Is the $185 Prada ‘paperclip’ fashion’s latest mundane must-have?

The Guardian ^ | 06/27/2017 | Morwenna Ferrier

[BenLurkin]

In fairness, it’s a money clip with a logo, but everyone knows money clips are for rich people (people who deal exclusively in notes) so the irony is still there.

The Prada paperclip has a ring to it, but it’s not the first of its kind. Fashion has long found beauty, humour and profit in designing familiar objects in an unfamiliar way. We saw Jil Sander’s £185 coated-paper “Vasari” bag in 2012 which was just that – an expensive paper bag, cannily designed with coated paper so it didn’t go sodden in the rain. Then there were the £45 leather stickers by Anya Hindmarch, and carrier bags that were embellished with sequins at Ashish for £275, as well as appearing on models’ heads at Christopher Shannon (the subtext was thought to be a commentary on the reality of being a new designer with little disposable capital). Most coveted was Supreme’s logo’d $30 (£23) red clay brick from last year,

[AndyJackson]

I had to go to the town dump to get it back, since you insist. I now have 4,395 paper-clip receipts in addition to the receipt for the paper-clips to clip the receipts together. Some are a bit stained.

Where should I send them, along with the pictures to support my consequential claims. My doctor told me not to do the things that I did that caused the injury, but there was no warning label on your box not to do that.

[xp38]

Well whatever it is it's silvery. :)

[xp38]

You know Tiffany or whoever could update them to work on capacitive touch screens for the George Peppards of today. :)