Caviar Communism

Karl's got me puzzling again.

Above is the latest incarnation of that fashion juggernaut, the Chanel bag, fresh off the pages of British Vogue for A/W '09.

And here is a WWII Russian officer's flying cap, now up for sale on ioffer.com.


Is the Kaiser making a deliberate play at the heartstrings of Mother Russia, and all those bazillions (in the new austerity, mere gazillions) to be spent on luxury goods?

No, impossible. Nyet?