Has Louis Vuitton turned the world crazy?

I don't know much about bags, especially those really expensive varieties marketed to women who like to shop at expensive boutiques.

Take for example this one. It's made by Balenciaga.

I had never heard of this brand. It seems that you'll easily part with $1000 or more for one of these purses by Balenciaga.

I have heard of bags by Louis Vuitton and know that they sell for premium prices too.

I think loads of celebrities like to be seen with these kinds of high-priced bags, and of course their legions of fans like to follow their fashions by also getting their hands on these same bags.

Of course when you are famous and fabulously wealthy then $1700 spent on a bag is no big deal. If however you are a college student or work in a local department store then that is a bit of a reach.

You have two options in my view. Option 1 is to remind yourself politely and firmly that you don't need this bag and can't afford it anyway.

Option 2 is to save and save and take on a bunch of extra jobs and maybe look for all kinds of extra work. You stop going out, survive on breakfast cereal and then 3 years later you have enough cash for the bag. Of course by then that bag is soooo last year and you'll have to get something else that is really current and happening. Of course in a matter of weeks of buying the bag some fading star will be seen with it and the whole celeb-watching community will shift to following some other brand on some other celebrity's shoulder.

Well it transpires that there is now a third option. Yep, now you can rent a bag.

I can see the point, if you really must be seen with one of these bags.

If however your life does not depend on it then I just can't see the logic of renting a handbag. Clearly there would appear to be a market for this kind of thing, hence the need for a website like this.

Are we really that bad in the western world now? Do we need to be so loved by others for what we possess?

I think it's mad.