Wardrobe Reform Part III: Bag

For the final installment of my Wardrobe Reform series, I shall divulge my most dogged ailment, my damning "pre-existing" condition, let's call it Acute Bag-icitis, which, should it rear its ugly head again, will most likely prevent me from obtaining any other fashion coverage (i.e. any other new clothes) for at least 9-12 months. But like triple bypass surgery, I'm afraid it could be an unavoidable expense.

This time around, it's Alexander Wang's "Coco" duffel that has kicked my affliction into high gear. But there's nothing that can be done to stave it off and no over-the-counter high street treatment can make it go away: I absolutely have to have it. And I really don't care if the "it" bag is supposedly dead and gone forever or it's already been spotted on Mary Kate's minuscule arm, that abused leather, bullet-like studded bottomed bag and I have a date with destiny.

Coco really would be the perfect finale to my reform, completing my "universal" look. That bag has been designed specifically according to this exact principle. Wang's model "off duty" look, or that everyday coolness-cum-elegance which purports to be something that money can't buy (which, as the Coco demonstrates, it absolutely can) precisely underpins this notion of "universality" I've been looking for in my wardrobe update. That is to say, this idea that one piece of clothing so simple, so worn in and basic that it feels like something that always has--and always will--been a cherished part of your wardrobe. A fundamental component of your sartorial essence, it feels like you can wear it every single day a thousand different ways without getting sick of it. Or, in other words, savvy and chic dressing.

So take me off the waiting list for a kidney transplant and get me on the one for Barney's second Coco shipment...it's time to take my universally reformed wardrobe transatlantic!