Juicy Couture

I find it ironic that despite my endless fascination with designer laptop cases, I still stand by my slim and simple black Tucano Second Skin. Well, I suppose that means more case searching and certainly more writing about said cases.

And so here I bring you a new laptop case, one that’s undeniably less elaborate than expected: the Juicy Couture Laptop Sleeve. I know, I know, since when has Juicy Couture made anything without velour, massive scripted names, and countless bits and baubles hanging off the side? Well, recently they’ve been making progress on the handbag side of things, like the Lock it Silverlake Clutch we covered recently.

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Hold on to your hats, people. In an effort to get my new year off to a positive start, I’m about to say something nice about a Juicy Couture bag and mean it.

True, a clutch is hard to mess up – when dealing with something the size of the Juicy Couture Lock It Silverlake Clutch, there’s only so much space to do something truly terrible with it. But when there’s a will, Juicy usually finds a way, and yet they manage to leave this clutch mostly unscathed.

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Juicy Couture almost had me on the Juicy Couture Cheetah Daydreamer Tote. My predilection for the occasional tacky handbag is well-documented, as is my love for animal print, and this was almost a match made in cheesey heaven for me.

But then, as the brand is wont to do, they ruined it.

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Last time I talked about a Juicy Couture bag, I actually had nice things to say. I was as shocked as everyone else about that, believe me. However, it’s almost comforting to see that things have returned to the status quo: the Juicy Couture Lock it Want It Shoulder Bag is just as bad in just the same ways that you would expect of the brand.

I guess that means I have to give them points for consistency, but let’s consider all the things for which I intend to subtract points:

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Oh my God, you guys. I’ve found a Juicy Couture handbag that I like without caveat or qualification. Someone bring the smelling salts, I feel faint.

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Sometimes, you have to judge a bag based on the context of the brand that makes it. A bag that might be a strong effort from one brand might look like a failure from a brand that usually make gorgeous stuff and, you know, not everyone can be one of the cool kids, in high school or in handbags.

Which is why I have nice things to say about the Juicy Couture Rule Breaker Tote – it’s not a great bag, but it’s a solid effort from the usually heavy-handed designers at Juicy Couture.

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I have gone through phases of loving and disliking then loving Juicy Couture. But Juicy Couture realized they needed to reach out to the masses and they have. Long gone are the days of track suits only and here are the days of cute dresses, leather bags, and addictive charms. Amanda recently reviewed the Juicy Couture Queens Garden Tote which she liked but thought there was a bit too much going on.

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Juicy Couture has the same problem with their handbags that I had with my fingernails as a kid: they just can’t leave well-enough alone. I’d paint my fingernails and then immediately notice some infinitesimal flaw and pick at the or try to fix it until it was several orders of magnitude worse than it ever was to begin with. It took me years to learn my lesson and keep my fingers to myself, and hopefully Juicy will figure all of this out one day as well.

Which is not to say that I don’t like the Juicy Couture Queens Garden Tote – I do, or at least I do relative to a lot of other bags that they make. It’s got a shape to it that reminds me a lot of the ever-popular Yves Saint Laurent Muse bags, and it looks like it would be a functional, but it also doesn’t look particularly well-edited. It’s a brightly colored, quilted, riveted bag that has four exterior flap pockets, useless hardware rings, and zippers with tassel pulls. In the words of Tim Gunn – that’s a lot of look. The bag manages to pull off all of those things decently well, but I think it would have looked better, or at least more high-end, if one or two of those things had been modified or discarded. Buy through ShopBop for $448.

Randomly, a few days ago, I decided to get a backpack. I don’t know why, but it was an undeniable, unavoidable urge. And though I like the North Faces and L.L. Beans of this world, I wanted a trendy backpack, one that would look cool when I wore it (who knows what place I had in mind). And then at Nordstrom’s I spotted it, the one, the backpack I wanted: the Juicy Couture Back to School Quilted Backpack.

It was soft, it was quilted, and it came in a sophisticated black color. Plus it had cute frills on the front! This was great, since it fulfilled my love of somewhat rocker and/or masculine looks (the black) with a touch or femininity (the frills). And the inside! It has all sorts of little pockets- I’m a sucker for organization. Then I tried it on, and reality set in. Sure, it was adorable and fit well, but with it on, I looked about twelve. And those patches? They had to go. Plus they had a touch of pink, and if there is any personal rule I stick to, it’s that I don’t wear pink. So I set down the frilly confection, sad but proud because I knew that if I had succumbed, I never would have worn it. If it is your style, buy it through Nordstrom for $228.

Doth my eyes deceive me? A Juicy Couture clutch that I would be more than thrilled to carry, no way! For whatever reason I tend to almost always have an adverse reaction to Juicy Couture handbags. However, if bags like this keep showing themselves, I might have to change my tune. The Juicy Couture Mayer Leather Clutch is rather appealing! I’ve always been a fan of white/cream leather and gold hardware and this is no exception. In fact, I absolutely adore the chunky hardware! The gold-tone cutout handle is one that I would have no problem holding onto. I even like the tassle detail! What has come over me? Icing on the cake… the price! Buy through Net-a-Porter for $230.