Fashionrexia

I coined this term from theLondonpaper, which means skimping on the essentials like food and necessities to buy ridiculously priced big-ticket fashion items. For example, one girl confessed that she would only go the the Loo (bathroom) in restaurants so she wouldn't have to buy toilet paper. I mean that's a bit ridiculous. Why don't you just save by not going out for dinner? Another girl said she ate bagels for 3 meals a day for a month to buy a pair of shoes.

I think I also have fashionrexia.

Here we are heading into a global recession and financial melt-down, and I'm looking to buy wallets and accessories. Just got myself this Marc Jacobs Patent Zip Clutch on Barneys private sale online for $249. I know it seems a lot, but the original price was $495, so it's a great deal. And of course, it's pretty, convenient, and I can put all my shit in there.



See this purchase wouldn't be SO bad if i didn't JUST get a small Mui Mui wallet yesterday for £95 (roughly $150). It's really cute, I can't seem to find a picture of it online, but I'll take a picture of it when I get home. It's black patent with a huge bow. It's hot pink on the inside and it holds a few cards, cash and best of all, it has a ring where you can hang your keys on.

Worst of all, I'm also looking to buy the new LV bag from this season when I head to Paris this weekend. It's the Mahina collection in bronze or Mordore as LV calls it.



The bag is SO beautiful and SO comfortable. I don't think I'm in that much of a problem because it cost $3,000 and even if I scraped all my life savings together, I would not be able to afford it. Therefore, I am SO happy to be broke right now. Just FYI- LV is SO much cheaper in Paris than the U.S. The bag already the cheapest in Lisbon for €2020 (roughly $2626). It was €2080 in Milan, and I heard it will even be cheaper in Paris...

OK, I am officially broke thanks to extravagant spending and traveling to Nice, Cannes, Monaco, Barcelona, Madrid, Lisbon, Milan, Paris, oh yeah and living in London. Actually, I seemed to have gotten a lot accomplished with my life savings....