So I really should not be lusting after or chatting up bags especially with my track record of indifference/lack of knowledge when talking about bags.  However at a press preview last night, Lara Bohinc’s AW08-9 collection had me at the description ‘Delicate metal cut-out work over shiny patent leather’.  Especially since she has also introduced a colour which they call ‘smokey grey’ but I knowit better as GRURPLE.  Yes, the return of grurple after nearly 2 years of posting about that slightly odd shade that veers between grey and purple.  Of course it does seem a bit of a shame that I have to attribute these beautiful bags with a colour that sounds a bit like you’re gulping and throwing up all at the same time but grurple it is...

Another new shade to the mix is this blackened gold that Lara has introduced to her jewellery.  The weight of the stuff is quite impressive and whilst I haven’t upgraded myself to fine jewellery buying (me thinks a flat deposit takes priority...), Lara Bohinc would be the first port of call for jewellery that means business but doesn’t scream ‘Look how much dough I have!’.