This season's IT bag: the Alexander Wang Coco mini duffel

I could think of no bag more fitting for my first official handbag post than the Alexander Wang Coco mini duffel. I first spotted this bag over the summer in a US Weekly or Intouch magazine as the SOLD OUT have-to-have bag of the upcoming fall season. I instantly took to Google to find out where I could possibly find one for myself. After hours of searching web stores and calling various handbag departments at Saks, Nordstrom, and Neiman Marcus I was out of luck.

I knew I had to have this bag and didn't give up on my search. Luckily, a few days later I was browsing Aloha Rag's website when I saw the Coco was in stock. I placed my order and the rest is history.

Months later, this bag is still a hard one to come by. A few online stores occasionally pop up with a limited number in stock. Some have placed pre-orders over the summer that aren't shipping until this month or December.

What do YOU think of the Coco duffel? Love it? Hate it? Do you have one? Are you on a waiting list?

The Coco retails for $850.

..and here's mine: