I've been a bit uninspired recently, but my recent search for the ideal light colored (not white, and hopefully pale pink) bag reminded me of how much I love an efficient system. A truly elegant, efficient system! And I was so inspired by this idea that this post pretty much wrote itself.
So, how does a bag come into it?
After a lot of research, I found the bag I wanted in the color I wanted on farfetch.com. Do you know this site? They sign up independent boutiques around the world and you order from the boutique directly, so that's nice. It's the opposite of shopping locally, which is not so nice, but at least it's shopping small.
But to be honest, I didn't really see the point of it until I realized that the color I wanted wasn't available in the shops in New York, but a boutique in Italy had it. So a few clicks and I'm told this bag is on its way to me. The next weekday, they send me an email saying it's been picked up and here's the DHL tracking info.
DHL tracking info is awesome. I'm sure FedEx and UPS provide a similar amount of detail, but DHL has a jet set glamor to it. On Tuesday, ah, my bag has left the store in Veneto and is headed to Venice. Venice! I've never been to Venice and really want to go! I'm jealous of my bag! But it doesn't get to stay long and then heads off to Leipzig (never been there either, darn bag..), where it leaves Europe to the US Gateway - NYC!
I know I am massively geeking out, but seeing each step of the process of how this bag got from store to me was a really exciting part of the purchase.
So here's the bag and how I'm planning to wear it. All light! I worry that dark colored straps will rub off on light colored summer clothes, especially in humidity. Well, they have, so it's a justified worry. But hopefully problem solved!
Oh, and speaking of gorgeous bags coming to me from overseas, I have two stunning black bags due to arrive this summer, ordered from my friends' new handbag line. Check it out: changgoto.com. After this post, maybe they'll let me follow their progress, too! I'll post photos when they get here.And I owe another fabulous friend - I just got this skirt and top from my friend Jane's sample sale (which runs through next week - ask me for details!)
But back to systems - I'm probably going to be a little obsessed with them for the next little while so you may see other posts on related topics coming up. It's cold to warm weather clothes changeover season (a process that I am nowhere near having a good solution for!) and I'm getting some built-in cabinets in my bedroom (which I hope will help me create a maintainable level of organization). Well.. we'll see.
By the way, I used to be a very messy kid. (Sorry Mom!!) Now that I'm a grown up, I appreciate how nice it is to have uncluttered surfaces, but I'm still the kid who hates putting things away. This is why I dream of a low maintenance, elegant, beautiful system.
If you have one, share!!!
