Princess Diana would have been 50 today is she had survived. She was the ultimate icon for a celebrity obsessed generation. Francine’s just read Monica Ali’s book Untold Story which is a ‘what if?’ scenario about Diana faking her own death and fetching up in small town USA. Aside from the book being a hotchpotch [...]
Read moreMargaret Thatcher and her handbag became an iconic figure during her 1980’s reign. Indeed a new word entered the language, as civil servants muttered about their dread of being “handbagged” by the Prime Minister – imagine those cabinet meetings girls? Now, the lady who was not for turning’s handbag has just been sold for £25,000. [...]
Read moreThirty-One Thousand handbags lost on London transport Transport for London has announced that over the 207,000 items of lost property it had handed in last year, 31,000 of them were handbags! Ladies (and possibly chaps) we thought you loved your bags more than to leave them on a bus or the tube. Unbelievably, an invite [...]
Read moreHere’s some news from New York……Councilwoman Margaret Chin has proposed a bill that would fine anyone seen purchasing counterfeit designer handbags $1,000. “We don’t want to be known as the place to come to get counterfeit goods,” she says. No, we don’t! Because not only are counterfeit bags and sunglasses and whatnot sartorially offensive, but [...]
Read moreMargaret Thatcher’s handbag to be auctioned for charity. An estimate of £100,000 is placed on the black Asprey bag, one of those that ex-PM reputedly wielded to maintain cabinet unity An estimate of £100,000 is understood to have been placed on the leather bag Margaret Thatcher carried during meetings with the US president Ronald Reagan, [...]
Read moreAh the Bagatidy ladies had a great night out at Bradford Alhambra last night. If Marti Pello in Jekyll & Hyde the musical is coming near you, rush to see it. It’s dark and thrilling and Mr Pello not only looks beyond gorgeous, he sings fantastically. Your ticket will be worth it just to hear [...]
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