Chanel Bags Lover

Following her show, Miuccia Prada took her bow with two very fine fruity accessories dangling from her ears

If food and fashion appear to be – for myriad and obvious reasons – unlikely bedfellows, their relationship is currently enjoying what might not unreasonably be described as a moment.

First up: Lady Gaga’s Argentinian beef dress. Despite the hype that has sprung up around this particular garment it is a not entirely original statement, having previously been made by not only Elsa Schiaparelli – whose lamb-chop hat was famously worn by the heiress Daisy Fellowes (there was also a lamb-chop jacket to match) – but also by Hussein Chalayan. In his days as an art student in the genteel seaside town of Leamington Spa, Chalayan used cuts of meat to create a not-so-genteel print. The gesture earned him a place at Central Saint Martins.

For the forthcoming spring/summer, meanwhile (and also for pudding?) the fashion follower might simply like to have a banana. Following her show in Milan last week, Miuccia Prada, the first lady of Italian fashion, stepped out to take her bow with two particularly fine and garish examples of that very fruit dangling from her earlobes where, more predictably, a pleasingly precious pair of vintage baubles might have been.
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Lochlann Quinn, once the chairman of the Allied Irish Bank, has put a pricey piece of real estate up for sale: the Prada location at 16 Old Bond Street in London. The Independent reports  that the commercial real estate will be listed with property consultant Fineman Ross for around £30 million. The sale of the freehold of the building would also include the offices above the Prada store. The total rent is said to be more than £1 million a month. Old Bond Street, which in the Mayfair district of London, has been a fashionable shopping street since the 18th century. The southern part is known as Old Bond Street while the northern part is New Bond Street. Old Bond Street is home to a variety of luxury retailers including Tiffany & Co., Chanel, Gucci and De Beers.

It’s built by a couple who see good opportunity in the contagious obsession of today’s women
Photos by Rodel Rotoni

A FEVER that seems more prevalent and powerful than dengue has now invaded the supposedly exclusive confines of BF Homes in Parañaque with the recent opening of Leilanie’s House of Bags.

Located on Aguirre Avenue (tel. 975-9301; 0917-803-3147), the imposing three-story, neo-European-inspired building with a glass facade is impossible to miss. It has a huge inflatable pink Birkin perched on the roof.

The incongruous-looking structure seemed to have sprung up overnight in BF’s thriving commercial row.

It has wood-and-glass shelves on the first floor almost exclusively devoted to second-hand bags, from such high-end brands as Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Hermes, Prada, Goyard, Balenciaga, Dior, Burberry, Fendi, Marc Jacobs, Coach and Gucci.

The place is bound to fuel the raging bag
fever that seems to have afflicted countless Filipino women (and not a few good men) for years now.

A cursory look reveals these finds: a small Birkin in dark brown can set you back by P395,000; a black-and-red Kelly similar, says a saleslady, to the one swung about by Gretchen Barretto costs P230,000.
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Prada Spring/Summer 2011

Midway through Milan, and the mood among retailers and the press is optimistic. Bananas and stripes at Prada! Leather fringe at Gucci! Long day at D and G! Perky, preppy bags at Fendi! And everywhere flag colors are set against chic white, skirts to midcalf, and wearable, non-conceptual clothes. Fashion appears to have come to its senses again or at least to have regained a sense of proportion, an impression fortified by London’s refined, unselfconsciously pretty offerings at Christopher Kane, Erdem, Marios Schwab, Peter Pilotto and Meadham Kirchhoff.
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It was all wind and rain at launch of new film The Other Guys in London’s Leicester Square last night, but brightening up the miserable weather was brunette beauty Eva Mendes, who wowed us by wearing a green Prada halterneck dress.

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Prada Handbags

Hi, my little fashionistas, did you miss me? I have gone on a voyage for you: I traveled all the way from Michigan to Toronto and back again, on a wild, crazy search for some new, stylish Prada handbags to review for you. That’s how much I love you guys — plus, you know, I frigging love Toronto and secretly I went mostly for selfish, personal purposes. I did, however, chance to stay in the most luxurious hotel possible and spent endless amounts of time lounging in the lobby, watching all the glamorous travelers checking in and out, and I found lots of fodder for all you little Prada aficionados.

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