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bluecat_00 · Oct 21st, 2009, 05:04 AM

Ladies, I need your advice and opinions please. You see below the bags I have. Mulberry choc is missing and I am contemplating spending my voucher on a choc bays before the price increase. I have decided to only buy new bags so it will be nvt. I love my oak bays but agree with most of you that it looks better in nicer weather. I have two bays which are good in the rain - fuschia holds up well but again is more of a summer colour and navy leopard is not really right for every occassion. The one thing causing me doubt is that the bays doesn't sit on my shoulder over a heavy coat.

What do you think? Could my collection benefit from this bag or would it be a waste?

fuzzyfelt27 · Oct 21st, 2009, 05:11 AM

Get it!!!!!!!!!!! I have mine with me today and I just love it - great for autumnal days & weather forgiving

Do you usually carry bags over your shoulder? You have 3 other bays already, so you must be able to manage them just fine

Mette · Oct 21st, 2009, 05:17 AM

A chocolate Bays is a timeless and classic bag. If you have the means to own one, it's the kind of bag that has a place in nearly any wardrobe so I don't think you can go too wrong.

Unless you're doing a lot of walking and would need to put the bag over your shoulder while wearing a coat, it might be OK to just carry it in the crook of your arm or by the handles.

What a big decision - please let us know what you eventually decide.

mssw157 · Oct 21st, 2009, 05:19 AM

Agree with the comments above; you know you like the Bays style and a chocolate Bays will round your collection off nicely. I think every Bays lover should have the two staples of oak and choc in their collection - but then I'm biased, as a choc Bays is on my wishlist too!

bluecat_00 · Oct 21st, 2009, 05:28 AM

I'm actually thinking of choc printed bays to be a bit different.

flyvetjo · Oct 21st, 2009, 05:29 AM

When would you use it? Personally I love choco bays so I'm biased.

Inem · Oct 21st, 2009, 05:31 AM

I love Chocolate Bays. It's classic and timeless and it's less high maintenance for daily usage compared to Oak IMO.

flyvetjo · Oct 21st, 2009, 05:32 AM

Originally Posted by bluecat_00

I'm actually thinking of choc printed bays to be a bit different.

Have you picked one up? I was wearing my choco ivy bays (darwin) with my stuff in and when i picked up the choco printed one in John Lewis in cambridge I was staggered by how heavy it was- it was heaveier than my darwin bays certainly!!!. I know it probably had the dustbag and some paper in it but honestly i wondered if they had put a brick in the bottom. Try before you buy!

bluecat_00 · Oct 21st, 2009, 05:35 AM

Oh, I'll be buying in person as I have my voucher and discount card to use so I will be doing lots of trying on. I might even get "turned" by another beauty once I'm in the Bond Street shop.

flyvetjo · Oct 21st, 2009, 05:36 AM

You'll be like a kid in a sweetie shop!!!!!! I can see you with a rouge noir medium mitzy hobo!

shopaholicmum · Oct 21st, 2009, 05:50 AM

Bluecat if you do go for a choc printed bays (which i think is lovely) why not try an outlet. They get these in very regularly and the one's i have seen have looked in top condition. That way you can get a gorgeous bag at a great price!

bluecat_00 · Oct 21st, 2009, 05:59 AM

Actually that would be a definite no. I actually don't like the colour of RN in the mitzy range - I prefer a darker purple. (no offence to the ladies who love it)

bagcrazy123 · Oct 21st, 2009, 06:03 AM

If you have problems with keeping Bays on the shoulder, then maybe that would not be the right choise, even if it is such a great bag! I love my black medium Mitzy hobo, did you try that one? Do you not want to wait for the new season bags?

Tote Girl · Oct 21st, 2009, 06:24 AM

What about a e/w bays which has longer handles?

Linnea · Oct 21st, 2009, 06:38 AM

I love it when somebody plans a new bag purchase

!

