Four o’clock in the morning is an alarming time to drop $5000 on a handbag. But that’s exactly what Bree did. “In my defence, it wasn’t exactly a spur of the moment decision,” she tells marie claire. “After a relentless four-month pursuit of my dream Chanel bag, a Google alert woke me up and with barely a nano-second of hesitation I added to cart and parted with a full pay packet. I might be eating beans and staying in for the next month, but at least I’ll have my pink tweed Chanel in my hot little hands. And, when you think about it, it’s a smart investment because it will increase in value.”
Bree is not alone, nor is she wrong. Courting a luxury handbag is akin to cultivating a new friendship, and we come to know the object of our affection intimately – on a first-name basis, of course: Kelly (Hermès), Jackie (Gucci) and Sofia
