Comments on: Bottega Veneta, Venice

By: Didi

Didi — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:50:26 +0000

This is my dream bag, the leather is oh so soft and i love the smell of their leather!

For now, this is still a dream – I think I’d be dreaming for a long long long while..

Till then – all I can do is ‘window’ shop for them.

By: sha

sha — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 07:11:30 +0000

cant stand big logos that is why I dont owe coach bag ;-) but I have a cool furla which I have for 6 years now but all worth it.

By: quiapo

quiapo — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 04:23:48 +0000

I have no idea what the bags cost these days but in 1983 my wife was given a BV red woven bag, which then cost me $700 US. It is still supple, looks unblemished, and is still used looking really nice, so over time it has been a sound economic purchase, whereas bags costing about $200 have lasted only a few years.

By: tuhashaligi

tuhashaligi — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 02:24:24 +0000

Kiton FTW!

By: Lissa

Lissa — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:57:01 +0000

Hi MM, mind posting a picture of your weathered BV attache case? = )

By: wanderingfoodie

wanderingfoodie — Mon, 31 May 2010 16:31:27 +0000

i agree with you MM, fake is fake. i would rather buy a nice brand less stuff than buying a fake one….

@millet: so true, class and elegance are still best expressed with a whisper.

By: millet

millet — Mon, 31 May 2010 14:04:07 +0000

no, i can’t afford any of them, but i don’t like those signature things where the logos seem to be shouting and jumping at you. class and elegance are still best expressed with a whisper.

By: atbnorge

atbnorge — Mon, 31 May 2010 11:37:12 +0000

Moreover, I’d rather see one who is proud of his fish pan than his bag, LOL!!!

By: atbnorge

atbnorge — Mon, 31 May 2010 10:41:06 +0000

I also don’t like screaming brand logos. My sister gave me a Gucci bag with the big intertwined gold Gs. But geezzz, even if don’t let the logo show, some friends really examined the bag to check if it was genuine. I was so embarassed. I mean, it’s just a bag, but I do love quality. That is why whenever I want to use a really expensive bag without the screaming logo, I use a very old Ferragamo and nobody gave a damn. That’s bag utopia for me because I am the type who just put the thing down on the floor (or under any table) whenever I am at gatherings…I hate it when people put their expensive belongings on top of any table! I chanced upon someone like that and my forked tongue came out, hahaha! I asked the person to move her “comadrona bag” some place else so that people can put their coffee cups on the table.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Mon, 31 May 2010 10:30:19 +0000

Footloose. Hahaha. I have always wondered why they can’t just make a line of perfectly good polo shirts in top quality cotton and NOT put any logos on it. In fact, call it “No Brand” and from there move onto trousers, sweaters, etc. They could charge say 50-60% of a normal branded good, then they should have lots of customers. For all of you out there that have purchased a Polo shirt from Ralph Lauren (I am guilty of this too), I used to work for a bank that financed exports of said shirts and I would inspect goods at the factory every once in a while… at the time, they retailed for some $40-50 per piece in New York. We used to load them onto containers at roughly $3-4 per piece! Unfortunately, controls were so good, our client wouldn’t even dare have a dozen or so fall off a truck in my size… :)