How about a bays clutch? It is a great size (fits a magazine (A4)), great strap (thinking of winter coats), great leather (patent for A/W)...? Can you tell this is the bag I am dreaming of

!? Hmmm, doesn't come in choccy though...

Oct 21st, 2009, 05:04 AM	#1
bluecat_00 OP Member Joined: Sep 2008 Location: Cambridge, UK Posts: 2,617	Chocolate bays - to buy or not to buy? Ladies, I need your advice and opinions please. You see below the bags I have. Mulberry choc is missing and I am contemplating spending my voucher on a choc bays before the price increase. I have decided to only buy new bags so it will be nvt. I love my oak bays but agree with most of you that it looks better in nicer weather. I have two bays which are good in the rain - fuschia holds up well but again is more of a summer colour and navy leopard is not really right for every occassion. The one thing causing me doubt is that the bays doesn't sit on my shoulder over a heavy coat. What do you think? Could my collection benefit from this bag or would it be a waste?
	__________________ My Mulberry Collection Oak roxy, fuschia ombre bays, navy leopard bays, oak bays, red mabel, black maggie, black belle, antique choc seth My BE Collection Pewter love me, matte purple whisper to me midi, chocolate hug me My Chloe Black medium Betty

Oct 21st, 2009, 05:11 AM	#2
fuzzyfelt27 Member Joined: Jun 2009 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 1,523	Get it!!!!!!!!!!! I have mine with me today and I just love it - great for autumnal days & weather forgiving Do you usually carry bags over your shoulder? You have 3 other bays already, so you must be able to manage them just fine
	__________________ My Mulberry collection: Oak: Rosemary, Antony, Agenda, Bays, Elgin Denim: Mabel Black: patent CC holder Cracked silver: Bays, Bays pouch Aqua: Maxi Mabel Chocolate: Woody, Bays Lipstick: Roxy A4 Tote Turquoise: Mitzy msgr Mouse grey: Daria tote Emerald: Mabel purse Cerise: Shimmy RAF: Large Antony

Oct 21st, 2009, 05:17 AM	#3
Mette rêveuse Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 251	A chocolate Bays is a timeless and classic bag. If you have the means to own one, it's the kind of bag that has a place in nearly any wardrobe so I don't think you can go too wrong. Unless you're doing a lot of walking and would need to put the bag over your shoulder while wearing a coat, it might be OK to just carry it in the crook of your arm or by the handles. What a big decision - please let us know what you eventually decide.
Mette rêveuse Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 251	__________________ Åh, jeg er med vampyrer, selvfølgelig.

Oct 21st, 2009, 05:19 AM	#4
mssw157 Member Joined: Apr 2009 Location: Dublin Posts: 1,699	Agree with the comments above; you know you like the Bays style and a chocolate Bays will round your collection off nicely. I think every Bays lover should have the two staples of oak and choc in their collection - but then I'm biased, as a choc Bays is on my wishlist too!
	__________________ My Mulberry bags: Oak Mitzy Messenger, Oak Bayswater, Choc Roxanne, Choc Hanover, Choc & Oak Phoebe, Large Black Maggie Clutch, Fuchsia Bayswater, Ticking Denim Bayswater, Stone Polished Goatskin Bayswater, Aqua Carmen clutch, Cracked Gold small Jodi Wishlist: black Bayswater, oak Annie

Oct 21st, 2009, 05:28 AM	#5
bluecat_00 OP Member Joined: Sep 2008 Location: Cambridge, UK Posts: 2,617	I'm actually thinking of choc printed bays to be a bit different.
	__________________ My Mulberry Collection Oak roxy, fuschia ombre bays, navy leopard bays, oak bays, red mabel, black maggie, black belle, antique choc seth My BE Collection Pewter love me, matte purple whisper to me midi, chocolate hug me My Chloe Black medium Betty

Oct 21st, 2009, 05:29 AM	#6
flyvetjo Jo Joined: Jan 2007 Location: UK Posts: 8,580	When would you use it? Personally I love choco bays so I'm biased.
flyvetjo Jo Joined: Jan 2007 Location: UK Posts: 8,580	__________________ Husband, 3 kids, 2 dogs, 10 Mulberries!! Wishlist - Nothing!

