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Would you rent a designer bag and pass it off as yours?

BACKGROUND

If you’re lusting after the latest LV but paying for one would render you homeless, there are now online sites that rent out authentic designer bags for a fee. The rules vary from one company to another, but the basic idea is the same. For just a few dollars (as little as $15/month for trendsetting labels, to $275/month for hard-to-get designer purses), you can borrow a bag for an unlimited time. And when you’re tired of it, you simply return it and borrow another one. Some companies even offer customers the chance to buy or “steal” the item at a discounted price. You’d think this only happens abroad, but we’ve heard of Manila residents who have these borrowed bags shipped to the Philippines then ship them back to the US.

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Whenever you hear a celeb say this, don’t you automatically think: “I wonder what she’s had done?”

I’ve been curious about Dr. Vicki Belo and her clinics but since I’m really not into plastic surgery (don’t mark my words, though), visiting her clinic just wasn’t in my agenda. Until I found out they have a spray-tanning salon!

So off I go to their Podium clinic, the only branch that offers spray-tanning. While at the clinic, I learned that just because you’re a Belo patient doesn’t mean you’ve had a nose job, boob implants, or liposuction. Plastic surgery is just one side of Belo Clinics. They also have facials, peels, laser hair removal, and other non-surgical procedures that are supposed to enhance your skin, face, and body, minimize signs of aging, and hopefully spare one from undergoing plastic surgery in the future.

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My quest for an affordable quilted Chanel-like bag led me to Lulu. While window-shopping one afternoon at the Podium, I spotted a camel-colored oversized quilted bag with gold chain straps. At P3150, my inner bag-lover pushed me to buy it immediately. I surveyed the store for more cute handbags and found new ones to add to my wishlist—a patent faux crocskin clutch with a big bow, a studded Bohemian hobo bag, and a big metallic tote.

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ADIDAS Sale, up to 50% off. September 1-30, 2006. The Podium.