Kate Spade and Anya Hindmarch

A deviation from USA trip post to talk about handbags. Now that the GST has been lifted, it's created a happy feeling. Or rather a warm feeling in our hearts and loosened the purse strings a bit. I went window shopping yesterday and this here is my take on the handbags available...and worthy for purchase should you have the money.

The first on the list shall be Kate Spade. She hit the headlines this week for her suicide. A tragedy as it highlights mental health is precious and the rich and famous are not any less likely to succumb to this any more than us normal people. My condolences to her daughter especially, and her family. May her memory live on and that she be remembered for her visionary handbags rather than how she died.

Kate Spade Pavillion KL

The Alligator series features this lovely bag. Sartorial Design

This epitomises Kate Spade. Daring to be different and making bags people would be drawn to and be brave enough to buy at a affordable price tag. I confess not owning a Kate spade Bag. I regret not buying the porcupine themed bag she had last year. Its now out of season and no longer available to purchase from the shops. I do have a card holder from Kate Spade and the mummy has a purse from Kate spade. So we do have at least one little thing from this shop.

Next stop, was Anya Hindmarch, Another person with a quirky style. The latest season is called chubby where the bags are puffy but surprisingly light and of course comfortable to wear.

Eyes cross body in burnt Sienna ( Orange to me and you)

This is a lovely bag to own. The embossed eye sticker makes me smile whenever I see it. the shape is youngish but I not that keen on the chain strap. I already owned one like this so I wanted something different. Anya Hindmarch is having a sake currently, and this particularly piece is on discount. A good time to consider buying.

Build a Bag collection ( Anya Hindmarch)

This is from the build a bag collection. In a lovely pink. Gucci has exactly the same shade of fruschia and this colour takes lovely pictures. Trust me. The handle is from the chubby collection. It looks awful but is comfortable to wear. Rather like wearing a snug seatbelt. I tried it and decided yes this isn't too bad at all. You can put a lot of things inside it looks funky and not like an aunty-bag 9 my worst fear) and there is something young-ish about that inflatable chubby strap.

Anya Hindmarch

Anya Hindmarch eyes. So cute

Right if I worked harder, I may just be able to justify buying an Anya Hindmarch handbag. A few years ago, it was the light blue bad with  eyes like this that I tried and liked. And did not buy. It's now a new season but these iconic eyes seem to follow me everywhere.  And here they are, found on a cheap T-shirt in Sungai Wang Plaza....a very old shopping centre in KL. Second only to Ampang Park.  In the 80s, Sungai Wang ( we drop the word plaza usually) was a happening bustling place where a lot of people come to either buy clothes ( they had a big selection) or visit the computer haven on the top floor. Not so now, it's been bought over by capital land. A Singapore based company I hear and with that changes have happened. Gone are the orange tiled floors, ( I miss them) replaced by clean looking white tiles which makes it brighter and less Sg Wang-like. Quite a few shops have closed down. And occupancy rate has dropped. The computer haven has moved somewhere else. And some shops like Chamber music who have been there for years have chosen to downsize from two shops to one. And the latest surprise is the closing down of McDonalds. ( We found this out this evening )

Back to Anya Hindmarch, she is a UK based designer and has quirky handbags and she speaks very nicely too. ( from the youtube search of her interviews and adverts) Two years back, I chanced upon a 50% sale of some purses and snaffed one for mum for Christmas. It was a steal. I havent been back to the shop since. Deviated to Celine and the trio hunt and mustering enough courage to buy one.

I love the handbags. Am not familiar with the names of them but it's the one with a zipper in the front and when you unzip there are little compartments with words on them. I would like that handbag is a neutral colour but not black I think. So that's the latest on the wish-list along with the newly launched Samsung S8. ( I'm waiting a few months for reports of explosions before I buy it)

Happy Valentine's Day 2015

Anya Hindmarch's lovely "eye" bag

I had a shopping outing with LF two weekends back. We went to Anya Hindmarch's shop at KLCC. LF bought this bag. And she had it monogrammed too. ( Woohoo!) I took loads of pictures and went home obsessing over the same bag and more. I think I'm now almost ready to own such a bag. The Anya Hindmarch bags that I knew was the " I'm not a plastic bag" and bags with photos on them (The duchess of York had one of her daughters Princess Beatrice and Eugenie) which I never really took to. But this season's " back to school" bags is very nice. The sticker collection is super. I dare you not to lust over at leastg one of them. I like the egg-oh one especially.

Stickers can be seen here