Willemijn van Benthem - NRC Handelsblad journalist - publishes a nice series called 'De aankoop' (the purchase). This Saturday Van Benthem interviewed Ellen Heesen (44), who has a bag mania that started with a green coloured bag - costs: 300 Dutch guilders. Fifteen years later her collection of bags - stored in china closets - amounts about € 20.ooo. Is it question of love? 'Hm, my daughter has the same mania. She is twelve years old and she already owns a Louis Vuitton Speedy. The model that Audrey Hepburn used to wear. This summer we were at Boston Airport and she took her Speedy with her, I had my Louis Vuitton Monogram Manhattan with me. Behind us was a young Portuguese couple and I heard them say: 'fake'. I turned around and siad: 'They're not fake.' They turned red and felt caught.' Never bought a fake bag? 'Once, accidently via eBay, never again. A waste of money. I read a lot of fashion magazines and if I see a bag that I would like to have, I order them from Mulberry or Louis Vuitton. I would like to have a Hermès Kelly, but I am not sure which colour: a funny one or decent. The purchase price of that bag is € 10.000. Not a price to which I am accustomed. Maybe if my company celebrates it's 10th birthday.' Most probably not a surprise for Ellen Heesen, but if you can't wait any longer for Kelly, Bagaholicboy has a good tip: 'download one of 7 different designs free from Hermès, print it out on good stock paper and make it yourself! I purchased the Hermès Silk Twilly just yesterday and was checking out Hermès in detail when I chanced upon these, which can be found under 'The World Of Hermès' So click away and make your very own! There is even one that is completely blank, that allows you to draw or paint your very own original design. Fun fun fun!'