Handbags Fashion

Megs wrote about this bag a bit ago, but I couldn’t help but cover it as well. So, earlier today I wrote about the Yves Saint Laurent Yes Large Leather Tote. While writing about this tote, I expressed my concern for its price. Well, the same concern has popped up with this Fendi bag.

Ok, first and foremost, I like seeing a Fendi bag that hasn’t been covered with its logo. I’m over logos. So realizing the bag up for discussion is a Fenid AND you can’t really tell unless you look around the handles makes the bag discussion worthy – at least in my book. This is hands down a really cute shopper but my jaw dropped when I saw the price tag attached. How much would you think this bag was going to cost you?

I really didn’t think the Fendi Twins Woven Raffia Shopper would be more than $1000. Low and behold, it was more than double my guesstimation. This really broke my heart because, frankly, I really wanted it for the upcoming Spring and Summer months.

This sand glazed woven raffia shopper has two black leather top handles and light gold-tone hardware. As previously mentioned, there are designer-embossed details at the handles and whether you would use it or not, a detachable and adjustable shoulder strap. As you’ve heard me say before, I am so glad a large shopper like this has some sort of fastening at the top, in this case, magnetic. How cute would you look carrying this bag to a farmer’s market, to the park, to the library, shopping and maybe even to the pool? The answer: super cute. I just can’t believe how much you’d need to throw down for it.

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Though Anja Rubik might be the only model in this latest spring/summer 2010 advertising campaign for Fendi, she’s not the only star of the show. In fact, despite the fact that this particular shot shows Rubik from the knees up, practically half of her is covered by the Fendi Peek-A-Boo satchel.

Perhaps that’s a bit of an overstatement, but the signature Fendi handbag seen in the ad is rather large, especially when compared to the wispy model. The bright white Peek-A-Boo also stands out quite well even though it’s against a white ethereal background and in front of a model wearing all white.

Instead of the disappearing bag act we saw in the Max Mara white on white ad, this one does a nice job at highlighting the focal point. Anja Rubik looks lovely as well in this fairytale forest-like campaign shot by none other than Karl Lagerfeld.

Although I’m not a huge fan of the Fendi Peek-A-Boo, which always seems to be to be more of an open invitation to “peek inside my handbag to see what I have,” I have to admit that Lagerfeld did a nice job showcasing both model and designer goods for the campaign.