Posted In Heidi Montag on May 27th, 2009

Here we go again. Another day, another bag that Heidi Montag has that I have NO IDEA how she can afford. This time? Balenciaga Crocodile Weekender in a beautiful shade of royal blue. The price tag on this one? Approximately $22,500. There are plenty of cars out there that you can buy brand new for that much money. Just sayin’.
I honestly hadn’t really thought about how she affords all of these bags until some commenters brought it up recently – which is a really good question. Every picture we see of her (and we see a LOT of them), she’s got a different bag, and most of them are an exotic of one sort or another. This may be the most expensive bag we’ve caught her with thus far, but she’s showing no signs of slowing down. So besides what she makes for The Hills, which is probably more than she deserves but not zillions of dollars or anything. She has a singing career, but…I think calling it a “career” is charitable.
So where does the money come from? If you have any idea, let us know in the comments. Oh yeah, that’s Spencer’s grannie in the picture. Apparently he’s not a direct descendant of Lucifer after all.
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24 Responses to Heidi Montag has yet another awesome bag.
Cindy
May 27th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
She probably borrows and/or gifted to her and in return for those heidi fans (shudders) will run out and purchase them.
toungeoftruth
May 27th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
I bet she’s sleeping around.
a little bit obvious, but that dumb little twat is not capable of anything smarter.
19yearslater
May 27th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
Well, she’s in the press quite a lot and she’s on more than one reality show.
Pretty Little World
May 27th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
I’d say that designers give them to her for publicity, but I can’t imagine anyone running out and buying a bag because Heidi M. had one. MK Olsen, yes. This girl, no.
Does she have a stylist that she borrows them from?
Kate W.
May 27th, 2009 at 4:07 pm
They broker deals with the Tabloid magazines they are in…if they give Us an exclusive, Us will pay them money.
Denise
May 27th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
I was one of the people who commented about how she gets all these fabulous bags, clothing, etc. and I still have no idea…especially to be able to afford a $22,500 bag?? I think Kate W. might be right…they probably have worked out deals with the tabs., because I doubt that all these designers are giving her free bags…I mean who is she!
Loquita
May 27th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
I have a feeling that they are loaners from companies/industry insiders. I for one am much less interested in carrying a particular bag once I see H with it on her arm…
Laura
May 27th, 2009 at 6:05 pm
Perplexing. I suppose the big hang up I have with her…dare I say style (eeeek) is that she seems to be a ‘label whore’. Her look always SCREAMS high end designer labels…it’s too much.
ingrid
May 27th, 2009 at 11:16 pm
I just watched an old episode of the Hills for the first timee tonight and wanted to DIE when I saw her put her blue jean Hermes tote on the GROUND. Who is this girl who treats ridiculously expensive bags like that? I know, I know they’re just “bags”, but seriously she throws her money around like she just don’t care.
And there’s good fashion sense, and there’s the sense that because a ridiculously huge exotic bag is stylish because they have a hefty price tag.
Kate W.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
I can’t see designers giving her free or loaner bags on a regular basis (particularly upscale brands like hermes, chanel, balenciaga) mainly because she’s, well, kind of an icky person and the fact that she is carrying something does not make most people want to buy it. I don’t think she’s someone most people admire, think highly of, or want to be like (I pretty sure even my worst ex-boyfriend is an upgrade from Spencer!). While celebs like Beyonce, Kate Winslet, Anne Hathaway, even some of her fellow stars on The Hills like LC, get many lovely free bags I’m sure, who wants Heidi publicity? However, Loquita might be right that she gets bags on loan from celebrity friends or stylists. The designer brands are probably annoyed when she carries one of their bags, they should serve her with injunctions from carrying them!
Turkish Delight
May 28th, 2009 at 8:07 am
‘Renting’ bags is not sth i’ve recently heard of.. that’s most probably what she’s been doing; i honestly don’t think she can afford THAT much. Oh and, note that we only see these bags once, maybe twice on her but never ever again so where does she keep them? I say, she returns them.
