Posted AT 3:09 PM EDT on 03/05/08
Waiting lists are for suckers
Earlier this year, I had my first-ever celebrity-bag sighting. I was eating lunch alone at an overpriced hotel when a cosmetically altered matron of indeterminate years pulled up a stool beside me, ordered a $22 glass of champagne and placed her black crocodile Birkin bag on the bar for all to see.
I couldn't help staring and she didn't seem to mind. No one spends $40,000 on a purse to hide it, after all.
The full text of this article has 1224 words.
To continue reading this article, you will need to purchase this article.
Already have a member account? Login now
Pay-Per-View Offers To read the complete article, select one of the following options
Purchasing from globeandmail.com is quick and secure.
Style Counsel newsletter 
In pictures
- Celebrity skin
- It's the era of star-spangled fashion labels.
Society
- Tippling with the stars in Ontario's vintage valley
- Water-themed gala draws Barbados's Prime Minister
- Darling it's better under the sea
- Water-themed gala draws Barbados's Prime Minister
- Partido fantastico
- A sparkling, sequined tribute to Rio and the gala's late founder
