It looks like Marc Jacobs isn’t stopping at the awful designs he has come up with for Louis Vuitton’s Summer 2008 collection. He’s come up with a really horrendous bag (in my opinion) in this one too!
This is the Marc by Marc Jacobs Party Girl Starburst Tote. Here are the specifications:-
Smoked-vinyl tote with stud and faceted-jewel detail at front and patent trim throughout. Adjustable patent-leather straps.
15″H x 15″L.
7″ strap drop.
The “faceted-jewel detail” at the front look like holes to me. In fact, it looks like you could take a sheet of stiff plastic, hammer some holes in it and turn it into a bag that sells for US$198.
Yes, MJ it IS a plastic bag!
I wrote about wanting to check out Sabrina Scala bags in a previous post.
I finally had my chance some time last week. Unfortunately, I don’t think I could, with a clear conscience, get this Bottega Veneta lookalike. For one, I did not like the glossy look to the leather and I thought it felt plasticky.
Secondly the designs available in the store were not to my liking. The woven parts were interspersed with plain parts and somehow the designs weren’t coming together for me. Colors were mostly in plain pastel - light pink, light green etc. If they had designs like the ones in red in the above picture, I might actually consider them.
There is a sale on Sabrina Scala bags in Isetan though. They go up to 50% off which works out to about RM400 which is a pretty good deal for a leather bag if the styles catch your fancy. However, my search for a Bottega Veneta lookalike continues.
So this is Love…..
I saw a Tod’s Marlene East West bag yesterday and I’m in love with it! It looks like the one in the picture above except that the button is plain and so is the strap. It fastens with 2 magnetic clasps.
The best part of it is that it was a dark emerald green and the leather is so soft and smooth! It may be a past season bag but who cares. Its gorgeous!
I’m not sure I can afford it though. *sigh*
I’ll see if I still wake up thinking of it in the next couple of days before I decide 
