Today is my BFF’s birthday. Happy Birthday, Sara Dah-ling! I adore you. Your friendship is precious and ever enlightening.
Yesterday, we fêted Sara at a lovely Sunday brunch at Fred’s. For those not familiar, Fred’s is the penthouse restaurant atop Barney’s here in Chicago. It was the first beautiful afternoon after seemingly endless weeks of rain and everyone was out in force.
In the window seat, I spied Alessandra Branca looking very chic in a Toscana shearling vest and drapey jersey skirt. She was giving kisses to the cutest baby I have ever seen. On her way out, I congratulated her on the launch of her new book New Classic Interiors. I’m going by her offices today to have my copy signed before she heads to D.C. which is the next stop on her book tour.
Let me just say, that the first person who conceived of putting a restaurant and bar atop a department store was an unparalleled marketing genius. After plentiful champagne, I shopped my way home. I’ll be paying that card off for quite some time.
I have been on a quest for a new handbag for absolutely ages. So, on my way out of Barney’s and after beaucoup coupes des champagne, I found the perfect purse. And even now, after the champagne haze has cleared, I still really love it. Unlike the red lipstick I got talked into which is definitely getting returned.
The bag, made by Nina Ricci and deemed the Brilliant Bowler (by Olivier Thyskens not by me), is embellished with a classic laurel wreath that has been butched up with whip stitching that makes it modern and a bit edgy. A solid and sturdy everyday purse, it should stand up to anything that I can put it through.
The biggest selling point however was it’s flat bottom and zippered top. I have pretty specific requirements that my bag must fit all the essentials that I take with me when I am out and about. This bag met them.
It’s a perfect LouLou bag, don’t you think?
