Posted Jun. 13, 2008,

Pharrell and His Hermes Bag: A Love Story

By Alexis Swerdloff

You may recognize Pharrell's purple Hermes tote ("Don't call it a murse... it's my travel bag," he told writer Erica Kennedy), which he proudly posed with on the cover of our June/July music issue. Turns out, Pharrell really, really likes his travel bag (Well, wouldn't you? He told Erica it cost as much as a high-end Mercedes). Aside from our cover, he's been snapped toting the bag all around town (check out the images above) and appears with it in Madonna's new music video for "Give It to Me." Apparently, her Madgesty specifically requested he bring it to the shoot. We can only presume after seeing it on our cover...?

Photo composite by Lysee Webb

Posted Mar. 2, 2008,

Super Luxe for Super Rich Ladies at Hermès

By Mickey Boardman

We always love the Hermès show because, as all you MMBloggers know, Mr. Mickey loves quality merchandise!! Yes it's hard for a cruelty-free cutie like MM to find leather-free pieces at Hermès, but where there is a will, there is a gay. Anyhoo, this season the show was presented on a fabulous oriental rug runway and backdrop which underlined the crème de la crème feeling of the clothes. There are super luxe clothes for super rich ladies! The real fun of course is looking at the accessories and some of our favorite this season were the teensy versions of classic bags and the tapestry fabric boots.

Photo from Style.com

Posted Jan. 18, 2008,

More Collectors Items!

By Kim Hastreiter

I know, I know, I always talk about collectors items, but so often there is stuff (whether clothing accessories, furnishings, etc.) that I wish I would have bought when a designer I adore goes to a company and then they're gone! Especially designers who are smart, avant garde and do stints at companies that produce their ideas flawlessly. That's when I always think, "Damn, I shoulda bought this, or, why didn't I buy that?" When great stuff is available we tend to take it for granted -- until it's gone!.

Take Margiela at Hermes. I mean that was HISTORICAL! His amazing coats, watches and accessories... WHY DIDN'T I GET ANY OF THIS STUFF. This will be in museums someday. Or what about Isabel Toledo at Anne Klein??? They had a huge sale of her stuff (check out the cool plaid photo) and now I regret I didn't stock up. Now another really interesting designer Tess Giberson is leaving Tse Cashmere where she has designed super cool stuff for the past few years. The stuff she did for Tse is really good. So grab it while you can. (See style.com photo above from her spring show.) Even Isaac Mizrahi's stuff at Target will be collectible someday. A lot of stuff at Target is collectible I think. A lot of those designer collections are so fun, from Erin Featherston to Libertine. I love all that stuff. And now it's gone.

And let's not even talk about how much I want one of the Richard Prince Louis Vuitton bags. You can't even just go and buy one, you have to put your name on a waiting list!