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cheermom09 · Nov 3rd, 2009, 11:44 AM

I've always loved bags and have a closet full of them. Just in the last year I've begun paying more than $50 for them. I never ventured into more expensive bags because I always switched them out so often and never reused them. I just couldn't imagine spending much on them knowing their fate...

But, now I don't seem to have that same hang up! I haven't spent more than $350 on a bag yet, but I've bought 4 bags since April and love 3 of the 4. Funny, the first one that I bought I only used for a month before putting it away because it just wasn't *me*. My dh has encouraged me to sell it, but I'd rather give it to my mom... She probably wouldn't use it though simply because of the cost!

kimalee · Nov 3rd, 2009, 12:08 PM

It all started five years ago with my boyfriend's mom. She had this Roots bag that I fell absolutely in love with. By the time I got down to one of the 3 Roots stores in the US, they had sold out of the style and had stopped making it. Luckily, I was able to place a custom order for the bag, and it's still one of my favorites

Since then, I've been completely hooked on bags! (Then I discovered tPF and it only got worse!)

jmcadon · Nov 3rd, 2009, 03:48 PM

I don't remember, but it was a long long time ago!

Edwardia · Nov 4th, 2009, 10:07 AM

I was diagnosed with Diabetes in 2007 and that pretty much ended my days of shoving Blackberry,card wallet and house keys in my pockets.

The first bag I bought turned out to be a fake Prada, so I decided to play it safe and go the vintage/secondhand route.

I have: Coach x3, The Bridge x2, Etienne Aigner, Longchamps, Aquascutum, Gucci, Mulberry, Jaeger and Franchetti Bond so far.

My most recent purchases were a small brown leather bag from The Bridge spotted in a charity shop in Rye, East Sussex for 8.50 GBP and I succumbed to a new bag in a sale in a leather shop in Rye, a dark brown backpack style from Hidesign reduced to 65.00 GBP

AnneHathaway · Nov 5th, 2009, 06:30 AM

To be honest, I'm not sure. All I know is that at the age of 18 I just started being really attracted to the bags I saw at Saks and it just grew.

AnneHathaway · Nov 5th, 2009, 06:31 AM

Originally Posted by Edwardia

I was diagnosed with Diabetes in 2007 and that pretty much ended my days of shoving Blackberry,card wallet and house keys in my pockets.

The first bag I bought turned out to be a fake Prada, so I decided to play it safe and go the vintage/secondhand route.

I have: Coach x3, The Bridge x2, Etienne Aigner, Longchamps, Aquascutum, Gucci, Mulberry, Jaeger and Franchetti Bond so far.

My most recent purchases were a small brown leather bag from The Bridge spotted in a charity shop in Rye, East Sussex for 8.50 GBP and I succumbed to a new bag in a sale in a leather shop in Rye, a dark brown backpack style from Hidesign reduced to 65.00 GBP

I hope you are doing ok.

eurotrash · Nov 6th, 2009, 05:47 AM

When I had mentally made the transition from high street to designer clothes, I was replacing my wardrobe with all this expensive stuff. At the time I was carrying a pleather messenger that had cost me about £20. It didn't feel right to have such a cheap bag with expensive clothes, but I didn't know anything about bags. So after lots of looking at websites, I had a general idea of what I wanted - something with handles and a strap and a body with a bit of width (as opposed to a messenger bag, as I had grown sick of that style). So I joined up here, and after lots of reading, I bought a Balenciaga City. (I'm a guy but I was too influenced by the women on here so I decided that the City would look fine for a guy.)

That was my first designer bag, and since then, with time and experience, my tastes have grown more definite. I sold the City after realizing it's WAY too girly for a guy. I now own a Prada and a YSL (and they're both MEN'S... lol), and this month I'm gonna get a LV keepall for travel.

sois-toi-meme · Nov 6th, 2009, 10:14 AM

I've had an addiction to bags since I was a child. I have really wealthy relatives and when they'd come to visit they'd bring one extraordinary bag after the next. The first brand I ever recognized was Goyard. At 11. LOL.

However the first designer bag I ever bought was a Prada in Milan after college graduation.

veyda · Nov 6th, 2009, 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by sois-toi-meme

I've had an addiction to bags since I was a child..

