Do you call that carryall for personal items a purse, a handbag, or a pocketbook? The answer may depend less on your location and more on your age. This is part of a complete episode.
macaroon technique n.— «He used PowerPoint to impart what he calls the “macaroon technique,” referring to the sandwich-like French macaron pastry. This can be applied to most any product (including, presumably, a Xerox machine) and goes...
value pay n.— «“This is the heiress bag, this is all about beautiful metallics,” a ShopNBC hostess purred on Friday as the camera closed in on the Lisanne heiress handbag, and a price box popped up ($138 or three “value pays” of $46)...
glam raider n.— «Designer handbags have been stolen to order in a recent series of smash-and-grab store raids in the capital.…Scotland Yard has set up a special detective squad to target the gangs, but it appears the “glam...
Counterfeit Alley n.— «A shopper can find pretty much anything else here, too, on this strip of Broadway a few blocks south of 34th Street. Sports jerseys. Sunglasses. Perfume. DVD’s fresh—maybe a little too fresh—from the big screen...
trashion n.— «Old seatbelts. Newspapers. Recycled magazines. Fashion inspiration comes from strange places. Eco-chic bloggers even have a name for it: trashion. The handbags you see on this page are icons of reuse, transforming mundane...