Coach Bag Monogram

I went inside a Coach store on 5th Avenue with a friend a few days ago. Not to shop, but to windowshop and see how far a disposable $50 can go. (Answer: No, it doesn't go very far.)

What is so irritatingly amusing is that people swarm the store to buy overpriced merchandise. I was checking out this China-made $398 travel tote, and the sales assistant happily approached me to see if I needed assistance. I said no, and we were just looking around.

As she was trained to do so, she went on and showcased that that bag I am looking at has a special feature. I can personalize my Coach bag by putting my initials in it for (only) $25 and 10 business days! I pretended to whisper an ooohhh, followed by an aaaahhh. But I thought, what a rip off! That's almost $425 plus tax for a bag that will go off-season in a few months. Not only did the monograms look cheap to me, I thought it is lame to put initials on your purse to "own" it.

I left the store with nothing and a thought. Sometimes fashion is really lame, but there are plenty of lame suckers in this world.

Here's a photo of the bag.