Me too. My grandmother always carried very expensive Italian leather bags. The combination of the smell of the leather bag, her cigarettes with her old-timey lighter (the lighter fluid!) and her leather gloves are ingrained in my memories. I don't smoke, but I need a shot of that lush leather smell all of the time. Now that I think about it, my grandmother is the reason why I am so addicted to designer clothes, bags, shoes, jewelry and all the finer things in life.

I actually remember hunting and hunting for the perfect handbag when I was like 8 years old. It has never stopped!

zippy14u · Nov 8th, 2009, 10:25 PM

What got me started was the Louis Vuitton Speedy25(vintage). I moved on to the Speedy 30 and now collect the Papillions. More recently, I have acquired vintage Chanels.

lilwaif · Yesterday, 06:12 PM

LOL... I just started a couple months ago after I bought a friend of mine a designer bag for her birthday. Now, I don't want to go over board, but I would like to have a few classy bags to carry (it makes me feel great) and now, I can't stop looking at other people's bags.

My bf is now concerned since he has never known me to be crazy over bags and thinks I will spend too much on a bags. I haven't decided which bag I really want, but I did see the Marc Jacobs bag "Hudson" and fell in love with the look. I read lots of reviews on it and would love the dark brown versus the chestnut color. Either way, I think this is a beautiful bag.

Anyone have any suggestions on very nice designer bags? I want a bag with a matching wallet, must be the same brand.

hanana · Yesterday, 08:44 PM

Fun thread!
Although I always appreciated beautiful bags and had a few that I received as gifts (Coach, Gucci, LV), I didn't fall in love with a bag until I saw the black Marc Jacobs Caroline Chevron bag (in my avatar). That was the first bag that made me gasp and say, "I will use that bag for the rest of my life." I shelled out more for that bag than I ever did before (until very recently)! It was all downhill from there. MJ will always be my first love but I have also developed an appreciation for Botkier, Bottega and Chanel.

snowjade · Today, 05:52 AM

I was 16 or 17 and my older brother bought me my first fendi bag. It was a half moon-shape with a flap in black/gray stripe coated canvas and leather. It had a long leather strap that I wore messenger style. I loved that bag! My boyfriend later got me the matching french wallet. Unfortunately over the years, the coated canvas started getting sticky (horrible really) and I donated it to goodwill. I was so sad to let that bag go. I have fond memories of it

Nov 3rd, 2009, 12:08 PM	#137
kimalee on a mission Joined: Jul 2007 Location: (Hotel) California Posts: 15,831	It all started five years ago with my boyfriend's mom. She had this Roots bag that I fell absolutely in love with. By the time I got down to one of the 3 Roots stores in the US, they had sold out of the style and had stopped making it. Luckily, I was able to place a custom order for the bag, and it's still one of my favorites Since then, I've been completely hooked on bags! (Then I discovered tPF and it only got worse!)
	__________________ banned! until March 3, 2010 (aka London shopping trip)

Nov 3rd, 2009, 03:48 PM	#138
jmcadon Member Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 5,488	I don't remember, but it was a long long time ago!
jmcadon Member Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 5,488	__________________ Jmcadon

Nov 4th, 2009, 10:07 AM	#139
Edwardia Member Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 14	I was diagnosed with Diabetes in 2007 and that pretty much ended my days of shoving Blackberry,card wallet and house keys in my pockets. The first bag I bought turned out to be a fake Prada, so I decided to play it safe and go the vintage/secondhand route. I have: Coach x3, The Bridge x2, Etienne Aigner, Longchamps, Aquascutum, Gucci, Mulberry, Jaeger and Franchetti Bond so far. My most recent purchases were a small brown leather bag from The Bridge spotted in a charity shop in Rye, East Sussex for 8.50 GBP and I succumbed to a new bag in a sale in a leather shop in Rye, a dark brown backpack style from Hidesign reduced to 65.00 GBP
Edwardia Member Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 14

Nov 6th, 2009, 10:14 AM	#143
sois-toi-meme Member Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 11	I've had an addiction to bags since I was a child. I have really wealthy relatives and when they'd come to visit they'd bring one extraordinary bag after the next. The first brand I ever recognized was Goyard. At 11. LOL. However the first designer bag I ever bought was a Prada in Milan after college graduation.
sois-toi-meme Member Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 11

