‘Bag It’

I must comment on an item I read in yesterday’s New York Post (“Blond babes and the bag brigade”) that made me chuckle…According to the article, in an attempt to promote their latest bag, “The Latest Blond”, the folks at Christian Dior sent out “dozens of blonde wigs” to a-list type party revelers during Fashion Week. And free bags were sent to the likes of Beyonce Knowles, Gisele Bundchen, Aerin Lauder, and Helen Lee Schifter. As if this group can’t afford to buy one themselves.

Particularly in the case of Ms. Schifter, the socialite who turns up front row center at every major fashion show, attends every major party and gala, and is constantly photographed- never repeating the same outfit- or bag- twice. And her hubby happens to head up his own bag company- Tim is CEO of LeSportsac….This gal needs one more bag like I need a hole in the head. Why don’t these companies ever give freebies to the ‘needy’? It would be so much more ‘politically correct’.

Marilyn Kirschner

I am a long time fashion editor with 40+ years of experience. As senior market of Harper's Bazaar for 21 years I met and worked with every major fashion designer in the world and covered all of the collections in Paris, London, Milan and New York. I was responsible for overall content, finding and pulling in the best clothes out there, and for formulating ideas and stories.