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| Kim Kardashian carrying a giant orange ostrich skin Hermes bag worth around $30,000 |
Please don't insult me, just educate me...after now some people will start talking about my lack of exposure. Please respect yourselves and don't even go there...:-). So why are these bags so expensive? Fashionistas, oya over to you...
39 comments:
Linda, I love how you keep it so real meeeeeen! I love purses and all but $30,000?! Heck! I'll be waiting on them "Fashionistas" to educate as well cos I don't get it either....
Linda, shut up! IS IT YOUR MONEY???!! If you get hundreds of millions of naira for your account, you do do pass that one. I know what you can do. lol!!!!
she you see people don start to insult me. @kay, it's not my money o and that's not the angle I'm coming from. anybody can buy whatever they fancy (me na jeans). my question is what's so special about a Hermes bag? it seems like it's currently the most expensive designer bag in town. kini big deal?
All i see is a giant orange handbag. 30,000 dollars i see not. Wetin she go pack inside if not the usual stuff we carry about. Abeg! Kini big deal for real!
It is obscene over indulgence. It has to do more with the poverty of mind than the pocket. There is no reason under the sun why that bag should cost that much.
Kay said...
Linda, shut up! IS IT YOUR MONEY???!! If you get hundreds of millions of naira for your account, you do do pass that one. I know what you can do. lol!!!!
September 18, 2010 10:37 PM
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who con go be this ynash fly wey come person blog to con run mouth.
na wah
Linda, don't mind this ynash fly, and by the way the bag is just ugly. maybe its the leather or the fact that the designer is a hot shit; it could also be because of the scarcity of the bag. i read that a lot of designers hoard things like shoes and bags in order to sell them at a bigger price; its all about SENSE MEETS BUSINESS= MONEY, that's all.
to me, i just think its a way for the rich to get rid of excess money since they are bored with it.
I think people feel the need to buy expensive designer things because of the status associated with it.That is the reason why people carry fake versions because they want that stamp of approval.
the bag shes carryings isnt $30k. ita a kelly and retails for around 7k or so
I have only talked about your lack of exposure when you talk about frivolous things. However in this case you do have a point even though some people would see this situation as a consequence of widespread poverty in the country you live in makes you see this situation this way.
when i see someone carrying a birkin i just say they r mad...i'm not saying u shud not buy if u have the money but they r tonnes of better bags out there. and women just want to make a statement but i don't care how much or what designer ur bag is..if it looks good then i'll praise. many "designer" bags just look plain...dunno the fuss about "it must have a name"
why will it not be 30k? it said it is made with orange ostrich skin. how many ostrich with orange skin have you seen? lol! it must be from a far away planet o. But anyways love, lets not hate the player but the game. when your own turn come, you will carry am too. .at the rate they are rushing that bag, orange ostrich might be extinct by then though :)
Hi Linda,
Its the material(leather and gold or silver) and it was hand made or custom made, I work in fashion but i don't belive in all the fuss about designers, anything goes, after all its whats in the bag that matters not the bag itself, Kim probably got it for free, or from one of the mumus she calls bfriends.
I thought we are against animal abuse... killing an ostrich tht s not worth even $300 and turning it into a $30,000 bag is a waste of money!!! some1 should educate kim k.
Linda. There is a certain spending power that those who are affluent and so-called celebrities have. Many of us, including l'il me, could not imagine spending that sort of money on a bag. The thing is Hermes is a renowned luxury brand that has unbelievable craftmanship and exclusivity (sp?). It is not for everyone hence the price tag. Kim Kardashian (sp?) is not just a mere mortal. She is now a trend setter and she can afford this sort of stuff. It is beautiful in its own way. Lets not hate but think of other ways we could spend that sort of money. Perhaps on our own education, our family's education, our community's infrastructure or eradicating poverty. Food for thought?
lol...is not as if the Hermes is the best of most beautiful bag in the world.....its just a statement thing....saw a documentry on how it is made, apparently it is handmade and it takes about 50hrs or so to complete one single piece. and it is made from exotic animal leather. Victoria beckams is around $48,000 and she had to wait in line for a very long time.
I love handbags and purses like every other girl, but i dont think i will spend that amount of money on something that a common pair of scissors could ruin in a second. Even if i had the money. Thats just me sha....
It is about class, prestige and status symbol, these things are not purchased primarily because of looks,and may i state that they are not for mere mortals like you and I, except you reach that stratospere where fashion decisions are no longer yours, but that of your employed wardrobe stylist, trust me at that level, expensive will be a handbag that is $500,000. Earlier in my career, I wore $100 suits and thought i was the shit, now i roll in $1000 dollar suits and I think JAY Z is crazy wearing suits with prize tag of $15K. Expensive is relative.
