Hurdler Perri Shakes-Drayton on bags
“I love to shop, so bad. Every girl likes to shop. I like to go to the West End, although I don’t have a shop in particular. If I like a shop I buy it. I’m that type of shopper. I don’t really look for bargains. I think I’ve missed the sales this year.
I have expensive tastes. I’ve bought a leather jacket for £100, but my most expensive item is my Louis Vuitton bag, which my mum got me for my birthday. I love bags.
I have about ten designer bags – a mixture of Louis Vuitton, Gucci and Mark Nason. It’s my mum’s influence. You’ve got to have an expensive bag. I keep them in two draws at home.
It just depends on the occasion as to which bag and which colour I choose.
My favourite though is my brown Louis Vuitton. It is so big it holds everything. I wouldn’t take it with me to a major championship, though.
The one thing I struggle with, though, is shopping for shoes. I am a size eight and some shops struggle to stock that size. I never have trouble with a pair of spikes,
Nike sort me out for that. I once bought a pair of
Ray-Ban sunglasses with my winnings from a race in Italy, but I don’t like them anymore. It was just a stage I was going through.”
- Perri Shakes-Drayton is training to victory in the new NikeWomen Fly Sister One shoe featuring Diamond FLX technology, created especially for women to enhance multi-directional movement. NikeWomen.com
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