Yesterday, 06:12 PM	#146
lilwaif Member Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 36	LOL... I just started a couple months ago after I bought a friend of mine a designer bag for her birthday. Now, I don't want to go over board, but I would like to have a few classy bags to carry (it makes me feel great) and now, I can't stop looking at other people's bags. My bf is now concerned since he has never known me to be crazy over bags and thinks I will spend too much on a bags. I haven't decided which bag I really want, but I did see the Marc Jacobs bag "Hudson" and fell in love with the look. I read lots of reviews on it and would love the dark brown versus the chestnut color. Either way, I think this is a beautiful bag. Anyone have any suggestions on very nice designer bags? I want a bag with a matching wallet, must be the same brand.
lilwaif Member Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 36	__________________ Thanks ~ Lil Waif "In the pursuit of the perfect purse..." Would love it if her bf would buy her this Marc Jacobs Bag "Hudson" in this color. Last edited by lilwaif; Yesterday at 06:14 PM. Reason: grammar

Nov 3rd, 2009, 11:44 AM	#136
cheermom09 ~loving my life~ Joined: Apr 2009 Location: Arizona Posts: 179	I've always loved bags and have a closet full of them. Just in the last year I've begun paying more than $50 for them. I never ventured into more expensive bags because I always switched them out so often and never reused them. I just couldn't imagine spending much on them knowing their fate... But, now I don't seem to have that same hang up! I haven't spent more than $350 on a bag yet, but I've bought 4 bags since April and love 3 of the 4. Funny, the first one that I bought I only used for a month before putting it away because it just wasn't me. My dh has encouraged me to sell it, but I'd rather give it to my mom... She probably wouldn't use it though simply because of the cost!

Nov 5th, 2009, 06:30 AM	#140
AnneHathaway Sofa King Banned Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 198	To be honest, I'm not sure. All I know is that at the age of 18 I just started being really attracted to the bags I saw at Saks and it just grew.

Nov 6th, 2009, 05:47 AM	#142
eurotrash homme Joined: Apr 2008 Location: London Posts: 48	When I had mentally made the transition from high street to designer clothes, I was replacing my wardrobe with all this expensive stuff. At the time I was carrying a pleather messenger that had cost me about £20. It didn't feel right to have such a cheap bag with expensive clothes, but I didn't know anything about bags. So after lots of looking at websites, I had a general idea of what I wanted - something with handles and a strap and a body with a bit of width (as opposed to a messenger bag, as I had grown sick of that style). So I joined up here, and after lots of reading, I bought a Balenciaga City. (I'm a guy but I was too influenced by the women on here so I decided that the City would look fine for a guy.) That was my first designer bag, and since then, with time and experience, my tastes have grown more definite. I sold the City after realizing it's WAY too girly for a guy. I now own a Prada and a YSL (and they're both MEN'S... lol), and this month I'm gonna get a LV keepall for travel.

Nov 8th, 2009, 10:25 PM	#145
zippy14u Member Joined: Jun 2007 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Posts: 154	What got me started was the Louis Vuitton Speedy25(vintage). I moved on to the Speedy 30 and now collect the Papillions. More recently, I have acquired vintage Chanels.

Yesterday, 08:44 PM	#147
hanana Member Joined: Jul 2008 Location: New York, NY Posts: 487	Fun thread! Although I always appreciated beautiful bags and had a few that I received as gifts (Coach, Gucci, LV), I didn't fall in love with a bag until I saw the black Marc Jacobs Caroline Chevron bag (in my avatar). That was the first bag that made me gasp and say, "I will use that bag for the rest of my life." I shelled out more for that bag than I ever did before (until very recently)! It was all downhill from there. MJ will always be my first love but I have also developed an appreciation for Botkier, Bottega and Chanel.

Today, 05:52 AM	#148
snowjade Member Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 103	I was 16 or 17 and my older brother bought me my first fendi bag. It was a half moon-shape with a flap in black/gray stripe coated canvas and leather. It had a long leather strap that I wore messenger style. I loved that bag! My boyfriend later got me the matching french wallet. Unfortunately over the years, the coated canvas started getting sticky (horrible really) and I donated it to goodwill. I was so sad to let that bag go. I have fond memories of it
snowjade Member Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 103

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