The Empress’s New Purse

By Ruth Marcus
Wednesday, September 5, 2007; Page A21

Somewhere in the Washington area is a woman whose bad taste is exceeded only by her big wallet — and, I have to say, her skewed values.

The Washington Bag Lady has plunked down $52,500 — yes, you read that right — for the Louis Vuitton Tribute Patchwork pocketbook. She is, The Post’s Ylan Q. Mui reports, one of only five lucky women in North America, and 24 in the world, who can call the bag their own.

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