April 4, 2012 |
FROM THE VAULT (WINTER / SPRING 2012)
We have decided to take this opportunity to explain to you exactly how our mind works, with help from Tod’s (or, to be more specific, their new Signature (bag) Collection), booze, prescription drugs and Duplo, that 1980s staple of all the coolest toy boxes. Bags are good. Very useful things to own. They allow you to carry things with you everywhere you go. Lots of things. More than will fit in a pocket. For example, if you have some fluff on your shoulder, you’ll be needing a lint roller, which would be quickly at hand if carried in your handbag. The bag you choose needs to be distinctive but you don’t want a limelight hogger that takes all the attention away from you. You want one you can rely on, like a trusty sidekick, a Robin to your Batman. Something that is committed to the holy trinity of quality, style and classic modernity. Something that personifies luxurious sensibility. Something by Tod’s. Now, before we sat down to write this, we knocked back our usual cocktail of “pams” and “ins”, washed down with a few miniatures to regain control of our brain. Yes, it’s wrong to mix, but it all works so much faster if you do. We then looked at the bags. Really looked. The first thing we noticed was that they have pockets. The doctor-type one, with the two top handles had one on the front. Roomy enough and accessible enough for us to reach our emergency supply of things that keep us sane. Whereas the squishy hobo had one on the inside. Discreet. There are days when discretion comes in handy, like going through security when you have no paperwork to justify the contents of your bag as its contents were purchased online from some dodgy Mexican “pharmacy”. The second thing we noticed (now this applies to the clutches, purses, iPad holders, basically anything that’s slightly square, sort of rectangular shaped) is how much the textured leather looks like Duplo. We asked Vincent if he could see what we were seeing, because sometimes we see things others can’t, and he said yes. It the square-hole pattern arrangement. You could, if you wanted, plan entire outfits around this. Make an outfit from the bags and go to Legoland. You’d get in for free. Take a Duplo clutch to Tod’s and ask for a refund. They’d never know. Not that we in anyway endorse criminal activity. It’s not very Tod’s. Or classy.
by Natalie Dembinska
