The 3.1 Phillip Lim Pashli satchel... yes/no, iconic/forgettable, classic/fad?

I’ve longed to own a 3.1 Phillip Lim Pashli bag since I first spotted one pop up on the my-wardrobe.com website about two years ago! Handbags (or indeed anything) that cost £££s are never whim purchases for me, they’re well thought out and based on the outcome of various pros and cons charts. My main concern when investing in something like the Pashli, is whether it will stand the test of time and become a classic piece, or whether it’ll fall by the wayside and be put away at the back of my cupboard never to see the light of day again. I wonder if the Pashli has the staying power of the Mulberry Alexa, a now iconic satchel style.

The weather may have been abysmal for most of the summer, but that hasn’t stopped the wedding season from winding up into full swing. So far this year I’ve been to two weddings and I’ve got three more to go. Two of which are at that slightly awkward time of year where summer becomes autumn and the already unpredictable British weather becomes exceptionally erratic. Bearing that in mind I started to research suitable wedding outfits and came to the conclusion that a maxi dress is the way forward. Long enough to keep you warm in a cold breeze and loose enough to keep you cool whilst standing in the sun – the ideal wedding guest outfit.

It’s not often that I have trouble providing gift suggestions for things that I’d like to own, which makes my present situation very unusual. Let me give you the background…

When we visited America last year (California & Vegas) I had my heart set on buying a Louis Vuitton bag. It happened to be my birthday whilst we were there, I’d already been given some money to spend and I was hoping for a big win in Vegas to top up my LV fund. I didn’t get the big win, but my husband did, so that was reason enough for me to head back to the Louis Vuitton store and enquire about the Neverfull MM, which is what I was after. To my horror the price had increased by $100 in the 4 days we’d been in Vegas and so I decided it was not meant to be.

I recently noticed my penchant for starting a new post with an apology for not updating my blog more regularly. I think it’s safe to say that over the past few months finding the time to blog and update this site has proved to be a bit of a quandary. I’m hoping the New Year will bring a new efficiency to my day-to-day life, thus freeing up time to spend updating the site and keeping in touch with my fellow fashion bloggers and visitors. And if improved efficiency isn’t an option, would it be possible to have an extra hour in the day…?!

I feel the need to add a quick disclaimer to the start of this post just in case my husband reads this… ‘She who has Everything’ is in no way representative of me, indeed any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

Now where was I…

If you’re anything like me, the Christmas season inspires feelings of festive joy tinged with fear and panic over gifts you’ve yet to buy and the inevitable question… what do you buy the person who has everything?! So you can imagine how thrilled I was to discover that Boticca have taken the time to put together a selection of comprehensive gift guides to cover all types of personalities and styles.