Well, my wishful thinking was all for naut ¨C the plasticky, rhinestoned monstrosities have landed. The Prada Spazzolato Tote might be the best of the bunch, and to say that¡¯s faint praise would be the understatement of the season.

I¡¯m not sure why anyone thought that it would be a good idea to take patent leather (yes, at least this one is real leather) and make it look sort of like a cheap pleather imitation of carrera marble, but that appears to be exactly what they¡¯ve done here, and they¡¯d like you to pay upwards of two grand for it. In order to entice you more, they¡¯ve taken a fistful of rhinestones and bunched them indifferently at the bag¡¯s closure, for reasons that aren¡¯t immediately obvious.

To be fair, the shape isn¡¯t terrible and the bag is lined in leather, a detail that more and more designers are choosing to ignore. Also, this bag isn¡¯t see-through like a bunch of the other ones from this particular collection. Those are absolutely the only positive things I have to say about it, though.