Costco, A Fashionista’s Dream Shopping Destination?

Posted by: Annika Harris Filed in: style
10:50AM, Monday November 16th 2009

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Costco used to be the ultimate shopping mecca for people who like to stock up on toilet paper, meat, and socks in bulk. But pretty soon the ladies-who-lunch crowd could become the giant retailer’s best customers, now that the cat is out of the Chanel bag. You see, the Costco store in East Harlem, which opened last week, is selling Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Tod’s, Burberry, and Salvatore Ferragamo purses for a discount (well, a discount compared to their regular prices, not to most people’s expendable income). Burberry’s mini satchel costs $1,019.99. A medium shopper tote by Tod’s is $549.99. The Ferragamo “Marissa” handbag goes for $629.99. And the Chanel bag costs $1,999. I think it would be strange to purchase one of these high-fashion wares while everyone around you is pushing a shopping cart and sampling microwaveable foods. Am I the only one that finds Costco selling designer handbags weird? [StyleCaster]

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Tags: fashion, chanel, handbags, louis vuitton, purses, burberry, costco

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ElleSays
wrote on November 16 2009 @ 10:56 am: [report]

I think it’s weird… I mean as it is, I feel weird in a Coach outlet store…

MoodyhotDecember
wrote on November 16 2009 @ 11:01 am: [report]

I don’t think these bags will be authentic, I read a story a while ago about one of these membership type stores being sued by (I think) Prada for selling fakes.

coriannen
wrote on November 16 2009 @ 11:10 am: [report]

I don’t find it any weirder than Costco selling, say, caskets, which they do.

They sell just about everything and anything short of the illegal and obscene.

AnnHuu
wrote on November 16 2009 @ 11:30 am: [report]

It is weird. As I was reading this, I was picturing myself hiding the purse in a paper bag, so no one would know what I was buying. Thus avoiding awkward stares.