Archive - May 31, 2016

Entertainment

Will Tom Hiddleston Be the Next James Bond?

Any of you who follow the Trendelier gossip feeds will know by now that I never miss an opportunity to do a Tom Hiddleston post. While I am fully aware that this is a man who needs neither the publicity nor my near fangirl-grade adoration, I maintain wholeheartedly that he is officially The Thinking Woman’s Pin-Up Guy. As such, I believe that as a self-proclaimed Thinking Person, it is my duty to report on all things Hiddleston. In an era that has ushered-in such empty human incuriosities as the Kardashians and that dude from Jersey who calls himself “The Situation”, I feel it is up to those of us who can actually spell “situation” to take back the night and embrace one of the few men in Hollywood who might actually be able to recite Shakespeare’s St...

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Fashion

The Real Cost of Your Fake Designer Handbag

A story that was picked-up by The Daily Mail this week has sort of piqued my attention. According to the Mail, a woman living in Arlington, Virginia, USA was recently apprehended for netting over $1 million over the last year, simply by dealing in fake handbags. Granted, the counterfeit handbag trade is a lot bigger than a mere million, but mind you, this was a one woman operation, and she used one of the simplest and most obvious methods going. Thai-born Praepitcha Smatsorabudh (40) was a handbag aficionado of the highest order. In fact, Smatsorabudh was such a frequent customer of a certain high-end retailer (whose name was not disclosed by The Daily Mail), that her frequent purchases of high-end handbags soon catapulted her into their “top buyer” status online. To her...

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