Mini Burberry
Did you know this purse has shoes with the exact same print? How do you like them apples!
This is the Burberry Novacheck shoulder bag, a classic Burberry purse made of lovely cotton canvas with leather trim and gold hardware.
This is, of course, one of the most widely recognised prints out there – but it really is such a cute little thing. With most Burberry purses, if it’s has the classic Burberry check it really does look much nicer on smaller vs large bags – the print is much more classy on a smaller surface.
Go get your Brit on!
SRP $345.00
Cream of Burberry
This is one of the classiest purses I’ve seen so far this year.
Coming from the Burberry Prorsum collection, it really does stand out: beautiful creamy leather with leather trim and canvas lining, not to mention an adjustable leather handle. It has a simple zip closure and a beigey lining with multiple pockets.
It’s not often Burberry release a purse that doesn’t have the traditonal Burberry check, which makes this purse all the more lovely — there’s just that tiny little Burberry logo to show where it comes from. The rest of the purse is a delight, with beautiful, soft colours — brown and white really is magical when it’s done with care — and the result is a purse any woman would be proud of.
Please Burberry, we want some more!
SRP $970.00
Public Displays of Burberry
There are so many of these designer PDA/iPod cases around it would take a long while to cover all of them; as it is, sometimes one or two just catches your eye – like this one here from Burberry.
It’s a bronze-and-cream canvas material with brown leather trim and the Burberry Equestrian knight stamped firmly on the front. The brown leather stay also has the Burberry logo stamped (albeit discreetly) on the front.
I have to admit it, I love this holder. It’s very classy and sophisticated – luxurious without being either cheap or ostentatious.
Perfect stocking filler!
Burberry Blues
We’re back to Burberry again, folks, because I’m more than a little suspicious that quite a few people will have this bag on their Christmas lists.
Going by the rather awkward name of the Prorsum, It’s a nice big roomy purse made of canvas, with creamy-brown leather trimming and handles and brass hardware. Very, very nice.
I think I know what I always find slightly off-putting about Burberry… that signature check has been faked so many times now that even the genuine Burberry purses look like fakes. At least with a fake Fendi or Kate Spade, you can’t really tell what ‘make’ it is from a distance — it could be anything, really.
Burberry, on the other hand, is so distinctive that it’s immediately noticable and, thanks to the tons of fakes, almost common-looking now.
It really is a pity, because the purse itself is top-notch in terms of craftsmanship and care. It’s just the image of the label itself that is slipping somewhat. And that is sad.
Ah, me.
Back To Burberry
I have a little bit of history with Burberry.
For the longest time, I wanted a Burberry purse. I’m not sure why exactly… whether it was because they look nice, or because they are so English, or because Kate Moss was the company’s face for such a long time… I just wanted one.
Actually, what I wanted was a Burberry scarf, but I ended up buying a purse. It was special to me because it was one of my first ‘real’ purses — meaning one that I bought for myself, that was not a gift from someone else.
Problem was, when I got it, it didn’t take long to fall out of love with it. This may be in part to the bashing it’s image has taken recently (I’m talking about the Noveau Riche Chav-scum cap-wearers and the Madonna endorsement. not the ridiculous Kate Moss coke thing), or it may be that Burberry is one of those labels you start off with, then you mature to bigger and better. Kind of like a first kiss, if you will.
But I may be biased. After all, they are very, very beautiful purses. There’s no doubt when you carry one of the quality on your arm. They’re cute and classy and hey, does it matter that they’re made in Italy and not England?
Of course not.
I think that every girl should start off with Burberry, because it teaches you about quality and class, as well as helping to form individual taste and preference. It should be the beginning of a life-long affair with purses, a catalyst for change and progress.
What happens now is that I’ll wait until I’m thirty-five, then I’ll probably start wearing Burberry again. For the time being, I am content to have it be a first love.
