A writer over on Cafe Mom asked a similar question yesterday and I found myself nodding in agreement.
Vera Bradley is hugely popular, I know. I can’t leave the house in the Capital Region without seeing someone with a patterned bag and everyone from tweens to diaper bag-totin’ moms wear Vera Bradley on their arm.
Stores in the area market themselves as carrying Vera to lure you in and people celebrate on Twitter or Facebook when they finally score one of the quilted goodies and yet I can’t even see myself carrying one if I got it as a gift.
I just don’t get the fascination. Not only are those suckers expensive, but the whole idea of your wallet matching your handbag which also matches your tote/carry-on is a little too JCPenney 1988 for me (my Nana used to buy Cindy and me little leather — pleather? — handbags with matching wallets attached inside for Christmas when we were little).
It could also be that I’m not a huge fan of fussy/busy clothing or accessories (ex: I don’t care for Lily Pulitzer, either) or maybe I’m just too focused on loving fannypacks to move forward into 2011 where people fawn over (and knock off) Vera Bradley like it’s Coach or, more impressively, Gucci.
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