John
Pls could anyone else educated us on the price associated with the pricing of the bag. I know if you work in the department stores as a sales consultant, you will get these fashionista bags at a very good discount, so if everyone is buying the bag at £30k, as staff you will get it a £3k.
@ anon 4.36 ,, ahahhhh , wich kain stinkin dodo is dat ?! if ur workin in a store and sumthns normally sold for 30k , u can get it for 3k ?!!!
puhleezzz , dont insult our intelligence here, store employees do not get such massive discounts , dont be ridiculous.
Kim can afford it so why not? Some less privileged people would also wonder why we spend so much money on certain things like spending $1000 on hair weaves when u can go to "iya onidiri and plait ur hair for about $10, or sewing ankara for N5000, when simple iro and buba can be made for much less.
No matter what we do, some things will never make sense to others. I believe we should 'cut our coat according to our fabric, not size" Whatever makes YOU happy.
What kind of an ugly orange bag is this costing that amount. Rubbish!!! There are better and cheaper bags that don't cost that much but are fashionable.
@ annonymous 12:30pm, no the bag is not the 7K birkin. Look at the size and it's osttrich skin not just plain leather
KEY WORD: OSTRICH
funny how this year we had the highest no. of hungry people & we take role models from someone who rose with a wonderful sextape. the not the richest, there is bill gate who does more useful tins with money
Many female celebs do not buy bags. They enter into advertising and PR deals with bag designers to carry their designs in public for a specified sum. Sometimes the repayment is the bag itself. It's a pure business deal which unwitting non-celebs are not aware of when they 'rush' to buy 'the bag Kim carried...' And of course this is where the bag designers make the real money....
Don't worry about Posh Spice and her countless Birkins. I assure you that she's more savvy than to pay for them.
Like really, kini big deal?! I wouldn't recognize that bag up close for all it's worth! Nothing fascinating about it, except of cos the UP NEPAish colour Orange!
It all bores down to 2 things (for me though), when there's too much money, one tends to lose all sense of accountability; 2) vanity!
Hermes ko, herpes ni!!
I doubt she bought that bag. She's probably promoting the bag for Hermes. She doesn't seem rich enough to spend such an amount on just a bag although say for E! Channel dem talk say she and her mumsie drop like $100,000 in one store ONLY!
GAWD na when I go rich like this ? lol
P.S: Anonymous wey talk about Posh Spice has put it in the best words.
I love this new spunky Linda o, warning anuofias before they even start with you.
Why Hermes' Birkin & Kelly bags are so expensive:
- They're usually handcrafted
- Made by well trained craftsmen (takes over a year to train one person) who individually make these pieces
- A limited quantity is produced annually, since so few people make these pieces
- They are truly exclusive pieces, on average people wait 5 years to get one (only the Posh's of this world get theirs in less time)
- They're made with expensive materials (real croc, ostrich, alligator etc.)
- They are very durable pieces and Hermes will repair them
- They are investment pieces, they tend to hold or appreciate in value through the years.
These bags are the equivalent of Maybachs/Phantoms in the accessory world. I see why they are so expensive. Needless to say, most of these Birkins/Kellys you see in Lagos are faker than Nike Osinowo's face.
Hermes does have other handbags that are less expensive running between $1500 - $5000.
To the wishful commenter, sorry there are ZERO discounts for the Hermes Kelly or Birkin, employee or not. You either pay retail or buy Gucci instead.
Why do you think staff at dept stores get low wages, try chatting to good staff at selfridges (inside source)
i don't know why people are insulting linda for asking why a would bag cost so much money. she was not questioning kim kardashian's right to buy the bag and/or whatever else her little heart desires, she just wanted to know is it the material or the designer's name etc that makes it so special that it costs what some folks make in a year at their jobs, what is the problem there? is this not her personal forum created to voice her opinions?
do you people read before you go off on people? do try to see people's posts from different angles or do you just like filtering people's words through your own bitterness and spewing out your green bile? na wa o!
back to the business at hand abeg, most celebrities do not buy these trendsetting objects! most of them get paid to wear these items because the designers know that people will flock to buy these things because so and so celebrity was seen with it therefore it must be in the IN thing. i have heard many celebs say that when they were broke, they had to pay for things and now that they can afford it, it is getting pushed on them via gifting suites at award shows, openings, premieres etc.
