Our Company Director, Nicola, showcases her current designer handbag collection

Social media has seen a rise in more affordable luxury pieces being transformed and worn in different ways, such as the Louis Vuitton Toiletry Bag being worn as a clutch, or converted into a bag by purchasing an ever-more popular 'transformation kit'. These kits are readily available in places such as Amazon, and they comprise of an inner organiser with eyelets on either end which is slipped inside the bag. A chain is then added, making it possible for the piece to be worn as a shoulder or cross body bag. Recently Louis Vuitton discontinued their infamous Toiletry Bag, however they now have available the item below, which the call the Pouch Voyage in Damier Graphite and measures 27 x 21 x 6cm. The LV Toiletry Bag measured 25 x 20 x 5.5 cm ... however this newer piece retails for £665!! (price correct as of June 2021)

May 5th 1921 marks the launch of the very first Chanel perfume; No.5. The perfume was created through the partnership between Gabrielle Chanel and perfumer Ernest Beaux. The scent was described as a "women’s perfume which smells like a woman."

So what do we know about the microchips so far? Louis Vuitton began phasing out date codes and introducing microchips in March 2021. Microchips can only be read by a specific app that only Louis Vuitton sales associates (SA's) have access to ... meaning that you cannot read the chip yourself. We also know that you cannot just go into a store and have them read the microchip of any LV piece; which leads us to believe that they are mostly going to be used to check the authenticity of items that are being returned or being sent in for repair. What information do the microchips store? Well, as they are such a new concept, and LVMH are being extremely secretive about them, there isn't a huge amount of information that we can get hold of just yet. However, based on what we know so far, the information they will likely keep is: Date and Place of Manufacture Date and Place of Purchase Product Style Code Who the item was sold to (customer information) Description of the Item

Why do fashion houses increase their prices so often and by so much, and are consumers tired of it? Plus, are consumers fed up of resellers selling sought after pieces for more than RRP, or are the consumers actually to blame?