Courtney
May 28th, 2009 at 8:37 am
Well, according to this website: http://gawker.com/5041495/leaked-lucrative-hills-salaries-prompt-a-flurry-of-texted-omgs Heidi and Spencer each make $65k PER Hills episode, not to mention all the extra money they get for publicity (photos, appearances, etc) and their new reality show. That’s certainly enough to afford quite a few pricey bags, considering there was 20 episodes in Season 4 alone.
Amanda Mull
May 28th, 2009 at 9:13 am
Ahh, I love Gawker. I honestly thought they wouldn’t make quite that much per episode, based on what I’ve heard of other people on reality shows make per episode and the Hills’ relatively small audience. I figured it was more in the 45k range. If she can afford it, good for her. I still think they’re a-holes, though.
ramram
May 28th, 2009 at 11:53 am
ok so her and spencer both made like 75k per episode of the hills…plus everything they do with magazines and such makes them money so it’s perfectly reasonable for her to have a lot of cash to splurge on bags
Suki
May 29th, 2009 at 7:06 am
She definitely has the cash….Spencer and her stage so many “photo ops” for the tabloids that they get cuts from for doing…they got paid for their exclusive wedding pics, besides LC, Spencer and Heidi are the highest paid on the show (b/c you all know there would be no juicy WTF drama without them)…and isnt Spencer rich to begin with?? Possibly a trust fund baby? Wouldnt he help fund his “wife”’s purchases?
Meaghan Mahoney Dusil
May 29th, 2009 at 9:36 am
Ya, I believe she is buying them! From what I read it said they make $65k per episode each, which is $130k a week during the Hills season. That would be plenty for some expensive bags.
karolynka
May 31st, 2009 at 6:16 pm
this is her most amazing bag by far – I only saw salma hayek with a city version of this one, but salma after all married the heir of LVMH’s empire..who cares about heidi personality, she’s not and won’t be my bestfriend nor my sister or relative but we have to admit that she has great sense of style..
Gingerstar
May 31st, 2009 at 8:48 pm
Laura – I couldn’t agree with you more. Don’t get me wrong, I love high end pieces just as much if not more than the next person….but the way she puts it all together, it looks contrived.
Antonia
June 1st, 2009 at 5:22 pm
Well, I am personally so sick of seeing pictures of Heidi and Spencer! I don’t even watch the hills but for some reason they’ve annoyed me from day one. She does always seem to have really high end stuff on, such as an Hermes belt with Louboutin heels and a Valentino bag, etc. etc. I wish she would tone it down a bit then it wouldn’t look like she’s trying so hard. She never learned about mixing high and low obviously.
Michelle
June 13th, 2009 at 12:14 am
Aside from the overflow of cash they receive from tabloids and the like + The Hills, I feel like she still gets money from her parents as well. Seeing as they are wealthy themselves…
mila
June 20th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
I think spencer comes from a very rich family. I mean he dresses well even at the beginning of the show. Plus stephanie has amazing clothes as well. Heidi isn’t famous enough to be given such expensive things.
Sloppy Joe
June 27th, 2009 at 1:53 am
Spencer’s dad is a dentist for rich people out there in LaLa Land. The kid hasn’t had to lift a finger his whole life. Not sure about Heidi, but since she “married” that fag, she has to be a dumbass.
It’s amazing how much money can be made in the entertainment industry nowadays.
These f*cks make my yearly salary in one episode of a horrible show? What has America come to.
Sandra
July 9th, 2009 at 8:13 am
Lol ok this is how she affords the bags..
A.) Heidi & Spencer EACH make $65,000 PER EPISODE of The Hills. Second
B.) Heidi & Spencer are paid $150,000 EACH to party at clubs by the club owners
C.) Spencer comes from a very wealthy family
D.) They made $100,000’s off the sale of the wedding photos if not millions
Anna S.
September 27th, 2009 at 11:07 am
if there were no Speidi on the show nobody would watch Hills…. admit it, they are annoying as hell but people watch for the drama. Boring LC who can only roll her eyes and granny-looking Lo, and even Audrina who keeps falling for same idiot again and again- cannot create drama on their own.