a step closer to hermes in dove grey…the Chloe cyndi
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Further to my post about heavy bags, here is the Chloe Cyndi, and yes it does look like it’ll be heavy as a raincloud to lug around, but the pain is incidental when you co-ordinate so effortlessly with your surroundings. By this I mean the grey urban skies, the pigeons, the exhaust fumes, the pavements, the mood of a nation in recession. This is more than a bag. It is a reflection of our times, and at £1072 you should gag your inner Gordon Brown and see it as a bargain. It’s your economic duty, and when the clouds disperse you will see this bag for what is: a step closer to Hermes in dove grey. Grey goes with everything, especially good ol’ British cynicism.
Also, I’m glad the leather isn’t real croc but stamped to look that way. I’m no Stella McCartney when it comes to leather but I struggle with the ethics of snakeskin and crocodile. In 2008 carrying those rare skins on your arm says ‘I belong to a colonial age and the environment bores me, so does animal welfare, so does everything but myself, in fact I’m sending my gran to the tannery and making a holdall out of her too.’ Hmmm. OK I’ll be honest; I did have a fantasy fling with another Chloe bag. The mahogany brown snakeskin Silverado, but I just couldn’t see past the price or the python so I made it go away. But the Cyndi may well be the perfect compromise, and one that’s here to stay.
