Massive Reactions as Photos of Banana Leaf Clutch Bag Reportedly Running into Millions Emerge on Social Media
- Nigerians have expressed mixed reactions to viral photos of a banana leaf clutch bag
- Many were indifferent to rocking it, others passed funny remarks about the fashion accessory
- It is said that the creator of the bag got the inspiration from an exhibition he had visited
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Fashion maverick every now and then continue to surprise fashion lovers and enthusiasts with awesome and mind-blogging fashion items and accessories, this is the case of a bag many have described as weird.
Though not a new fashion accessory, but photos of a banana leaf clutch bag that resurfaced on social media gained huge traction.
Source: Twitter
According to the tweep @_gastt who shared pictures of the bag on Twitter, it is a 2010 Jean Paul Gaultier spring banana leaf clutch bag.
Straitstimes reports that the banana leaf bag which is reported to cost millions of naira is the brainchild of French haute couture designer Jean Paul Gaultier and he got the inspiration at an exhibition about the Aztec emperor Moctezuma he had attended.
He modeled it after a nasi lemak packaged in a banana leaf.
Nigerians couldn't help but express their amazement at the unusual fashion accessory. Many likened it to a local wrapper used for packaging moi moi.
@Dianacoco_ said:
"No be moimoi leaf be this?"
@_littlehuman_ wrote:
"Hehehehe, now I can steal ofada from owambe comfortably."
@2befrankkk commented:
"Carrying this bag to church on palm sunday >>>>>"
@beameclipse reacted:
"All fun and games until you set it down and when you pick it back up a colony of bugs decided to make it it’s home."
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported about a backpack that looked like a pair of testicles.
The incredibly realistic prototype created in collaboration with professional special effects artist C.J. Goldman costs nearly $1,000 but Bitton claims that he is going to sell testicular backpacks from mysterious material called “scrotex” for as low as $69.
Daniel Bitton created an incredibly strange video advert to encourage ball-pack admirers around the world to sponsor his scro*tum fashion project: "although the video may suggest otherwise, this is an actual and legitimate project," Bitton told on his campaign page.
Source: Legit.ng
