The Note #37

The Teckel Fever

Recently, I’ve been looking for fashion accessories with a little bit more personality than my The Row or The Row inspired ones, and that’s when Alaïa Le Teckel appeared right in front of my very eyes. 

Hello, Alaïa Le Teckel in medium, so so cute.

I started clicking around like a madwoman to see where I could find this stroke of elongated genius (a Teckel is what we call a Dachshund in France)

A Dachshund, you could buy one for less than the bag, it just wouldn’t resell as well. JUST KIDDING!!!

(the person who named the bag should get a CFDA award) and that’s when I realised that:

1/ It’s sold out everywhere (meaning I actually do NOT have a personality, it’s just the latest trend and the algorithms were like, yeah, she’ll eat that up, SO PREDICTABLE).

2/ It’s exactly $2,850, and I think I’d rather buy a few olive trees* for that price—even though designer bags, it needs to be said if we want to sound like informed sophisticated fashion ladies, can be great investments. Hermès, Chanel, Alaïa, and even some Khaite bags resell at exactly the same price—and very often higher because of the scarcity.

I kept Googling away and found that this shape is everywhere. Khaite has come up with a lovely version, and closer to me, this Australian brand, Christopher Esmer, has designed an extremely pleasing version.

The Khaite Simona, very nice BUT if it wasn’t Khaite, would I think that it just looks like a basic office brand type of bag that one could buy at Theory? I might.

Christopher Esber. Nice, right?

I am tempted by the Christopher Esber.

But I need your opinion on the lingering question. Isn’t it always better to just go ahead and buy the original—even if it means a waitlist and a scorching bill?

Because at the end of the day, trendy items with no resell value, I know where they end up. In that dusty closet in an obscure location in the house.

What do you think?

*That is if I buy my house in Morocco!

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