OH BOY-ARD!

Ok, I admit it. I'm a Goyard freak! A Goyard addict. I'm in deep and I just can't get enough. Soon, you'll find me skulking about the Rue Saint Honoré, mumbling about handpainted canvas and monogramed travel sets. Don't judge . . . It's a sickness . . . I have no control! Luckily, I've just set my eyes upon this bad boy: a rectanglar carryall with rolled handles, silver metal hardware and feet. INCROYABLE!
*Goyard Handpainted Handbag. Priced at $1600. NEVER CARRIED! For further information or to purchase, please contact: lizzy@decadestwo.com

STAFF PICK: YSL Bronze Muse

Staff Member: Yours Truly

On the Ole Ones and Twos: Quahog, Black Uhuru and Echo & the Bunnymen

Star sign: Virgo

Pick: YSL Bronze Metallic Muse

Et Pourqouis: There's something so mysterious and noir about this handbag that screams Murder on the Orient Express--it just makes me want to hop on a train in a pencil skirt and go solve crimes of the aristocracy. Sherlock Holmes beware!

Can Be Seen: Sampling miso ramen and goma ae to the sounds of Steel Pulse @ Mr. Ramen aka Rasta Ramen

Wouldn't Be Caught Dead: Snoozing

*YSL large bronze metallic leather Muse with brown suede detailing. In next-to-new condition. Similar styles generally retail from $1300 - $1800. Priced at $800.

For further information or to purchase, please contact: lizzy@decadestwo.com

B MINE

Ah, the letter B. Both a lovely musical note and the second letter in the Latin alphabet. The letter B means house, deriving from it's first appearance in the Egyptian hieroglyphs symbolizing the floorplan of a house (see above symbol). In the Hebrew Alphabet, B's counterpart Beth represents the letter 2 and in gematria can symbolize 2, 2000 and 20,000.

Our favorite B however, is not a linguisitc manifestation but a Lagerfeld-istic creation. The B.Bag. And so ladies, allow us to share the joys of literacy with you.

* Fendi tan wool B Bag with black velvet front buckles. In next-to-new condition. Priced at $1000

**Fendi sienna textured leather B Bag with black patent leather front buckles. In next-to-new condition. Priced at $1000.

***Fendi black patent leather B Bag with sienna contrast stitching. In next-to-new condition. Priced at $1250.

****Fendi large black textured leather B Bag with black patent leather front buckles. In next-to-new condition. Priced at $1600.

For further information or to purchase any of the B Bags, please contact; thegang@decadestwo.com

NOT JUST FOR HIPPIES . . .

Tie-dye: it's come a long way since your junior high school best friend convinced you to wrap rubber bands around your favorite t-shirts and soak them in Kool-Aid to look just like her older sister, who had dropped out of high school to sell grilled cheese sandwiches in Arena parking lots of Grateful Dead shows.

Actually, tie-dying is a process that predates the psychadelic 60s by hundreds of years. The earliest survivng tie-dyed textiles are from Peru and date from approximately 500-800 AD. The japanese dying process of Shibori elevates the form to high-art and has been practiced since the 8th century. Shibori includes an elaborate process of stitching elaborate patterns and then gathering the stitching or binding the fabric around a core of rope or wood in order to create patterns of undyed fabirc against intricate dyeing design schemes.

All this to say that tye-dye has a long history of equisite craftsmanship and design well beyond the contemporary notion of the traditional garb of a Burning Man attending back-to-the-lander. Take for example, this tie-dyed Fendi large baguette tote from the Spring 2008 collection. Large lacing detailing draws on the bohemian ideal often associated with tye-die but the soft and supple leather and sophisticated take on a sorbet color palette make this handbag more bling than Beatnik.

***Fendi Spring 2008 Large Tie-dyed Baguette Bag. In next-to-new condition! Priced at $1250. Typically, the large baguettes with the lacing retail from $2100-$2500.

for further information or to purchase, please contact: thegang@decadestwo

WE LOVE LEE!

Recently I was sitting back, having a chat with my girlfriends about our current muses and it seems that the one name on the tip of all our tongues was Lee Bontecou. Bontecou, a sculptor, was a Fulbright scholar in the fifties who showed her wares at the famed Leo Castelli gallery in New York in the sixties (whose walls incidentally were also hung with the likes of Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns and Andy Warhol). After a period of relative obscurity in the eighties and nineties, a retrospective held in 2003 at Los Angeles' Hammer Museum brought Bontecou's creations back into the left coast zeitgeist.

