LoVe, French Style

This one: not in my closet, yet.

Like many women, and some men I know, I love handbags. All kinds of bags: large, small, from the practical to the insanely impractical, I love them all.

One bag I have had my eyes on for years is the LV satchel. Normally, I go for snakeskin or ultra soft leather, and I am not much of a label girl, but there is something so European and chic to me about this particular Louis Vuitton: its clean lines and its classic style, perhaps. And as much as I try to think that I'm not influenced by advertising, the image of Catherine Deneuve sitting atop her pile of LV luggage just makes me want to wrap myself in an ultra-chic trench and head off on a train to somewhere (anywhere, actually--just a day off from the kids would be nice!).

Then today, while searching online for a gift for my husband, an email came across: the opening of the LV e-boutique. A quick browse, a mental slap on the wrist for thinking of myself ahead of others for a second during this holiday, then back to shopping for the family.

But honey, if you're reading this, the website is here.