[LMB] Handbags (was Re: The point of shoes (was: Re: OT:Chick-lit?))

[Tzivia Adler]

From: "Dorian E. Gray" <israfel at eircom.net>
> I have three criteria on which I pick a handbag: (1) It must be big enough
> to hold all the junk I like to carry about with me; (2) It must be 
> strongly
> enough constructed not to come apart under the weight of all of said junk;
> (3) I must like the look of it.
>
> Given that finding a bag that conforms to (1) AND (2) is idiotically
> difficult (usually, the strap comes away from the bag after about 4 
> months),
> and adding (3) in makes finding a bag almost impossible...>
>
> (I try, and fail, to think of any LMB character who ever even carries a
> handbag, let alone has issues with the thing...so no on-topic-ness here!)
>
behold on-topic-ness:
when you are Wealthy, my dear, said lady alice severely, you shall  have 
minions to carry your possesions.  and personal secretaries.  or bodyguards. 
possibly all of the above.  but not too many at once.  that would be 
uncouth.


> Dorian.
> "Fashion exists for women with no taste, etiquette for people with no
> breeding."
> - Queen Marie of Romania
>
interesting thought...

ziviya