Inspired by Bontecou's early work, which consisted of welded steel, wire and fabric in geomteric patterns, I've chosen this Lanvin handbag as the handbag to carry for Fall. Crafted in a mud-colored thick textured leather, this handbag features lucite handles and steel hardware and is reminiscent of Bontecou's natural palate molded into futuristic shapes. Here's to Lee. And Lanvin! Priced at $1000. Please contact: thegang@decadestwo.com for further information or to purchase.

2 Chanel White Quilted Fanny Packs With Gold Chain Detail

We're such fans of the Gansta' Prep trend. It's like a ferocious blend of Run DMC and Caroline Kennedy, dig? Word. So here are our two favorite beatbox meets chicbox Chanel white quilted handbags with gold chain detail. Both are in mint condition and are priced at $800. For further information or to purchase, please contact: thegang@decadestwo.com. Holler. My Addidas.

Chanel Gold Camellia Hobo Handbag

The camellia japonica. . . this fab flower is also the city flower of Slidell, Lousiana, the state flower of Alabama, and the municipal flower of Chongqing, China and Shimane Prefecture, Japan. We understand why this beauty is an international fave and the house flower of Chanel as well. Here we see the their signature camellia printed in gold on a raffia Hobo Handbag. Delish. C'Mon, smell the . . . well . . . camellias. New With Tags, never carried and priced at $800. For further information or to purchase, please contact: thegang@decadestwo.com

Chanel 2.55 Caviar Handbag

Ah caviar, that luxurious salted sturgeon roe, what a treat. Ah Chanel Caviar, our favorite delicacy of all, and available to you guys in a 2.55 bag. That's right, kittens. We posted the first 2.55 and you begged us for more. So, here ya go. A CHANEL 2.55 HANDBAG IN BLACK CAVIAR WITH SILVER CHAIN HANDLES circa 2006. Your welcome. Priced at $1250 and in MINT condition. For further information or to purchase, please contact: thegang@decadestwo.com SOLD

Christian Louboutin Patent Leather Clutch Handbag

Christian Louboutin is an absolute genius. Fo' Sho'. We're already mad devotees of his platform heels, but now we just have to carry his clutches as well. Good lookin' and sooooooooo refined . . . We've got nothin' else. This handbag is it. Point Finale. Priced at $500. For further information or to purchase, please contact: thegang@decadestwo.com

Chanel Lavender Quilted Handbag

Ok, so we live in SoCal . . . and, what can we say? We've got a hippie spirit at heart that just wants to take off into the woods, live in a yurt, meditate, knit, chant around a fire, and collect lavender to put in mason jars around our alternative dwelling. Until that happens, we'll just have to carry this Chanel quilted handbag with silver camellia hanging charm to remind us of our dream instead. Priced at $950. In mint condition! For further information or to purchase, please contact: thegang@decadestwo.com

Red Quilted Chanel Handbag

Better Red Than Dead! We don't know if we'd go underground and join the red army, but we'd go to an underground with the Chanel Army and we carry this red quilted purse as a symbol of our fashion liberation! VIVE LA DANCE REVOLUTION! Priced at $1050 and in mint condition!For further information or to purchase, please contact: thegang@decadestwo.com

Judith Leiber Coral Lizard Handbag

We heart coral. We couldn't be more happy that this color trend has come and stayed! Besides, we love anything marine inspired. It reminds us of our "Under The Sea" themed prom. Anyhoo, we love mix trends with classics--so, this little Leiber number is perfect on every level. Crafted out of a coral lizard, this baby features golden metal chain handles, rococo le roi globe clasp, and interior grosgrain coin purse--soooooo cute! In mint condition and priced at $800! For further information or to purchase, please contact: thegang@decadestwo.com

Chanel Pink Leather Camellia Handbag

Handbags holler back to prehistoric times, who knew? Handbags have been spotted as far back as icons in Egyptian hieroglyphics. We still like to walk like Egyptians, so we'll still rock a handbag like nobody's business. Take this Chanel baby for example: pink leather, gathering at the handles, camellia applique, we'd paint the town black, white & red allover, with this baby! In mint condition and priced at $650. For further information or to purchase, please contact: thegang@decadestwo.com

Versace Black Patchwork Handbag

Oh, Donatella . . . even though we hail from the east coast and usually can be found sporting some vintage prepster hermes-ish garb, you satisfy some deep longing within us to dye our hair platinum blond, pump-up our girls, shimmy into the tightest brightest number we can find, and not take no for an answer. We just can't keep from loving you. And that goes double for this Versace handbag. Crafted using crocodile, pony, and leather skins, this super sexy handbag has that signature Versace I'll-Double-Cheek-Kiss-You-But-Don't-F-With-Me style. Available for $1900 and in mint condition! Circa 2007!

