The minute I opened UK Vogue for February 2008 I knew I had to have it! It was right there - on one of the first pages of the issue - the Prada Ad for Spring-Summer 2008. The bags were so bold colorful and perfect, at first I even did not notice that the girl in the ad was the young and famous Russian model Sasha Pivovarova (I wonder if they let her keep any of those goodies… if they did, I am taking my lazy butt to modelling classes immediately! :).

Prada’s online boutique (which delivers within European countries only :/ ) had pretty much any color combination of the bags - that is until all of them were sold out!!!

Despite the $ 1150.00 - $2300.00 (correct me if I am wrong here) price range the mini hobos and the large ones were sold out in a New York minute! All I hear is that people in Europe do not care for the way they look, with some exceptions in the capitals, but when you live in Paris or London, you would never order a Prada online, it is so much more fun to go to the boutique in person and walk out with a huge shopping bag with a Prada logo on it…

That means that the Prada stripe handbags were shipped to small towns and the country all over Europe, so don’t drop your jaw if you are the only one without a Prada on your shoulder at a local Cheese Fair somewhere in the South of France.

The only color available at the official Prada online boutique is the Anemone, which looks amazing too and if you live in Britain or happened to be in Provence for the weekend - hurry up, cause these babies will be bought out in no time!

For Ladies with a taste who live in the States and have a spare $1 495.00 on their hands, this Anemone hobo is available at Saks Fifth Avenue.

Another Prada Hobo - the Fusia-Violet kind also has that spring/summer vibe and available at both Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus for $1 675.00 plus tax :)

Despite the fact that Purse Experts do not find this particular bag that hot (and I always used to agree with their opinion), I still love this Prada:

…Though I love the convergence of brilliant colors on this Prada Striped Leather Hobo, I’m not sure I like the end result very much. The thick leather is slightly gathered on top and some stripes of color are jagged, lending the purse a slightly imperfect, casual feel…

Says Tanya from the PursePage.com.

The Turquoise-Violet version of the bag is praised at BagAddicted.com. It’s also a fabulous hobo and it’s still available at Saks Fifth Avenue:

It’s not the one I want to get, but it looks pretty damn good too!

And speaking about the favorites, I am putting aside the $1675.00 for this baby - the Gold and Black Stripe Mini Hobo on the right:

Doesn’t it look absolutely fabulous? It will go with everything both day and night! I’ve decided to trade for this hobo the Mac Air I was going to treat myself with. But when it came to Prada handbags, those striped babies shook my value system to the core! Who cares if you work on a Dell or a Mac when you have a Stripe Prada Hobo on your shoulder, don’t you think?! :)

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