5 toys for girls
November 8th 2008 03:09
1. The car
The only conversation topic more boring than football is cars. When men talk about engine size - I mean, you don't have to be Freud, do you?
And all the time they are comparing donks, usually with their hands in their pockets fiddling with their ignitions, it is actually us out buying the cars. Women, I mean. We now buy more than 50% of all new cars. Put that in your jock strap and sit on it.
Of course, that is all cars - the percentage would be considerably bigger if you include only practical cars.
And it would rise to 100% if you include diamond-encrusted cars. Look at that darling thing. Now there's the way to drive to Tiffany's in style.
At last there is a reason to own an expensive car. Why didn't anyone think of a diamond-studded key ring before? This one goes with a Bentley, which is, you know, a Rolls Royce only it's not.
It is made (the key ring, not the car) by Alexander Amosu. Isn't that just a name you want to run your lip gloss over? The key ring is handset with 101 diamonds on a set of wings (the wings are something to do with Bentley) with a total of 1.09 carats using color F, VS1 clarity. Drool.
All that for only US$7,895.
3. The kitchen staff
Isn't he divine? I got him from an agency in Paris. You wouldn't believe the variety of his cooking. And I swear I go all multiple every time he makes crêpes. I go all multiple, come to think of it, every time he offers to make crêpes. It's a combination of the word and the French accent and ...
Anyway, all my friends adore him, naturally, and now they all want one too. He has to be French, of course. The only option, so to speak, is the colour of his apron.
4. The shoes
American women spend about US$20 billion a year on shoes. It is not known just what percentage of that is due to Imelda Marcos, but it still makes the point that shoes are amongst a girl's best toys.
What we have for you today is a pair of Manolo Blahnik (and if you don't know who he is, darling, you're not old enough to understand the deep and meaningful relationship between sensuality and high heels) alligator boots.
At US$14,000 a pair, it's well worth the trip to Manolo's West 54th Street boutique in New York. Tell him Imelda sent you.
5. The handbag
Status bags, we prefer to call them. At the same time as carrying your little essentials, they carry a statement. Hermes, Gucci, Ralph Lauren and Yves St Laurent are the status bags of choice. Anything else, and you run the gauntlet of opinion.
Our offering today is the YSL muse bag. It's absolutely the rage. Those deliciously informed people at sassybella.com say muse bags have been seen recently on the arms of Naomi Watts, Jessica Alba, Nicole Kidman, Demi Moore, Lindsay Lohan, Nicky Hilton, Paris Hilton and Jennifer Lopez. That's such an impressive list, if you don't count Paris Hilton.
Muse bags sell for between US$1,300 for leather and $20,000 for more exotic, um, raw materials.
en.wikipedia.org, forbes.com, sassybella.com
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