The $1,000 trash bag
Filed under: Handbags, Accessories, Style in the News
In Sunday's "On the Street" section of The New York Times' Style Section, Bill Cunningham introduced the world to the latest bag fad to hit Manhattan. The object of desire? A $1,000 black polymer bag by Chanel. As you can see from the photographs, this "it" bag bears an uncanny resemblance to a very expensive 13-gallon trash bag that just happens to have a chain handle and a double-C Chanel charm. (No doubt the latter explains the truly exorbitant price tag.) If you're interested in this particular Chanel handbag, you had best get in line because there's already a month-long wait list for this season's most preposterous "it" bag.
Beth Serrapica 11-28-2006 @ 8:10PM
I think that the whole fashion world is going NUTSO!!!
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Eric 11-28-2006 @ 8:18PM
It goes to show that there is a ass for every seat !! Im in the wrong kind of work!!!
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becky 11-28-2006 @ 8:20PM
just how stupid have the American people become.....
It is a ploy to see how ugly someone can make something and how much the mindless people of America will pay for it.
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Candi 11-28-2006 @ 8:30PM
Wow! Didn't know that a garbage bag could be a fashion accesory! I think if I wanted a "hand bag" like that ugly one, I WOULD double up on the liners I use every day! Geesh! Give me a break! LOL!!!!
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chari 11-28-2006 @ 8:38PM
I have knock-offs for less than $.20 per bag (8/$1.00 at the dollar store) Black for evening wear; Blue for Spring, Green for Fall and of course White for Summer.
Come on people we have got to learn to say no, just because it has a fancy lable, doesn't mean it's "Fashion"
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Billy 11-28-2006 @ 8:51PM
I have a box of hefty bags for sale only $1000 for the whole box What a Deal! Get on the waiting list now. LOL
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Shannon 11-28-2006 @ 8:55PM
People are such SHEEP. Someone tells them this is THE bag to have, so that's what they think.
Baaaahhh.
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hidanapie 11-28-2006 @ 9:06PM
You'd have to be pretty tall to pull off this one.
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Kara 11-28-2006 @ 9:08PM
So dumb...I rather use a real trashbag and call it a "trend."
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hidanapie 11-28-2006 @ 9:08PM
Are we tall enough to pull it off yet?
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Nicole 11-28-2006 @ 9:16PM
Just shows money does not equal taste!
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Debbie 11-28-2006 @ 9:18PM
I usually like Chanel,but this is AWFUL. Karl,what were you thinking???
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MerDer4Ever 11-28-2006 @ 9:19PM
Omg this is an awesome. i luv chanel!!! totally agree w/ u #1
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Gregg 11-28-2006 @ 9:21PM
Ladies this is why men think they can get away with anything with you. Get smart buy things of value and you will find the guys to match.
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Allie 11-28-2006 @ 9:21PM
haha
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Juliet 11-28-2006 @ 9:31PM
I can tak the Glade Black Trash 13 gallon bags I bought today and put the Black Polymer on the outside and take the Chanel C-Charm I have on my real Chanel Handbag and wa-la, I have one.
Yes, I have a $2,000.00 real Chanel Handbag. No hate mail please-lol.......
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Buttons 11-28-2006 @ 9:47PM
I love the gal who's selling her trash bags for $1000 each. Dumb-dumb here actually popped for one of those bags with all the silver chain and charms. Now I understand that silver is out, and only gold will do. So much for my foray into fashion land.
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David 11-28-2006 @ 9:48PM
Just curious..When did looking homeless become the "in" thing?
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Jon 11-28-2006 @ 9:53PM
Wasn't this an I Love Lucy episode?
Lucy and Ethel wanted a designer dress while in Paris, so Ricky and Fred packaged up burlap bags and horse feed bags in a designer box. Because it came in the box, they loved it, Ricky and Fred laughed their butts off when they told the girls. But they all got the last laugh when sitting in a cafe they saw Parisian models passby wearing the exact same thing.
I guess Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld fell asleep watching Nick at Night reruns...
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Arleen 11-28-2006 @ 9:57PM
You are so right Jon. Now let's see, would lamp shades as hats have the same effect?
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