Roger Vivier Crocodile Tote Handbag

Vive Le Vivier. Roger Vivier, that is. Creator of the Stiletto heel, Vivier's creation's can be seen in museums the world over--such as the Met, the Louvre & the Victoria & Albert Museum. Ava Gardner, Queen Elizabeth and the BEATLES are Vivier fans. And so are we. So, we wanted to showcase a Vivier creation--notihing caught our eye more than this super devine green crocodile francophile handbag. In mint condition, Retailed for $18,000 and priced at d2 for $4800. SOLD

Hermes 2003 Orange Herbag

It's no wonder that a certain hevaenly handbag company chose to name itself after our favorite winged messenger of th gods, Hermes--especially when you consider that a staple of the earth-to-underworld traveler's wardrobe was in fact the purse or pouch. Here's one of our celestial handbag pics that we're sure Hermes himself would have wanted to carry: the Herbag. A collector's item that is no longer manufactured, this heavenly handbag is crafted in a signature Hermes orange with reversable red canvas in 2 DIY interchangeable styles--one pouch is a medium size and the other is a large size (we've shown the large). The handbag is showcases thick and supple chocolate leather trim, golden metal closure, lock & keys, key fob and pochette, handle & shoulder strap, original dustbag and G time stamp (dating the bag to the year 2003). Available from Decadestwo for $2400. In mint condition. For further information or to purchase, please contact: thegang@decadestwo.com

Chanel Fall 2005 Classic 2.55 Limited Edition Handbag

As early as 1930, CoCo Chanel impugned all handbags without shoulder straps and began designing handbags for women that could be carried messenger style. In 1955, the over-the-shoulder style of handbag reached epic popularity amongst fans, when she instructed her leather designer, Albert Monnot, to attach a gold chain as strapping to the pocketbook. That first handbag, the 2.55, was subsequently named after it's date of conception. This limited edition model was reissued in 2005--5 decades after its debut, to celebrate the 2.55's 50th birthday. I can only hope I look so good at 50 . . .

Crafted in a black textured leather, this classic bag features seminal Chanel design--such as the quilted leather, gold chain shoulder straps, front flap, aged gold mademoiselle lock with logo engraving. Fully lined with maroon leather and stamped with CC logo, 2.55 & 2005 on the interior underside flap. Authenticity cards included. New with tags--never carried! Priced at $2350. SOLD

For futher information or to purchase, please contact: thegang@decadestwo.com

Chanel Quilted Handbag

Put Chanel and fabulous together and you have . . . Chanabulous. Which describes this bag to a C. Crafted with an rosey/rusty/amber sorta quilted leather, this totallu tubular tote also features large golden metal chain straps, iconic Chanel quilting, and golden metal CC "clasp" detail in the front and exterior patch park in the rear. In mint condition, serial number 7724786 and available at D2 for $1800.



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Chanel Pink Quilted Camellia Mini Handbag

Little, Pink, Different . . . no ladies, we're not talking about a new kind of Nuprin. We're talking about this super fabulous, uber fantastic Chanel confection. Crafted in a light taupey rose colored quilted leather, this marvelous mini handbag features signature Chanel detailing--such as the gold chain handles & CC embroidery at the bottom of the handbag--but is set apart from the rest of the bag brigade with the super cute camellia applique. In mint condition. Priced at $650. SOLD



For further information or to purchase, please contact: thegang@decadestwo.com

Louis Vuitton Onatah GM Fleurs

Hey you groovy gals and foxy foxes: for all you boho babes who boogie down, we've got your mellow yellow. Check out Louis Vuitton's uber chic Onatah GM Fluers handbag crafted in a signature perforated monogram yellow suede, this heavenly hippie handbag also featuers guitar strap style shoulder strap, slouchy bag body, brown leather trim, and logo engraved brass metal hardware. Serial number M95127 and originally retailed for $3550 . Available at D2 for $2000. Far Out!

For further information or to purchase, please contact: thegang@decadestwo.com