Alright, let’s gab about this here…uh…Man-hat-tan bag, yeah, that fancy thing from… Saint Laurent, or whatever they call it. Sounds like a place where rich folks hang out, not somethin’ a body like me would ever see. But hey, they make bags too, so what do I know?
This here bag, it ain’t new, no sirree. They say it first came out in 2019. That’s like… five years ago? My memory ain’t what it used to be, but five years, that’s a spell. They brought it back, though. Someone named Anthony, yeah, Anthony Vack-a-rello, he’s the big shot designer there. He dug it up from the old days, like findin’ a dusty old quilt in the attic. But he spruced it up, made it all shiny and new-lookin’.
Now, what makes this bag so special? Well, they say it’s got this “sleek, structured silhouette,” whatever that means. Sounds like somethin’ you’d say about a fancy car, not a bag. But I guess it means it’s got a nice shape, not all floppy and shapeless like some bags you see. And it’s got this shiny gold or silver stuff on it, they call it “hardware.” Like the handles on a good pot, I reckon, but way more sparkly.
- It’s got different sizes too, like that small one, they say it’s about…nine inches long and six inches high. That’s about the size of a good thick sandwich, wouldn’t you say? Big enough to hold your fixins, I guess.
- And they got all sorts of fancy leather, like that…pie-thon stuff. Sounds like a snake, don’t it? And calfskin too. That’s from a baby cow, I think. Poor thing. But I guess that’s what makes it so soft and nice.
Some folks say this bag ain’t just a bag, it’s an “investment.” Like buyin’ land or gold, I guess. They say it’ll be worth more money later on. Can you believe that? A bag! I tell you what, back in my day, a bag was for carryin’ your taters and not much else. But these city folk, they got different ideas, that’s for sure.
This Anthony fella, he’s not the only one who made bags for this Saint Laurent place. There was another fella, Yves somethin’-or-other, he’s the one who started it all. They even dropped his name from the brand a few years back, just called it Saint Laurent now. Guess they wanted somethin’ shorter, snappier, like them newfangled commercials on TV. And this Yves, he named a bag after some gal named Loulou, can you imagine? A whole bag named after a person! They got colors for that one, too, lots of ’em.
Now, if you want to get your hands on one of these Manhattan bags, you gotta go online or to their fancy stores. They even let you return it if you don’t like it, long as you don’t mess it up too bad. They even give you a label and everything. Makes it easy, I guess. Not like when you buy somethin’ from the market and it’s yours, come hell or high water.
This bag, it fits in with them… what’s the word… “neutrals”? Yeah, that’s it. Folks like them plain colors now, not all loud and flashy. And they like “low-key luxe,” which means it’s fancy, but it don’t shout about it. Like a good piece of jewelry, you know? It’s there, but it ain’t screamin’ at you.
So there you have it, the story of this here Manhattan bag. It’s a comeback kid, a fancy thing made for fancy folks, and maybe, just maybe, it’s worth a whole lot of money. Me? I’ll stick with my old tote bag, thank you very much. It’s held up just fine all these years, and it don’t cost an arm and a leg. But hey, to each their own, I always say. If you got the money and you like the shine, well then, you go right ahead and get yourself that Manhattan bag. Just don’t expect me to understand it!
They got lots of Saint Laurent stuff, not just bags. Clothes and shoes too, last I heard. And lots of bags. All kinds. Fill a whole barn, I bet. But this Manhattan one, it’s special, they say. A “classic,” like them old songs they play on the radio sometimes. They say its simple design makes it good, and even the bags with “limited edition” are better to keep, maybe they’ll bring in more money later on, imagine that! I don’t think so, not for this country bumpkin.
And this here style, they say it’s been boomin’, this look with plain colors and not too flashy stuff, just like this here Manhattan bag. So maybe that’s why they brought it back, ’cause folks want somethin’ that ain’t shoutin’ but still looks nice. Who knows? City folk are hard to figure out sometimes.
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