Undecided?

Undecided?

One question that is hard to clearly pin down is whether someone should buy a purse made by a company that focuses primarily on the manufacture of other goods. For example, would you buy a purse by Christian Louboutin, Cartier or Tiffany? They focus on shoes and jewelry, specifically. 

When I think of Tom Ford I immediately come up with images of his perfume and makeup line — not his purses which feature enormous turnkeys on the front.

This is a much less on point example, but when I think of Valentino I think of couture and shoes, not their purses first. When I hear Mikimoto, I want another strand of pearls and not a purse. I prefer Bulgari’s low key jewelry in particular and don’t really care for their serpent head handbags.

There are big exceptions though — the Bulgari leather Serpenti viper top handle bags are low key, subtly branded and look very interesting. They are extremely impressive. The shape is close to classic but not plain. There are color options that are bright, multi-color, light shades etc as well as all black for those of us who prefer that. These are not as easy as the other more well known [serpent head] bags to find! There’s a few on Vestiaire Collective.