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Palos Verdes-based Kelly Cook is already turning a profit with the website Bag Snob ( www.bagsnob.com) and its offshoots, Couture Snob ( www.couturesnob.com), Tot Snob ( www.totsnob.com) and Beauty Snob ( www.beautysnob.com.) 

Launched in 2005 by Cook and Tina Craig (who's based in Dallas), Bag Snob now garners 100,000-plus unique visitors monthly, and nets more than six figures a year via its affiliate programs with e-commerce sites including Net-a-Porter, Saks Fifth Avenue and ELuxury.

It works like this: Cook and Craig blog about a bag, then link to one of their affiliates where shoppers can buy it. The bloggers get a cut of the profits on sales that come from these links to their site. (And their recommendations are like a priest's blessing -- bags they laud routinely sell out on Net-a-Porter.)

"We wrote like we were talking to a girlfriend, and that really resonated with people," Cook said. "We talk about overpriced bags or blatant label whoring. My mom always said shopping would be the end of me, that it would destroy me. She was wrong."

Read article here

I was interviewed twice last week for articles in the Financial Times and Women's Wear Daily about changes in my shopping habits. Read the Financial Times article here by Tatiana Boncompagni.

And the WWD article here by Holly Haber.

What about you, how have YOUR shopping habits changed?

What a great way to kick off Fashion Week! My phone has been buzzing with text messages and emails all day from friends who are at the tents and saw this feature in the Daily. US Weekly's Sasha Charnin Morrison was the first to alert me with this message-- "You are in today's Daily-- MAJOR". We had no idea this was coming and wish we knew where to send the flowers and chocolates. So to the editors at the Daily-- a huge thanks for the shout out! (jump for complete feature)

Glam interviewed us as we prepare for Fashion Week (it's next week). Check out their Style Setters piece on us. We will also be visiting a lot of bag designer's show rooms so as always, you will be the first to see the new collection here. The Ready To Wear show reviews will be up on Couture Snob. Tina and I both got new mini laptops just for Fashion Week, with those in our bags the reviews will go up even faster than last season! The regular laptops just don't fit in the bags we want to use, so what's a girl to do but buy new computers?

                                       Watch us on Fox 4 this morning.

Kelly and I will be discussing how to get designer looks for under $50.  We'll be featuring 10 bags that we think are snob worthy AND we're giving them ALL away to our Facebook Group and Fan Page members! So join our Group and Fan Page and we'll pick two lucky winners (one from Group, one from Fan Page) to receive 5 bags each! So join our groups today-- we'll be picking the winners on Friday, Feb. 6th.

We're feeling all warm and fuzzy inside after reading today's 'The Cut' post. To be called the ultimate handbag experts by New York Magazine is, like, orgasmic. Check out the post at "The Cut".

We were invited by New York Magazine to Guest Edit its "Shop-A-Matic Bags of 2009" and of course eagerly accepted. We diligently reviewed hundreds of bags from dozens of designers and discovered more than a few gems-- it was hard to narrow down the list! But after much thought (and debate amongst ourselves), we have come up with what we feel are the best 160 bags of 2009 for both Women and Men with prices ranging from $16 - $4,950 and beyond.

We had a lot of fun during our guest stint as Editors of an esteemed magazine and must admit, it's hard work! A big thank you to New York Magazine for having faith in our taste and judgment in bags and for giving us a bite of life in the fast lane of fashion publishing. Go shop the Shop-A-Matic Bags of 2009 now!

Click here to listen to our interview on Movin' 102.5 FM from 12/17/08!

For our Atlanta readers, listen to us Saturday (12/20) and Sunday (12/21) on Women on the Move-- NewsTalk 1160AM from 1PM-2PM EST.

We are so excited that D Beauty featured us in a 4 page article in their Fall issue.

A heartfelt thanks to Courtney Dreslin Sinelli for the fabulous write up!

I also love this illustration Masaki Ryo made of us. It's soooo cute!  I am going to frame it and give it to Kelly for Christmas!

Read the feature online here.

We are taking a break from filming Snob TV-- the last 6 weeks of webisodes have been fun and we're now planning our next batch so please stay tuned for more interviews with your favorite designers! In the meantime, I did this fun little clip for Plum TV in NYC last week. The host, Nick Leighton, and I went bag shopping and we compared the difference between shopping for fake bags and authentic bags... watch for yourself and see which looks like more fun!  And please tell me, do you buy fake bags? 

Plum TV is a a television network in eight luxury markets in the United States (for example, Channel 5 in Miami, Channel 16 in Aspen, and Channel 18th in the Hamptons). This handbag piece is also to be broadcast on Fox Business Channel. Check out Plum TV here!

On Tina: YSL Peplum vest and belt.  White shirt by Theory.  Necklace by Fragments (I put the knot there myself).  Marni Platforms in Grey.  Call my YSL SA Giovanni at 972-629-1700 ext 2037 or Email him to order!  A big thank you to Brian Solis of YSL for insisting I buy this vest!  It's my favorite of the season!