callum In all honesty, the Chloe Paddington is probably why I’m here today. It was the first designer handbag to completely capture my attention when I started to become interested in bags circa 2005, and although I never had the funds to purchase one back then, I searched eBay daily, hoping for a good deal on my elusive cream-colored Paddy. and I wasn’t the only one that caught the Paddington fever – fashion magazines dubbed it the fastest-selling bag in history and our purse Forum, then in its infancy, talked non-stop of ways to acquire one.
And now, roughly four years later, I saw a Paddington on Nordstrom‘s site today and it got me thinking – how does the purse world feel about this historic handbag a few years down the road from its top popularity?
When I look at it, I feel mostly nostalgia – it reminds me of the period in fashion where an It-Bag was the most essential thing in the world and waitlists were a mile long for practically anything worth buying. Bags are certainly much more available now in general and the Paddington, once impossible to find, is now fairly common. Does the bag stand the test of time? I think so, although looking back, I like some of the other variations better than the original (the ginormous Paddington tote concerns mind). The big lock is still really cool, the colors and the leather that they use are still great, and the bag is still fairly functional, if notoriously weighty. and even if you’re not a fan, or just not a fan anymore, you’ve still got to admit that it holds a fairly distinct place in modern handbag history. The most significant difference between the Paddington of yore and that of today, though? The price.Buy through Nordstrom for $1875.