{"id":117,"date":"2010-10-12T00:00:44","date_gmt":"2010-10-12T04:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abitcoquettish.wordpress.com\/?p=117"},"modified":"2015-08-29T21:35:38","modified_gmt":"2015-08-30T01:35:38","slug":"bag-whore-lehman-brothers-clutch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/bag-whore-lehman-brothers-clutch\/","title":{"rendered":"Bag Whore: The Lehman Brothers Clutch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At this point I\u2019m well aware of how late I am in regards to keeping up with the latest bits and bobs in fashion. It\u2019s detrimental, really, not reading <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fashionista.com\/\"><strong>Fashionista<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/fashion\/\"><strong>The Cut<\/strong><\/a> daily (or, rather, every half hour whenever they update) if I\u2019m to pursue anything in this industry, but <em>eh<\/em>, that\u2019s what the first semester of college does to yah. Any free time not spent in the study lounge <em>(hellooo, exams!)<\/em> is allotted to reading blogs via\u00a0<em>The New Yorker<\/em> (such as\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/online\/blogs\/susanorlean\/\"><strong>Free Range<\/strong><\/a>, authored by\u00a0Susan Orlean) or living the life of a true night crawler.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Somewhere between all that jazz I missed writing about the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lehman_Brothers\"><strong>Lehman Brothers<\/strong><\/a><strong> comeback<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I wholeheartedly planned on it, too, especially since the press release was dated September 21st, for immediate release. And <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lehmanclutch.com\/\"><strong>available for purchase via wait list<\/strong><\/a> for one day only: Friday, September 24th. P a t h e t i c , I know. Thus I apologize beforehand because these bags are <strong>no longer up for grabs<\/strong>. Regardless of availability, however, they are deserved a mention\u2014especially since I haven\u2019t seen anything about it elsewhere on the web.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/lehmanbrothersclutch14.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"119\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/bag-whore-lehman-brothers-clutch\/lehmanbrothersclutch\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/lehmanbrothersclutch14.jpg?fit=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"lehmanbrothersclutch\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/lehmanbrothersclutch14.jpg?fit=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-119 size-full\" title=\"lehmanbrothersclutch\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/lehmanbrothersclutch14.jpg?resize=600%2C400\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/lehmanbrothersclutch14.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/lehmanbrothersclutch14.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lehman Brothers is dead; the epitaph is none too spectacular or epic, merely that it was <em>the <\/em>largest bankruptcy in U.S. history, defunct since 2008. But who, if not <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timothy_Geithner\"><strong>Mr. Timothy Franz Geithner<\/strong><\/a>, would predict that Lehman Brothers would resurrect two years later? As a fashion accessory, no less?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A designer came across thirty of its bank envelopes in an estate sale\u2014forest green, vinyl remnants of a financial institution that once was and had been\u2014and crafted it into a clutch. It made its debut during Fashion Week and passed the test of fashion\u2019s greatest critics, where it was appreciated for its elegant\u00a0representation of New York history. For good reason too \u2013 a minimalist design \u00e0 la Celine will always be a favorite and undoubtedly a classic to transcend wardrobes throughout the years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It\u2019s the commemoration of a large part of American history that made this a must-write, no matter how late I am with posting about something labeled \u201cimmediate release.\u201d Perhaps it appeals to my <a href=\"http:\/\/abitcoquettish.com\/about\/\"><strong>inner geek<\/strong><\/a> or Phoebephile. Either way the creation of these Lehman Brother clutches materializes the very thing I love about fashion and believe it has potential to be: a means of storytelling, of recording history, and of commemorating the human tale. This clutch may have been a more explicit means of doing all of the above, but it still is an integration of fashion and the real world.<\/p>\n<p>Which makes it all the more fantastic. <em>R.I.P. Lehman Brothers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/lehmanbrothersclutch113.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"120\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/bag-whore-lehman-brothers-clutch\/lehmanbrothersclutch1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/lehmanbrothersclutch113.jpg?fit=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"lehmanbrothersclutch1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/lehmanbrothersclutch113.jpg?fit=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-120 size-full\" title=\"lehmanbrothersclutch1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/lehmanbrothersclutch113.jpg?resize=600%2C400\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/lehmanbrothersclutch113.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/lehmanbrothersclutch113.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>. \u00a0 . \u00a0 .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">x<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At this point I\u2019m well aware of how late I am in regards to keeping up with the latest bits and bobs in fashion. It\u2019s detrimental, really, not reading Fashionista and The Cut daily (or, rather, every half hour whenever they update) if I\u2019m to pursue anything in this industry, but eh, that\u2019s what the first semester of college does to yah. Any free time not spent in the study lounge (hellooo, exams!) is allotted to reading blogs via\u00a0The New Yorker (such as\u00a0Free Range, authored by\u00a0Susan Orlean) or living the life of a true night crawler. Somewhere between all that jazz I missed writing about the Lehman Brothers comeback. I wholeheartedly planned on it, too, especially since the press release was dated September 21st, for immediate release. And available for purchase via wait list for one day only: Friday, September 24th. P a t h e t i c , I know. Thus I apologize beforehand because these bags are no longer up for grabs. Regardless of availability, however, they are deserved a mention\u2014especially since I haven\u2019t seen anything about it elsewhere on the web. Lehman Brothers is dead; the epitaph is none too spectacular or epic, merely that it&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"full-width-content","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,9],"tags":[97],"class_list":{"0":"post-117","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-current-affairs","7":"category-style","8":"tag-bag-whore","9":"entry","10":"has-post-thumbnail"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bag Whore: The Lehman Brothers Clutch &#8226; Soft Sensibilities<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lehman Brothers is dead; the epitaph is none too spectacular or epic, merely that it was the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history, defunct since 2008. 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