Mad Bag Hag
A friend who joked about using the Mulberry Roxanne super large patent tote to parachute off a building because of its sheer size led to a few minutes of deranged picture snapping with me wearing my Topshop oversized tote with patent triangles as a halterneck mini mini dress. It was also a coincidence that the straps at the side of the bag happened to fit around my bust to fasten at the back. I knew it would happen but I didn’t know it would be like this. My obsession with patent triangles which I’ve been lusting after since Gareth Pugh’s more wearable line of attire hit the shops and combined with my love of wearable bags a la Yohji Yamamoto x Mandarina Duck’s bag dress has all culminated and come to head in this moment of madness. In the name of sanity, do NOT mistake this as an outfit that I’m about to step out in public in as I have indeed still got all of my marbles. Although.... and excuse the curiosity of the brain... belted around over a tighter dress that covers the butt....hmmmm.... oh dear god....and the madness begins again....
wow, that's a bag? it's huuuuuuuuuuuuuuge!!! and - why not wear it over a tighter dress? sounds good! (yeah, as long as it covers the bottom)
Posted by: cate | 22 February 2008 at 15:31
this is why we love you Susie.
Posted by: Lola | 22 February 2008 at 15:31
fat again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
discipline!!
Posted by: kimmy | 22 February 2008 at 16:06
Look... Kimmy... I will just ban your IP address because you insist on leaving really pointless/bizarro comments saying I've lost weight/gained weight... if you have anything constructive to say... then say it... but this is just getting beyond silly...
Posted by: susie_bubble | 22 February 2008 at 16:12
The sad thing is, I scrolled straight to the picture without reading the text and my first thought was, "Wow, that's a super cute jumper...H&M?"
Posted by: Alli | 22 February 2008 at 16:20
wow love ur socks!
Posted by: | 22 February 2008 at 16:27
OK thanks alot, now I want a dress like this, which doesn't even exist...;)
Maybe I should quit complaining and just make one...off to the fabric store to buy some shiny PVC!
(and yeah, what's up with those comments kimmy, spare time much?)
Posted by: Angie Montreal | 22 February 2008 at 16:28
Susie, not hoping to encourage banal weight comments but you look amazing even whilst wearing a bag!
Posted by: ed | 22 February 2008 at 16:29
A dress could easily be fashioned by your super skills Angie... you knows it!
Socks are Prada...
Allii: From afar, one could easily be tricked!
Ed: Thanks!
I'm just plain perplexed by Kimmy... I sneakily checked out her IP and she hails from Brazil, the same country where supposedly a fashion editor has slated me for being fat and chubby in a local magazine... haven't a clue whether this is true or not but I'm weirded out nonetheless....
Posted by: susie_bubble | 22 February 2008 at 16:34
hello susie!
Very excited that you have taken to wearing a bag (i have not seen that coming!) and surprisingly, it looks very wearable.
I'd like to add that the smile on your face seems to spell how much fun you're having, which is fab.
About the Kimmy comment - that is plain irksome. You should just mentally throw poison letters into the fire.
Posted by: Stephie | 22 February 2008 at 16:58
I think that look quite nice, the bag is like a little bubble shaped pinafore.
Posted by: miss woo | 22 February 2008 at 17:00
Hey Susie just passing by
You have really nice legs.
Posted by: Sue | 22 February 2008 at 17:14
Cute!
Posted by: WendyB | 22 February 2008 at 17:29
woo hoo woo hay, yay!
Posted by: sopchan | 22 February 2008 at 18:04
HAHA!
LOVE IT!
Posted by: Secretista | 22 February 2008 at 18:38
:) I would have thought that was an actual dress if you hadn't have said anything.Nice bag btw, bigger is always better when it comes to bags ,I don't understand how girls can carry around tiny little purses and fir everything they need into them.
Posted by: brad | 22 February 2008 at 18:38
Ha ha ha, Susie, you are so much fun, this is why we all love you!!! Funny enough, it actually looks quite nice!!!
Posted by: Cindy | 22 February 2008 at 18:45
hehee that's adorable!
i just spend the last 20 minutes drooling over seven new york... dang...
Posted by: Lady Coveted | 22 February 2008 at 19:35
at first glance i thought it was a really cute jumper. that bag is HUGE. loving the socks, though!
Posted by: Live Fabulously | 22 February 2008 at 19:50
oh susie! you are so fearless when it comes to fashion. I would not have known that was a bag. I had to go back up and reread the sentences to make sure. I bet you can fit tons and tons of stuff in that bag :D
Posted by: lala | 22 February 2008 at 20:01
Maybe this weekend...I'll send you a pic if I do it. The brain's a churning...
Posted by: Angie Montreal | 22 February 2008 at 20:48
I love this!
How original...and the socks are fab...I have a pair of similar ones in purple hues.
Check out my blog @...
RADICALPROPER.blogspot.com
Posted by: Virginia | 22 February 2008 at 20:49
Your socks are wonderful and that bag really looks awesome on you!
Posted by: shockboogiedesign | 22 February 2008 at 20:58
Ignore the haters, you're fucking hot.
Posted by: angus | 22 February 2008 at 22:26
YAY you look so adorable! the bag is really humongous though.
Posted by: | 23 February 2008 at 03:12
I looked at the pictures before I read the post and thought it was a fun new dress. Love it, and would love to see someone on the street wearing a bag as if it was normal - almost like the glammed up version of a potato sack.
Posted by: anna | 23 February 2008 at 07:56
Cut the bottom off and wear it! I think its fabulous, great imagination Susie. You rock my socks
Posted by: AMC | 23 February 2008 at 08:41
It's a nice take on the idea of putting 'everything but the kitchen sink' into a bag...now you can put yourself in too! :)
And never mind the haters, you look great- I'd have believed the bag was an actual dress too, were it not for the text.
Posted by: Drusilla | 23 February 2008 at 14:14
You fooled me! I thought it was a dress on you.
Posted by: Chic Misfit | 23 February 2008 at 14:54
Once again, I must profess my admiration for your fashion guts and creativity. This could totally work and I'm so much in love with that bag. I'm so desperate for it, I'm willing to attempt making it :P
So the bag is canvas? Where can I find black canvas in fashion barren Puerto Rico...
Posted by: Stella | 23 February 2008 at 15:35
the prada socks are incredible! and you pull off that bag quite nicely.
Posted by: yuko | 24 February 2008 at 01:52
It looks good on you as dress! XD
Posted by: Katie | 23 August 2008 at 18:40