Actress Carina Lau poses with the handbag she designed for Fendi on August 11, 2008. [Photo: yule.sohu.com]
Hong Kong actress Carina Lau proved her popularity as a designer when a purse featuring her hand-drawn design received the highest bid at an auction on Monday.
Lau's handbag, one in a series designed by selected fashionistas to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Italian fashion house Fendi's baguette bags, sold to an unidentified bidder for HK$98,000 after fierce bidding, Sohu.com reports.
Another local star, Miriam Yeung, bid HK$88,000 to win a baguette bag designed by acclaimed artist Carrie Chau.