calfskin leather of the Celine Boogie AND IT WAS MARKED DOWN BY 50%!! Retailing at RM4XXX it was now RM2275 or something ridiculous. I wanted it.

But there were only 2 colours - Navy blue with white trim and Tan with dark brown trim. Both I thought looked a tad tacky and looked like gym bags. Not what I’d want to use a Celine bag for!

If you’d like to check it out, go to the Celine boutique at The Gardens (Inside Isetan) and check out the sale rack. The leather is to die for, but the size and colour is a bit of a miss for me.