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...BAGS 2005 will go down in the books as the year of the handbag. Just in time for the resort season: a trend for leather-trimmed canvas...
...she’s also “a little awkward. I thought so after the first event but was also suayed [swayed] by her air of sophistication and fashion sense.” Regarding another punch, a member declares, “I really want her wardrobe and handbag collection...
Susan McSweeney, mayor pro tem of Westlake Village, Calif. (median home price: $1 million), likes to carry a stylish handbag. But for her to invest $300 to $400 for a new Cole Haan, she figures she should carry it every day for a year. "I get tired of the same purse," she says. "I like flexibility." Instead she rents from Bag Borrow or Steal (bagborroworsteal.com). Just over a year ago, Lloyd Lapidus co-founded the company, which lets online shoppers borrow designer purses, from Baby Phat to Versace, for a monthly fee. He hatched the idea with brother...
...face for Louis Vuitton, but just can't afford those accessories? No problem. Now that the middle class is scrambling for brand-name luxuries, borrowing has become the next-best way to look rich. A cadre of Internet-based vendors have started lending high-status gear. Five other handbag-loan entrepreneurs ventured out this past year, and jewelry will soon be added to the mix. If that's not prestigious enough, some new clubs offer a rotating selection of vintage cars or the latest extravagant ones. "I believe this is a game-changing business model," says Adam Dell, brother...
...world that's part Muggle and part magic. A love-befuddled boy talks to a character from his favorite TV show on the phone. A late-night convenience store is visited by zombies who refuse to buy anything. An entire village pulls up stakes and moves itself inside a handbag made of the skin of a dog. Link casts her spells like an expert; these tales are far darker, crueler and sadder than their premises suggest...