Show Us Your Purse
■ Who? Candace Bailey, principal/CEO of Luxury Suites International
■ Location: Luxury Suites International offices
■ Handbag: Valentino python tote
■ Are handbags status symbols? No, it's not about the brand name. To me, it's a matter of functionality.
■ What does this bag say about you? Feisty, fierce, yet classy
■ If someone found your bag and looked inside, what would they think of you? I'm messy in an organized, chaotic way.
■ What's the most important item you've carried in your bag? My iPad. It is a vital mobile tool that allows me to access and disseminate information, personal and professional, on the fly.
■ What's the strangest item you've carried in your bag? A Christmas tree ornament
■ Tell us about the first special bag you owned. I can't even remember my first bag, but I do know that I could not keep up with it and kept losing it.
■ Knockoffs: Love 'em or hate 'em?
I do not love 'em or hate 'em. They are just not for me.
■ Image is ... not everything. A person determines who they are by what is on the inside, not the outside.
■ What's in your bag? Passport, cell phone instruction booklet, Louis Vuitton business card holder, diamond earrings, all-access room keys for the Signature at MGM Grand, iPad.
