Salewatch
Ollie & Nic have long been favoured handbag retailers 'round these parts, not least because their sales are always excellent, and the St Christopher's Place shop is currently stacked high (but neatly, which makes a pleasant change) with Spring/Summer '06 stock at what are now frankly ridiculous prices.
Happily for anyone not within hitting distance of W1, their sales is also online, including the capacious Costa Rica shoulder bag, in soft, slouchy leather and six colours, reduced from £125 to £37, and the natty, two-pocket canvas Coco in chocolate or coral down from £40 to a mere £12. That is what I call a bargain.
I shan't be partaking myself, but not, as you might expect, in anticipation of a thumping great new mortgage*, nor to the perilous nature of my current employment situation. Oh no. It's because I've already got a lovely new bag in the sales:
Lovely new bag
Today is its debut and, like some kind of amateur muppet, I took it out this morning without clocking that a) it was raining; and b) the trim and handle are both leather, which I have therefore uncharacteristically failed to spray with that stuff you put on new shoes to make them "rainproof" [hollow laugh]. That my beautiful new bag has recovered from the fine spray of drizzle it received en route to the tube to a heartening degree is, I like to think, testament to the quality of the leather Orla Kiely (who else?) uses. Which does in itself go some way towards explaining the extraordinarily high prices for her bags.
Mind you, having said that, despite the fact I missed the special sale preview evening** at the Covent Garden shop last week [sob], there's a general 30% discount down there at the moment and some online specials on the website. Still not what you'd call cheap, though.
* survey booked in for next Monday, folks!
** apparently this was a complete and utter bun-fight in 35° heat. Some people will do anything for an extra 15% off.
tags: Ollie & Nic, Orla Kiely, sales, handbags
posted by Pashmina @ 3:54 PM
12 comments
12 Comments:
Oh Pashmina, you don't know what you've done! I might just have to buy the entire "La Paz" range. from £105.00 down to £31.00, and lovely real leater, who could possibly resist! I am actually salivating. Arrrhhh!
Ps: which one do you think:
green or brown? I really want the gold one of course but that's just too much like one i already have.
Heh. The La Paz is rather nice, isn't it? I nearly mentioned that one, too, but the post was already starting to turn into an advertorial.
I'd go for the brown: you'll use it all through the autumn and winter, and it will go with everything.
Mmm, nice bags. You have exquisite taste.
wv - kdfmny - kid for money (also means Angelina Jolie)
Thanks, Fran. That's the nicest thing anyone's said to me all week.
Both my daughters (10 and 14) discovered Marimekko while on holiday in Finland last month. They are now the proud owners of a fruit-patterned shoulder bag and a pair of (whisper)flowery wellies respectively.
All this talk of bags makes me wish I'd learned how to be a proper grown-up!
P.S According to www.david-tennant.com, the Tenth Doctor is, in fact, a respectable 6'1".
P.P.S Jeremy Clarkson is indeed an arse - so nice to find so many like-minded souls hereabouts!
Good for your girls, Marsha. A lifetime of chic Scandinavian design awaits them.
Delighted to hear the latest on the great David Tennant height question - 6'1" is just fine. Mind you, I bet Tom Cruise's offical site says he's 6'.
OK so of course I had to go and check. Is it just me, or does everyone get nought but a blank page at www.tomcruise.com?
Now that's sinister.
I do agree that the leather trim on the Orla Kiely bags is remarkably resilient. I've got two of the big shopper/beach bags and they have lasted for years. Well worth the £££ in my view
Hooray! I like nothing better than having my spending validated. Thanks, GSE.
Seen this?
Heh. There's a post begging to be written...
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