Kelly Osborne's $2,400 laundry bag
Filed under: Handbags, Accessories, CELEBRITY STYLE, Celebrities with Style, Fashion, Celebrity
This past Spring Louis Vuitton (the world leader in absurdly overpriced bags), premiered these enormous, checkered plastic totes as part of their collection. They look practical, straightforward -- probably good for carrying clothes to the laundromat or groceries home from the supermarket.Except the bags cost £1,200 (about $2,400).
What crazy person would pay such a ridiculous amount for a $5 plastic laundry bag, simply because it's adorned with a Louis Vuitton stamp?
Why, Kelly Osborne, of course! They 22-year-old rocker was recently spotted carrying the tote when leaving her London apartment. As you can see in the photo, Kelly looks confused -- just like I would be if I'd paid $2,395 extra for something just because it once appeared on a runway.
shopgirll 9-29-2007 @ 11:07PM
Thing is, Kelly probably did not pay for that bag. It was probably a "gift". LV will probably get plenty of sales from wannabes that see her carrying it around!
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Sarah 10-03-2007 @ 6:32AM
Every time I see Kelly Osborne, I wonder if she regrets getting those hideous tatoos.
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nadia 10-03-2007 @ 6:21AM
You know, back home, where i come from, we use them as grocery shopping bags and they cost about $1-$3.
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nadia 10-03-2007 @ 6:21AM
You know, back home, where i come from, we use them as grocery shopping bags and they cost about $1-$3.
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gotta love it 10-03-2007 @ 6:37AM
To each his/her own!!
That's what makes it all very interesting.
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Valerie 10-03-2007 @ 6:43AM
The bag lady down the street has the same bag sanz the Vouitton thing, she keeps hers full of empty cans.
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Michelle 10-03-2007 @ 6:57AM
I've personally never liked LV bags and have never fathomed why some women love them. On the other hand I think this new one isn't half bad, I wouldn't pay more than $5 for it but it's the first LV I've seen that I didn't have the gut reaction of "ugh" to.
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CJ 10-03-2007 @ 7:01AM
Mine cost ninety-nine cents. No LV of course.
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R 10-03-2007 @ 7:23AM
Louis Vuitton is not the leader in overpriced handbags, that's just silly. They never go out of style and they wear well, so you wind up keeping them much longer than a regular bag and therefore get to amortize the cost over the life of the bag.
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laprns 10-03-2007 @ 7:24AM
That one is nowhere near as bad as that pieced together craptastic bag Bouncy has been carrying. It's some limited edition, 50K joke Marc Jacobs or some designer there with a sense of humor put together.
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christi 10-03-2007 @ 7:36AM
you can get this same bag in Mexico for 2 bucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Q 10-03-2007 @ 7:41AM
We do carry those as market bags in Belgium and they cost about 2 euro a pop, without the signature LV.
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cchristinefor 10-03-2007 @ 7:47AM
the poster in regard to her getting the bag free is most definitely correct...the poster who said that she is certainly ruining herself, by getting all those dark tatoos is certainly correct...she is starting to look like her dad (who i love after watching the osbournes)...as they say, apples don't fall far from trees...oh...i really love the bag and the price makes it even more desirable...as everything is relative, it depends on your finances, but again, those who can most afford it, get it for free LOL!
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John F.C. Taylor 10-03-2007 @ 7:48AM
Even if it were a gift, that thing shouldn't be seen in public. Even if it weren't ugly, prices like the one quoted in the article are just rediculous. Take $2,400 to K-Mart or Wal-Mart and you could buy a whole wardroobe, not just one ugly bag.
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Mac attack 10-04-2007 @ 10:58AM
I think most people have gotten carried away with buying bags that cost more than rent for the avg person. Even poor women are buying these outrageous over priced bags. Even if I could afford it I would pay no more than 80.00 for a bag. There are better things I am sure you can get for the money.
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all4blairs 10-03-2007 @ 7:53AM
they? What?
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Rossi 10-03-2007 @ 7:58AM
Oh good grief...it isn't a regular handbag...it's a daytripper. You know...or overnighter. ANNNNNND for that purpose...I like it
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sirenrose 10-03-2007 @ 8:02AM
it's a hideous bag, I saw a little old lady carrying it in the supermarket.
2400! You got to be kidding me, she has no taste whatsoever.
Yuk!!!
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cab725922 10-03-2007 @ 2:51PM
I have had these bags for years they sell them at the dollar depot near my house
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Hotmale 10-03-2007 @ 8:16AM
If you got it flant it, but don't flant it with that ugly a_ _ bag. There is nothing that any of Ozzies kids need to flant except his oldest daughter, ( the one with sense and good looking one) that can flant anything. So please keep these other two pitiful kids out of the headlines.
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