CHRSITIAN DIOR: A Purse

The Quilted-Lady-Dior-Pouch-with-carnage-stitching-six-card-slots-three-billfolds-and-one-zipped-pocket-with-two-compartments had finally arrived. It had to be the last of its kind in succulent fuchsia pink. Black-is-back was not an option, even if it meant the shop assistant had to call Paris to order it and a week of storing coins inside a folded tissue.

During those recession stricken times it is advisable to opt for the ‘investment piece’, which in fashion world translates to: spend as much on a 19.5 x 10cm small purse as one would on a full-grown Louis Vuitton handbag in a financially secure climate.

So is it worth it? The pouch will remain hidden inside, and cost more than most bags transporting it – certainly a rival to any Chihuahua, with the exception that the dog can be washed. With a heavily stained purse, a mere two weeks later, back at the store and all the once-so-eager-to-sell shop assistant can utter: “Madame, there is nothing I can do, a Dior portemonnaie is not for every day use.”

Parfait.