COS - Paris, 2009

It's probably only a matter of time before European-based COS shows up in American malls, ready to give predecessors like Zara and H&M a run for their collective money, but for now, it remains only on The Other Continent, thus making this ribboned bag a lot more exotic and exciting. There are actually several different versions of the COS bags with several different grosgrain ribbon/bag color combos, but alas, I never bought anything big enough to get anything but this one. I did try to convince myself that I really, really needed a dress they had on sale for 39 euro, but that became somewhat hard to do when I tried it on and found I couldn't move my arms.