Any woman wey dey follow these people go market must be a fool, and will end up in the poor house. AMERICAN CELEBS ARE THE ULTIMATE BORROW POSERS! LOL. They borrow dress, they borrow million dollar jewelry, shoes, purses through their stylists and show up at awards and people are crowing about it. Can you imagine how much it would cost, how much closet space they would need for all these dresses that they CANNOT repeat again due to the nature of what they do? Most of them are truthful about borrowing.
It is likely that Kim K can buy that bag because though she came up on her fame through a sex tape, people fail to understand that Kim K's family was rich before this whole sex tape. Her father was Robert Kardashian, one of the wealthiest attorney famous for getting O.J. Simpson off and her step father is Bruce Jenner. She was not poor, she hung out with the likes of Nicole/Paris Hilton, the late Casey Johnson, Nicole Ritchie etc way before her sex tape catapaulted her into her dubious spot light. She just didn't have fame, the tape brought fame BUT money, she has always had that in spades.
i don't know why people are insulting linda for asking why a would bag cost so much money. she was not questioning kim kardashian's right to buy the bag and/or whatever else her little heart desires, she just wanted to know is it the material or the designer's name etc that makes it so special that it costs what some folks make in a year at their jobs, what is the problem there? is this not her personal forum created to voice her opinions?
do you people read before you go off on people? do try to see people's posts from different angles or do you just like filtering people's words through your own bitterness and spewing out your green bile? na wa o!
back to the business at hand abeg, most celebrities do not buy these trendsetting objects! most of them get paid to wear these items because the designers know that people will flock to buy these things because so and so celebrity was seen with it therefore it must be in the IN thing. i have heard many celebs say that when they were broke, they had to pay for things and now that they can afford it, it is getting pushed on them via gifting suites at award shows, openings, premieres etc.
Any woman wey dey follow these people go market must be a fool, and will end up in the poor house. AMERICAN CELEBS ARE THE ULTIMATE BORROW POSERS! LOL. They borrow dress, they borrow million dollar jewelry, shoes, purses through their stylists and show up at awards and people are crowing about it. Can you imagine how much it would cost, how much closet space they would need for all these dresses that they CANNOT repeat again due to the nature of what they do? Most of them are truthful about borrowing.
It is likely that Kim K can buy that bag because though she came up on her fame through a sex tape, people fail to understand that Kim K's family was rich before this whole sex tape. Her father was Robert Kardashian, one of the wealthiest attorney famous for getting O.J. Simpson off and her step father is Bruce Jenner. She was not poor, she hung out with the likes of Nicole/Paris Hilton, the late Casey Johnson, Nicole Ritchie etc way before her sex tape catapaulted her into her dubious spot light. She just didn't have fame, the tape brought fame BUT money, she has always had that in spades.
The thing is, if Linda has $30,000, she'll go for an FJ Cruiser (what kinda of car is dat sef...there r cars that go for $5,000, but those are not Linda's choice), and dumb Kim had $30,000, she went for a Hermes bag...how dumb
lwkmdfh @ annonymous sept 20 3:57Pm...yeah Nike's face just screams botox.
Really people,"expensive" is trully relative.
I grew up screaming and wondering why people paid "so much money" on neutrogana products; then I grew up being able to afford neutrogena and using it.
I then wondered why "so much" money on clarins products and now, clarins is all i use.
The same way i could not understand why people paid "so much" for a Dooney and Burke bag and now, i am able to comfortably afford one to use.
People who are able to afford a Hermis bag should do so. I personally have some of their products.
So you see, when God blesses you with say a ten million dollars, a thousand dollars ceases to be that "big".
Wealth is trully relative and I pray God blesses us all with that which we wish for, Amen.
Linda, can u just ignore these stupid people who don't have much to do with their life but go around insulting people.
It makes no damn sense people spending that much on purses that will get old and end up throwing it away.
And then people want to talk about people who are suffering. People acting like it's so hard to solve homelessness or poverty in USA and developing countries.
Get all these rich folks who don't have nothing else to do with their money except squander then that will solve it. It's as simple as that.
Just so you know ... 90% of American celebs don't buy those really expensive bags. I bet they borrowed her for the day, so the stupid masses can go sell their house to buy it because Kim carried the bag. Americans are always trying to keep up the Jones, and a smart company makes use of it.
It's a splurge Linda. The name, the brand, the social significance. She bought a $4.5million mansion. I'm sure $30,000 is not such a big deal. Also, I'm sure she doesn't spend that amount everyday.
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except you reach that stratospere where fashion decisions are no longer yours, but that of your employed wardrobe stylist,
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