Writer Natalie Rigg has noticed a new trend around L.A. lately.
Really, really expensive water bottles latimes.com/lifestyle/imag…
Really, really expensive water bottles latimes.com/lifestyle/imag…
She noticed, for example, a notable French model, “forgoing her handbag for a sleek steel Alexander McQueen water bottle, complete with a bondage-inspired leather holdall and slim straps... “Think Angelina Jolie in a pandemic version of ‘Tomb Raider’” latimes.com/lifestyle/imag…
“One reason the designer water bottle has gained such traction in this part of town is because it integrates seamlessly with two favorite pastimes: eating out and hiking,” Rigg posits latimes.com/lifestyle/imag…
Indeed, the famed Runyon Canyon, a hiking trail that overlooks Hollywood is a place to see and be seen.
But it’s also a rather hot, dry place - one that makes you really need a drink of water latimes.com/lifestyle/imag…
But it’s also a rather hot, dry place - one that makes you really need a drink of water latimes.com/lifestyle/imag…
So what will these designer vessels cost you? There’s Chanel’s quilted lambskin flask that goes for $4,895
Or the modest Prada with logo-embossed carabiner for $85 (but sold out) latimes.com/lifestyle/imag…
Or the modest Prada with logo-embossed carabiner for $85 (but sold out) latimes.com/lifestyle/imag…
It's easy to poke fun at someone who buys a $5k water bottle. After all, no one really needs such a bourgeois item.
But any viable solution to the $50 billion plastic bottles that Americans purchase every year shouldn’t necessarily be subject to ridicule. latimes.com/lifestyle/imag…
But any viable solution to the $50 billion plastic bottles that Americans purchase every year shouldn’t necessarily be subject to ridicule. latimes.com/lifestyle/imag…
Read more from Natalie Rigg latimes.com/lifestyle/imag…
Read the full Image Issue 2 “L.A. — We. See. You!”latimes.com/lifestyle/imag…
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