wishpot wednesday: if i were a rich girl...

I'm not by nature particularly starry-eyed when it comes to fashion; I'm a full-blown Maxxinista, to be sure, but I attribute that to my old-fashioned love of quality rather than a desire for designer brands. I have my favorites, of course, and there is a thrill to happening across an Anna Sui top or a BCBG dress, but I'm just as happy finding something by a label I don't know. However. I'm not immune to the luxe draw of high fashion, and there are a few icon pieces I've fallen rather ardently in love with...


Mulberry Alexa Leather Bag, $1,150; net-a-porter
This bag. Oh, this bag. It's not traditionally my style, and I don't even consider its namesake (English It-Girl Alexa Chung) to be a particular style icon of mine, but there is just something about this bag! It's somehow vintage and bohemian simultaneously. It's at once structured and slouchy. I love the shape, I love the accents. I just can't get enough of it, and I can't help but be my traditional self and desire the most iconic version of it, which is of course the oak shade. I wear mostly black and shades of gray, but the Alexa just looks like it was made for this color, doesn't it? I've seen a few people who have found the bag for a steal on eBay, but I'm not a particularly experienced eBayer and I don't have the easiest time telling the real ones from the replicas. Sigh.


Christian Louboutin Décolleté 100 Jazz Pumps $595; net-a-porter
Call me a hopeless romantic (because I am), but my life somehow won't be complete until I've worn a pair of black Louboutin pumps. This shoe, in my very Carrie Bradshaw-esque opinion, is a completely relevant investment of almost six hundred dollars. If you're the sort of person who has six hundred dollars to invest. In shoes. But really, I don't have a singular interest in being Rachel Zoe or Victoria Beckham and having a collection of Birkin bags (VB apparently has over 100 - Posh Spice indeed). I simply want one pair of classic Louboutins that I can have forever. I think that's a pretty healthy viewpoint as shoe fetishes go. Realistic, for an unemployed, unpublished novelista? Of course not. But it could certainly be worse!



A Fabulous Fantasy Lip Kit $22.50; MAC Cosmetics
Dashing Lassie Eye Shadows $36; MAC Cosmetics
Readers of SHE will already know of my love for these palettes from MAC's Tartan Tale holiday collection.  I'm a big fan of MAC (though I do think I've been spoiled by the baked eye shadows from Urban Decay; can nothing be more perfect?) and the holiday collections are the best time to get great sets at comparatively decent prices. I'm craving the fabulous smokey eye that would come from that second palette and the either nude or dramatic lips from the first. Gimme!

I hope you've all enjoyed this foray into my fashion daydreams. What have you been wishing for lately?

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