Oct 21st, 2009, 05:31 AM	#7
Inem Member Joined: Jan 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 629	I love Chocolate Bays. It's classic and timeless and it's less high maintenance for daily usage compared to Oak IMO.
	__________________ Currently on possession: Chocolate A4 Roxanne Next conquest: Oak Alexa

Oct 21st, 2009, 05:35 AM	#9
bluecat_00 OP Member Joined: Sep 2008 Location: Cambridge, UK Posts: 2,617	Oh, I'll be buying in person as I have my voucher and discount card to use so I will be doing lots of trying on. I might even get "turned" by another beauty once I'm in the Bond Street shop.
	__________________ My Mulberry Collection Oak roxy, fuschia ombre bays, navy leopard bays, oak bays, red mabel, black maggie, black belle, antique choc seth My BE Collection Pewter love me, matte purple whisper to me midi, chocolate hug me My Chloe Black medium Betty

Oct 21st, 2009, 05:36 AM	#10
flyvetjo Jo Joined: Jan 2007 Location: UK Posts: 8,580	You'll be like a kid in a sweetie shop!!!!!! I can see you with a rouge noir medium mitzy hobo!
flyvetjo Jo Joined: Jan 2007 Location: UK Posts: 8,580	__________________ Husband, 3 kids, 2 dogs, 10 Mulberries!! Wishlist - Nothing!

Oct 21st, 2009, 05:50 AM	#11
shopaholicmum Member Joined: Sep 2008 Location: Hampshire Posts: 1,495	Bluecat if you do go for a choc printed bays (which i think is lovely) why not try an outlet. They get these in very regularly and the one's i have seen have looked in top condition. That way you can get a gorgeous bag at a great price!
	__________________ My Mulberry Collection ........ Oak Bayswater, Roxanne, Ledbury, Anthony, Phoebe, Smithfield, Choc Bayswater, Blenheim, Anthony, Somerset, Roxanne A4 tote, Langham Black Anthony, Mabel hobo Fuschia Roxanne A4 tote, Mabel Lightpink Mabel Bronze Julia Wishlist........ Nothing, pass me over the super-glue Rehomed : Mitzy Messenger

Oct 21st, 2009, 05:59 AM	#12
bluecat_00 OP Member Joined: Sep 2008 Location: Cambridge, UK Posts: 2,617	Actually that would be a definite no. I actually don't like the colour of RN in the mitzy range - I prefer a darker purple. (no offence to the ladies who love it)
	__________________ My Mulberry Collection Oak roxy, fuschia ombre bays, navy leopard bays, oak bays, red mabel, black maggie, black belle, antique choc seth My BE Collection Pewter love me, matte purple whisper to me midi, chocolate hug me My Chloe Black medium Betty

Oct 21st, 2009, 06:03 AM	#13
bagcrazy123 Member Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 3,569	If you have problems with keeping Bays on the shoulder, then maybe that would not be the right choise, even if it is such a great bag! I love my black medium Mitzy hobo, did you try that one? Do you not want to wait for the new season bags?
bagcrazy123 Member Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 3,569

Oct 21st, 2009, 06:24 AM	#14
Tote Girl Member Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,440	What about a e/w bays which has longer handles?
Tote Girl Member Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,440

Oct 21st, 2009, 06:38 AM	#15
Linnea Member Joined: May 2008 Posts: 1,168	I love it when somebody plans a new bag purchase ! How about a bays clutch? It is a great size (fits a magazine (A4)), great strap (thinking of winter coats), great leather (patent for A/W)...? Can you tell this is the bag I am dreaming of !? Hmmm, doesn't come in choccy though...
Linnea Member Joined: May 2008 Posts: 1,168

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