Classic Snob: YSL Patent Leather Hobo

There is a lot to be said for a simple classic hobo style bag (updated in glossy vernis soft patent leather) and no one does it better than YSL! When you want a bag that lasts through time and is current and relevant no matter the season, go to YSL. Do I sound like a broken record? I just love the brand, they rarely miss and when they do, it’s forgiven almost immediately. I love this hobo shape, similar to its Mombasa but with a simple handle and chic minimal hardware. 14″x14″ is easy to use daily and to travel with. The YSL Patent Hobo is reasonably priced at $1,195 and I know you’ll use it often so your cost per wear will be very low with this shiny baby!

By the way, the folks at YSL asked me to announce their entry into the world of social media, join their YSL Facebook Fanpage here and follow them on YSL Twitter here! (Jump for more info)

As of August 1, 2009, Yves Saint Laurent will be active on Facebook® (‘Yves Saint Laurent – the official page’) and Twitter® (http://twitter.com/Y_S_L) with news on Creative Director Stefano Pilati’s fashion shows, the world of Yves Saint Laurent products, special projects and events, advertising campaigns and celebrity dressing. With frequent updates and various multimedia applications, and with the considerable energy and interest of its followers and supporters, the pages will ultimately serve as an up-to-the-minute record of the happenings at the fashion house.

The first project to be chronicled in the medium will be the Yves Saint Laurent Manifesto, a publication of images and words now in its fifth edition. With the release of the latest Manifesto – photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin and featuring Christy Turlington in the Yves Saint Laurent Fall/Winter 2009-2010 collection – the house will launch in tandem a micro-site dedicated to the initiative: www.yslmanifesto.com. The Manifesto will be distributed in the streets of Paris, New York, Milan, London, Tokyo, Hong Kong and for the first time in Seoul on Saturday, September 12, 2009. The Manifesto micro-site will go live on September 1 featuring archives of previous Manifestos, image and video teasers of the new edition, links to YSL on Facebook® and Twitter®, a Manifesto blog monitor and global countdowns to the September 12 distribution. On September 8 the final cut of a behind-the-scenes video will be unveiled and on the date of distribution the site will unveil and allow downloads of the complete Fall/Winter 2009-2010 Manifesto.