Thank God For Jane Birkin!

The Hermes Birkin.

Ultimately, it is a hard decision between the Birkin and the Kelly [below], but the Birkin comes out on top.

The Kelly screams sophisticated and classical, while the Birkin is still sophisticated but a little more demure, casual and less business like. It can be dressed up, and down. It has been said that the Kelly is one, for, let's call her, the mature woman, whilst the other, the Birkin, is more for the younger woman. However I beg to disagree.

I try to think up my favourite combination. It would would have to be the Chocolate Lizard or the Chocolate Ostrich.

And I then begin to think, "How could Hermes possibly go wrong with ANY combination?" That is when it hits me, I think back to the release of the Pink Ostrich Skin Birkin.

Suddenly the thought of Victoria Beckham carrying it whilst wearing that matching, pink ($2,000) Roland Mouret Moon dress begins to make my stomach churn.

And the way Heidi Klum just strolled down the street carrying it whilst wearing a baseball cap!

I think that I will kindly pass up the offer for the pink ostrich skin one – actually any pink handbag for that matter (mind you, the pink Miu Miu seems quite passable to me)


The Saltwater Crocodile Skin Birkin is also nice, excluding the price tag! It is said to be one of the most expensive Birkin's available!

But any offerings for the Chocolate Lizard (or for that matter, any other one) and I will gladly be at your service.

Although, I have begun to think that Hermes did not go wrong at all, it was WHO wore it, and HOW they wore it. Yes. I believe that that is correct.

Style Is The Dress Of Thoughts

"You go to your closet and you select out, oh I don't know, that lumpy blue sweater, for instance, because you're trying to tell the world that you take yourself too seriously to care about what you put on your back. But what you don't know is that that sweater is not just blue, it's not turquoise, it's not lapis, it's actually cerulean. You're also blithely unaware of the fact that in 2002, Oscar De La Renta did a collection of cerulean gowns. And then I think it was Yves St Laurent, wasn't it, who showed cerulean military jackets? And then cerulean quickly showed up in the collections of 8 different designers. Then it filtered down through the department stores and then trickled on down into some tragic casual corner store where you, no doubt, fished it out of some clearance bin. However, that blue represents millions of dollars and countless jobs and so it's sort of comical how you think that you've made a choice that exempts you from the fashion industry when, in fact, you're wearing the sweater that was selected for you by the people in this room." – The Devil Wears Prada

This blog will not completely consist of fashion, as there are many things that inspire and influence fashion, so ultimately, I cannot relate this entirely to just one thing. It must (and will) consist of much, much more: fashion (obviously), glamour, beauty, icons, film, literature, art, and last but most certainly not least - in fact, first - style. Essentially, my wish is not to get too obsessed with this, but strangely, I feel as though that is inevitable.