Why I Love Kate Spade

My obsession with Kate Spade started a long time ago.  Fresh out of college, I wanted to reward myself with a designer bag, but with a not-so-designer price.  Kate Spade was also fairly new to the country around that time, so I decided to check it out, and I've been hooked ever since.  Here are some of the amazing Kate Spade bags (and shirt!) that I own: 



All Typed Up Clyde

If I were to just have one Kate Spade bag, this would be it.  There's an actual story about how I got this bag.  I saw it on the shelves of Rustan's Makati, and the next day I dragged my-then-fiance-now-hubby to see it.  It was then that they told me it was already out of stock!  It was a good thing that they were able to show me one that's already reserved for someone else.  Good for me, bad for them!  Because guess what then-fiance-now-hubby and I did for the next 20 minutes?  We nagged and nagged and nagged until they finally gave in and sold it to us!  Yay!  Seriously, to want something soooo badly and finally get it?  It felt like winning a million bucks!  And what good decision that it, because the bag has traveled with me to a number of countries, and it has not stopped getting compliments every single time I bring it out!

Call Me Chase

This next one can be the little sister of the All Typed Up Clyde bag.  It has the same oh-my-gosh-it's-so-cute effect.  I never saw it on the stores, but on an outlet trip during our honeymoon, I saw this baby and it was marked down!  Lucky duck! 

"Pardon My French" T-shirt

Regular blog readers will be very familiar with this shirt, as seen here.  I stalked every single one of the Kate Spade boutiques but to no avail :(  it's a good thing I left my number and when they had fresh stocks delivered, they called me up!

Now these are some of the things from Kate Spade that I wished I had:

Gwen

Cha Cha Chocolate Clutch

Book Clutches

Journal Newspaper Clutch

All Aboard Ship Clutch

Hedgehog Coin Purse

Pineapple Coin Purse

Aaaaahhh!!!  Cuteness overload!  Hats off to the Kate Spade design team, they keep coming up with adorable things!  Can't wait to see what they come up with next.  Looking forward to my next purchase!

Kate Spade is available in Shangri-La Plaza, Powerplant Mall, Rustan's Makati, and Greenbelt 3.

Dear Givenchy, I Hate You.

...for coming up with such a nice bag!!!  Why oh why?  And why just now?? Arghhhh first world problems.  When the mini nightingale first popped up from my Facebook feed, I couldn't believe my eyes.  I've just taken the plunge a few months ago and bought the medium sized nightingale after a few years of indecisiveness.  Don't get me wrong.  I love my medium nightingale, but I hate the way it "crumples" and "droops" when I carry it on my shoulder.  Further research told me what I already knew:  no one really carries it on their shoulder, they just hold on to it like a tote.   That would be just fine with most people who are accustomed to carrying totes, and it's also fine with me until a few years ago when I discovered the magic of bags with long straps.  Hey, a girl needs to be hands-free sometimes!  Whether it be for carrying kids, shopping bags or helping out with unloading stuff, we don't want to be bothered with the need of also carring our bags right?  Well, the Givenchy gods must have heard my prayers, because they came out with the mini nightingale!

Weeeeee long straps!!!  Lookie!

Now my problem is, do I get this or should I just be contented with my medium nightingale and my other long-strapped bags?  Decisions, decisions.

Givenchy is available in Adora Greenbelt 5.  It is also available here.

Introducing... My Céline Trio!

Interrupting all the fooooooood posts with this one shopping post:  does anyone remember this post?  I blogged about lusting after the Céline trio just last month, but without much stocks available here in the Philippines, I figured the best bet would be in Hong Kong.  Amidst all the sale frenzy happening there, I only had one thing on my shopping list:  the trio.  So on the very first day we arrived, I dragged Hubby to the Céline boutique in Landmark Central and came home with this baby.

Any guesses on which color I got?  Here's a sneak peek:

...aaaaaand here it is!

Tadaaaaa!  Céline trio in magenta!  Well, at least that's what the tag says, but it's more of a bright red color.  I was actually torn between this and the burgundy color.  I figured I already have too much red bags so another one will be a big no-no, but when I tried both on at the boutique, I was won over by the magenta.  Don't you just love bags with a pop of color?  It definitely stands out.  Can't wait to use it!  Watch out for my outfit post!