Baguary – Cure the Disease
(inspired by Movember…)
Let’s face it, there is a serious illness affecting women* worldwide, and it needs fighting. Millions of women are caught up in a cycle of buying new handbags, even though they already have one.
This cycle is speeding up. Once upon a time handbag fashions changed annually. Now it is every couple of months.
Problems:
- Not knowing which item is in which handbag – women often have 2 or 3 in concurrent regular use
- The poor husband looking for an item finds it particularly difficult
- Previous handbags take up a lot of shelf-space, causing larger homes to be built
- Generally the bags are imported, causing an outflow of our country’s cash
- Jealousy of others with better bags causes mean thoughts
- Money spent on handbags could be better spent on more enjoyable, locally brewed products
Solution:
Participating women acknowledge the problems, and commit to only purchasing one new handbag per year (that’s still a massive 60 in the average adult lifetime).
Handbag is only purchased during January and February (aka Baguary).
Any owned bag that hasn’t been used in 10 years should be donated to NZ, where it would currently be in fashion.