{"id":2941,"date":"2012-06-04T11:49:59","date_gmt":"2012-06-04T15:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abitcoquettish.wordpress.com\/?p=2941"},"modified":"2015-08-27T23:30:46","modified_gmt":"2015-08-28T03:30:46","slug":"bag-whore-derek-lam-small-charley-shoulder-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/bag-whore-derek-lam-small-charley-shoulder-bag\/","title":{"rendered":"Bag Whore: Derek Lam &#8216;Charley&#8217; Shoulder Bag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/derek-lam-small-charley-shoulder-handbag3.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2948\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/derek-lam-small-charley-shoulder-handbag\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/derek-lam-small-charley-shoulder-handbag3.jpg?fit=951%2C589&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"951,589\" 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=\"derek lam small charley shoulder handbag\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/derek-lam-small-charley-shoulder-handbag3.jpg?fit=840%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2948 size-full\" title=\"derek lam small charley shoulder handbag\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/derek-lam-small-charley-shoulder-handbag3.jpg?resize=840%2C520\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/derek-lam-small-charley-shoulder-handbag3.jpg?w=951&amp;ssl=1 951w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/derek-lam-small-charley-shoulder-handbag3.jpg?resize=300%2C186&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I&#8217;ve always harbored a crush on Derek Lam; his\u00a0eponymous\u00a0brand and position at Tod&#8217;s in re-vamping the brand image may have something to do with it. He&#8217;s hardly my type (I prefer them tall, dark, and handsome), but his handbags are. And undeniably so.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A page in\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">ELLE<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>magazine years ago featured Lam when he was just up-and-coming, naming him the next great American designer. He knew what women wanted\u2014iwhen they wanted a silhouette to be feminine, and when then needed it to be masculine\u2014iand delivered exactly that. But it was his foray into handbags which caught my eye. A double headed ram was his signature, he said; it was a personal symbol (amongst other things, of course) representing his horoscope: Aries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Perhaps it was that personal tidbit that made me fall in love. Or maybe I truly am a bag whore; who knows. <strong>But what I\u00a0<em>do\u00a0<\/em>know is that I believe in pieces that inspire you always. And above that, there should be always be a connection; what you wear should be a representation of who you are.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Charley does exactly that for me. Small, ladylike, compact. It&#8217;s a handbag that holds it&#8217;s own, in that it exemplifies a personal style philosophy whereby <strong>the handbag is what makes the outfit<\/strong>. And the gorgeous, glazed snakeskin in a pale turquoise blue\u2014iI want to fly away to Ibiza for the entirety of summer. Derek Lam calls it &#8220;peppermint blue;&#8221; there&#8217;s no better description for the color. Lately anything within the blues and teals family makes me smile; they&#8217;ve become a favorite color this year. It&#8217;s holistic, soothing, summery. 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