[1] [2] What could possibly make designer bags that cry out 'I'm worth a lot of money!' marginally more appealing to me?  My Prestigum.com [3], a site that I hadn't been aware of before (because clearly a French guide to luxury designer goods is not really for the humble likes of me) has momentarily duped me into looking at their photshopped images of famous works of art incorporated with zee bags [4].  Of course, scrolling through their 38 picks of the best bags of SS08, the prices are on the astronomical side and so alongside the a-million-fold astronomical value of the art these bags have been merged into, it's all a bit money.  But the 'money-effect' is quite pretty to behold and in a tragically materialistic way, I have also been duped into momentarily thinking that I wanted/needed some of the bags.  Actually, scratch the word momentarily.  I have indeed come away wanting a Balenciaga floral weekender and possibly a Yves Saint Laurent stars clutch...

Some of my faves... the art of course... not the... um...bags... honest!

Kees Van Dongen - Maude and Raymonde (Marc Jacobs 'Serafima' Bag) // Gustave Klimt - Girl in White (Balenciaga Weekender Bag with floral print)

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Edgar Degas - Two dancers (Louis Vuitton 'Heartbreak' Bag) // Edgar Degas - The tired dancer (Prada tote illustrated with fairies)

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Egon Schiele - Girl with red blanket (Fendi clutch embroided with flowers) // Claude Monet - La Norvegienne (Marc Jacobs Stam)

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Egon Schiele - Sitting woman with legs drawn up (Sonia Rykiel wrist clutch) // Pablo Picasso - The acrobat and the young harlequin (Miu Miu harlequin clutch)

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Kees Van Dongen - Bat in Cairo (Jimmy Choo clutch with 'Nuclear' print by Richard Phillip) // Ulpiano Checa Y Sanz - Midsummer's Eve (Gucci 'Hysteria' patchwork bag)

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Giovanni Boldini - Madame Charles Max (Yves Saint Laurent stars clutch) // Pablo Picasso - L'Attente(Lanvin 'Oulala' bag)

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