My shopping partner in crime is none other than the Fashion Director of Us Magazine— Sasha Charnin Morrison, it’s not unusual for us to stay up til the wee hours texting about our current obsessions (who needs sleep when shoes and bags are at stake?!?!). Our readers come to us for advice and we generally pride ourselves on giving sound advice. Unfortunately all reason goes out the window when it’s something we want. Which, by the way, we always (almost) get what we want. But what happens when what we want isn’t all we expected? So we’ve decided to turn to you, our readers, to decide the fate of our latest acquisitions (sold out on net-a-porter by the way!). Sasha managed to snag the Alexander Wang Coco Duffel, we’ve both dreamt about this bag since it appeared on the arm of Mary Kate Olsen last Feb (she got the first sample as a gift from Alex). But when it arrived, the leather, the shape, something about it is just not what she’d expected. She’s torn because she has wanted this for month but at the same time she’s not even sure she’ll wear it. So tell her, should she Keep it or Lose it?
I’m in a similar boat myself with the Balmain Triple Chain belt. I received it in the mail yesterday and was surprised how heavy the tiny box felt. I thought there’d be elaborate packaging, box etc but nope, the 2.5 pound I felt was the belt itself! I put it on and felt like I was weight lifting. I mean it is so heavy I am concerned I will throw my back out. However, it looks amazing on and the fit is to die. Because it is so heavy, it lays flat no matter where you put it. Balmain put the loop holes very close to the tip of the belt so you can adjust it from hip hugging low riders to high trousers, so versatile! My only issue is its 2.5 pound weight. So tell me, should I Keep it or Lose it? We have 14 days to return the items and will run the poll until this Friday 7/24 and announce our decision.
