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In the world of
designer handbags, there are three camps: You get it (and you
pay for it); you don't get it; you get it, but you can't afford
it. And the last of the three, which of course, is the largest,
by far.
The purse is the accessory that encapsulates a woman's identity
- her driver's license, her hopeful to-do list, her favorite
lipstick. The designer purse is the accessory that betrays a
woman's frivolity - and what a worthy frivolity it is. A
designer handbag is, in fact, all about the display of symbols,
the little interlocking Gucci G's, the Chanel C's, the offset LV
of Louis Vuitton.
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It is the proof of taste, the proof of
money, a silent "I am someone" message that only fellow label lovers
know how to read. Witness this at a Phoenix Junior League meeting, a
virtual alphabet soup.
The designer symbols also are tickets to another world, namely, designer
boutiques. designer purse is proof, after all, that one has spent insane
amounts of money on small objects before and just may be willing to do
it again. This in turn compels them to buy more designer stuff because
the shop keeper will try his best to sell a designer purse again.
One thing is clear. If one pays, one gets. The lasting quality, the feel
and the beauty, the uniqueness that a designer purse can give is
something that a non designer purse can never give. The names in the
designer world endorsing various purses are actually endorsing the
quality of the purses.
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