The $1,000 trash bag

Posted Nov 28th 2006 at 8:31AM by Anne Metz (Subscribe to Anne Metz's posts)

In Sunday's "On the Street" section of The New York Times' Style Section, Bill Cunningham introduced the world to the latest bag fad to hit Manhattan. The object of desire? A $1,000 black polymer bag by Chanel.

As you can see from the photographs, this "it" bag bears an uncanny resemblance to a very expensive 13-gallon trash bag that just happens to have a chain handle and a double-C Chanel charm. (No doubt the latter explains the truly exorbitant price tag.) If you're interested in this particular Chanel handbag, you had best get in line because there's already a month-long wait list for this season's most preposterous "it" bag.

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Tags: Chanel, it-bag, New York Times, NewYorkTimes, trash bags, TrashBags

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 15)

LaTrania Saunders 11-29-2006 @ 9:58AM

I'll take it.

Beth Serrapica 11-28-2006 @ 8:10PM

I think that the whole fashion world is going NUTSO!!!

Marissa E 11-29-2006 @ 9:47AM

That thing is hideous. This just takes the whole "big bag" look way too far. What would you even call it? Homeless Chic??

Eric 11-28-2006 @ 8:18PM

It goes to show that there is a ass for every seat !! Im in the wrong kind of work!!!

becky 11-28-2006 @ 8:20PM

just how stupid have the American people become.....

It is a ploy to see how ugly someone can make something and how much the mindless people of America will pay for it.

Doug Sand 12-14-2006 @ 9:32PM

If that is the new style then I am in style every week when I take out the trash. I should start selling the Glad bags for 100's of dollars.

Nicole 11-28-2006 @ 9:16PM

Just shows money does not equal taste!

The Red Pony 11-28-2006 @ 10:40PM

Oh, PLEASE!!

Candi 11-28-2006 @ 8:30PM

Wow! Didn't know that a garbage bag could be a fashion accesory! I think if I wanted a "hand bag" like that ugly one, I WOULD double up on the liners I use every day! Geesh! Give me a break! LOL!!!!

chari 11-28-2006 @ 8:38PM

I have knock-offs for less than $.20 per bag (8/$1.00 at the dollar store) Black for evening wear; Blue for Spring, Green for Fall and of course White for Summer.
Come on people we have got to learn to say no, just because it has a fancy lable, doesn't mean it's "Fashion"

Billy 11-28-2006 @ 8:51PM

I have a box of hefty bags for sale only $1000 for the whole box What a Deal! Get on the waiting list now. LOL

Shannon 11-28-2006 @ 8:55PM

People are such SHEEP. Someone tells them this is THE bag to have, so that's what they think.

Baaaahhh.

Juliet 11-28-2006 @ 9:31PM

I can tak the Glade Black Trash 13 gallon bags I bought today and put the Black Polymer on the outside and take the Chanel C-Charm I have on my real Chanel Handbag and wa-la, I have one.
Yes, I have a $2,000.00 real Chanel Handbag. No hate mail please-lol.......

p j hunt 11-29-2006 @ 3:44PM

No, it's not the fashion industry that has the problem, they are smart and laughing at the idiots that just paid $1,000 for a trash bag. I feel sorry for anyone so insecure and or wasteful, that they will actually strut down the street with their overpriced hefty bad over their shoulders, that will be their security blanket for a time. Poor little rich girls, I wonder if the know we are at war or ever heard about Darfor? I think I'm going to make a store run to pick up some hefty bags...any ideas how to make a fake chanel charm, maybe I can make a few $$$'s on some knock-offs, should I make them with white bags too?