The last word in injecting style — Botox that bag
But what about the bags under their arms? No, not their bingo-wings, but their handbags.
Apparently run-of-the-mill bags are simply too weathered — like some of their owners — to be a true fashion statement.
Therefore like a number of their owners they are resorting to a little needle touch-up.
Yes the really fashion conscious can now bag a sack that is as wrinkle-free as their foreheads.
For a smidgeon more than €2,200 one can purchase a Zagliani Botox-infused bag.
The designer, Mauro Orietti-Carella, who was once a student dermatologist, took his fascination with the animal’s hide and turned it to his coteurish advantage.
He found the exotic skins of crocodiles and snakes get very dry because they lose water.
Therefore he developed a silicone-based formula, similar to those used in cosmetic anti-ageing procedures. Botox is shot directly into the luxury sacks, which are made out of the most exotic skins.
Apparently, a large bag takes about six injections per side but the effect feels like the bag-lady is “carrying a piece of cashmere”.
And as you walk along with your surgically enhanced satchel, be confident in the knowledge that you are in good company.
Apparently those doyennes of fashion, Premiership wives and girlfriends, or WAGs, swear by them, including Liverpool star Steven Gerrard’s girlfriend, Alex Curran.
The Puffy has been described as the company’s prize offering and is carried by the likes of Kylie Minogue.
Obviously at the same cost of operations on the owner’s actual face, it is unlikely most Irish women are going to own many of the bags at any one time.
That is especially the case when it appears women tend to own an average of 20 handbags. And you don’t get many €2,000 fashion accessories with the €11,000 which women on average spend on their bags in their lifetime.
