Hating

A replica of an Hermes Herbag? Hermes is low-key luxe, espesh when you skip the posh croc Birkin — yawn — and go quiet canvas. Elegant in its economy, the point of an Hermes Herbag is just enjoying the quality of its craftsmanship, with most no one noticing you’re carrying an Hermes.

True luxury lies in not being motivated by others’ acknowledgement. It’s like a black on black monogram — “KD” in block letters, thank you — somehow its subtlety is more obnoxious.

Then again, how hard is canvas to copy, Muffy…

Wanting

Does Hermes get cuter than this? Carrying my Kelly Danse — in deep chocolate with palladium hardware — as a clutch is choice, but an Hermes Herbag clutch makes a cheeky chic evening bag.

That, or a very expensive makeup pouch.

Pardon me — my Japanese side is showing…

Hating

This Hermes Sac Mallette bag in choco croc with silver hardware has been sold.

Weep with me.

It’s rare to find a Hermes Sac Mallette bag with silver hardware, and the French antique sterling silver’s cold shine against the worn, warm croc is especially choice…

Hating

I’m over extra-padded, peepshow-style platforms. As much as I love a little Beyonce theater, real style is about choosing fashion that frames your beauty, not distracts from it. So I dig Brian Atwood “Candy” sandals — the shoe’s minimalist architecture isn’t about distracting glitz, but making your leg longer. You’ve got to have at least one heel high enough to style your leg a straight line from the tips of your toes to your thigh — that’s heaven.

3½” of stiletto won’t do that, though. Skip this version of Brian Atwood “Candy” sandals in black, and buy the taller Brian Atwood “Candy” sandal in white, for less dough. If five inches of pure stiletto sounds intimidating, buy the shoe anyway, and wear it around your room, without anyone or anything else…

Wanting + Wearing

I bought this Brian Atwood “Candy” slingback in black last week when I was in New York. I walked into Intermix in Soho sporting a pair of black patent Lerre sandals, peeptoe’d with a slingback, but walked out in these Brian Atwood “Candy” sandals. I hate owning two of a kind of anything — and I’ve also got a pair of black Givenchy slingback peeptoes — but these Brian Atwood sandals are more simply sophisticated, and that extra inch of heel stretches your legs another mile.

Now I want the white patent Brian Atwood “Candy” slingback. Five inches of pin-thin stiletto, strapped to your feet with two slivers of patent leather. It’s that architecture — and how it restructures your walk — that gets me…

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