Gotta Have it: Prada Handbag

My most recent "Gotta have it" moment occurred just a few days ago. I was watching the Prada Menswear show on, you guessed it, Prada.com (and totally digging the prints and layering by the way) when I saw this bag. It was a marvelous bag. The amount of need that was on my mind.. okay fine, not need.. but never-the-less my desire to own this handbag immediately shot through the roof.

All of the sudden the bag was speaking to me. It was saying, "Rachel look at me. We could make beautifully accessorized outfits together. Lounge with me among the palm leaves and bask under my midnight blue sunshine." I was in a trance. A very wonderful off-navy and basket-ball-orange Hawaiian trance.

I mean just take a gander at this bag. How can you not cheese back at the cheeky smile radiating off of this woman's darling face? The drawing is so charming! The whole accessories side of this menswear collection really reminds me of a cheesy postcard you could have found years ago at a destination gift shop. I can see it now; Aloha plastered across the four by six piece of cardstock. I can't wait until all the style forecasting sights are telling everyone to start dressing the trend "vintage postcard." What a way to describe something. *Pats self on the back even though its not that original* *I need a little loving bare with me*



UPDATE:Apparently when you Google "Cheesy Hawaii Postcard" the exact postcard that I was imagining pops up. Perfect, I am on the right track.


I guess the bigger reason for my undeniable yearning for this bag relates back to my new beach themed state of mind. I cannot seem to escape this feeling. Maybe I am looking for my "Paradise Island" in the wrong place; instead of searching these grassy planes I should really be scanning Style.com...


Any who, this is this week's gotta have it. I gotta have this bag. I will now add it to my imaginary collection that I intend on making a reality.

-Rachel Manning