Simone Camille Bags – Worth the $1,800 Price Tag?
At first I thought Miley Cyrus carrying a Simone Camille bag was a one time thing because you know, Simone Harouche, the creator of the Simone Camille handbag line, is her stylist and all.

Miley Cyrus and her Simone Camille messenger and carry all bags
But then, Nicole Richie was spotted with a NEW Simone Camille bag (she’s been sporting Simone Camille bags for a while now apparently and actually was Simone Harouche’s inspiration for turning her hobby into a business):

Nicole Richie goes out for a stroll with fiancé Joel Madden in Beverly Hills, California on August 2, 2010
And then Julia Roberts was seen with her own Simone Camille bag too:

Julia Roberts arrives at “The Late Show with David Letterman” studio on August 4, 2010
With a reigning teen queen, an influential style icon and a heavyweight A-list celebrity sporting Simone Camille bags, you just know that these patchwork, pompom-ed, mirrored, hodgepodge of different fabrics bags will EXPLODE onto the fashion scene.
Simone Camille bags are (finally) available at Net-A-Porter.com but as for the cost? A whopping $1,860.00 a piece.
The Simone Camille website says that the bags are created from Simone Harouche’s own personal collection of special fabrics – ranging from “19th century dowry textiles” to “1970s Thea Porter kaftans” – but is that really enough to justify the nearly 2,000-dollar price tag?
Not when these bags are in existence whose styles have been crafted, handmade and sold in India for centuries:

Clockwise from top left: Melange Fair Trade Tote Bag, $78.74; Cotton Patchwork Sonu Collections Shoulder Bag, $41.99; Cotton Pakko Fair Trade Messenger Bag, $40.01; Stitch Sizzle Fair Trade Handbag, $41.99
These are just a selection of bags from India and here are more from Overstock.com. I guess you can call these the “budget finds” of the Simone Camille bags, but for me, they look more like the bags that Simone Harouche slapped her label on and is now trying to sell for more than 50 times the price.
Credit: Coolspotters.com, Fame Pictures.com, Getty Images and SplashNewsOnline.com




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