By BarbaraAnne:

If you can’t afford $6000 for a handbag, there is no use going into Bergdorf Goodman. If you can, there is no use going anywhere else.

For the 2011 fall collection, they are selling some miraculous pieces from Judith Leiber. They could easily go in a costume exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum, where her work is already featured.

In this genie lamp minaudiere, she creates an art deco effect with subtle hues. Instead of the miniature beads French women used to sew pictures onto antique purses, Leiber uses Austrian crystal. Accenting her crystals are tiger’s eye cabochons. Price: $5995.

The gold and grey edges of her koi fish’s scales make this clutch another masterpiece. The structural shape is brass and the push-button clasp is gold. You can tuck in the chain shoulder strap if you like. Price: $4495.

For my red dress, I really do need a pagoda. On each floor of this purse, the crystals get smaller to give the viewer a sense of height. Lotus charms dangle as a sliding-lock clasp is shaped like a lightning rod. Price: $6795.

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