ROSEMARY ABBOTT | Culture
NO BAG NO WORRIES
Sixteen-year-old Olivia Redmond caused zero fuss this morning after realising she’d misplaced her $3,200 Louis Vuitton handbag, casually making her way to the Rangi Ruru Girls’ School lost property box as if she’d left behind a half-full Frank Green water bottle.
“I just thought, ‘Ugh, where did I put that thing?’” said the Year 12 student as she moved a couple of Lacoste jumpers to unveil her lost handbag.
When asked if she was ever actually concerned about losing the high-end item, Olivia was honest.
“I mean, worst case, Mum would’ve just called the Merivale store. Or flown one up from Britomart. It’s not that deep,” she said, messaging her Mum on her iPhone 16 to let her know to stop looking online for a new one.
“Like, I left my Prada clutch in the art block last term and it turned up a few days later in the Year 13 bathroom. Honestly, everything finds its way back eventually. I probably should be more careful,” Olivia concluded.
School office manager Yvonne Delaney says nothing shocks her anymore.
“At public schools we used to get the odd pair of lunchbox forks or scuffed Hush Puppies. But here, it’s Dior sunglasses, Tiffany earrings, the occasional latest iPhone edition. But the girls don’t seem too fussed, probably because they assume their parents will just replace it anyway.”
Delaney confirmed Olivia’s bag had been sitting in lost property since early last week, along with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of other luxury items.
More to come.
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