Prada forum chat thread!!!

[jcoop]

Originally Posted by ssc0619

And I there is a black maxi caviar Chanel frap with my name on it.

^^^^Oh, you NEED that maxi flap!!! I love mine so much!

Yes, I did keep my porto and YES I really do like it and so glad I kept her!
The Prada Ostrich and that Lanvin both would be great bags, imo.

[Bagladee]

ssc0619 you are on a serious roll along with our ryry!!! I'm glad that you and jcoop kept your brown portobellos. I kept mine as well and love it. It really looks pretty in the sunlight. I'm being good right now. After I bought my last bag - purple JC marla, I realized that made 40 bags purchased and kept since the first of the year. That is crazy. That means most bags won't see much more than a week of sunlight. I seriously need to adopt Longchamp's one-in / one-out rule. I had a Gucci Secret tote in my BF cart this morning but had to take the twins to preschool and lost it. I guess the purse gods are trying to tell me something.

[ssc0619]

Originally Posted by Bagladee

That means most bags won't see much more than a week of sunlight.

I am with you!! I'm thinking about the Prada ostrich and with everything I have it wouldn't see the rotation very often--for that price you would want to feel like you would use it!


I'm glad you kept your portobello too! I love that bag!

Originally Posted by Bagladee

I had a Gucci Secret tote in my BF cart this morning but had to take the twins to preschool and lost it. I guess the purse gods are trying to tell me something.

Sometimes they save us from ourselves!!

[Bagladee]

Originally Posted by ssc0619

I am with you!! I'm thinking about the Prada ostrich and with everything I have it wouldn't see the rotation very often--for that price you would want to feel like you would use it! I'm glad you kept your portobello too! I love that bag! Sometimes they save us from ourselves!!

I hope you get the ostrich so that we can all drool over her! Those bag gods decided to smile on me afterall I have a "Secret" coming my way.

[ryrybaby12]

Oh no SSC...I love the Prada Ostrich too!!!

Bagladee...come clean sister....tell us about #41 please...

LC- I am still loving the Prada Ostrich...just seems crazy.

Jcoop.....I LOVE PUPPIES!! Please take pics...so jealous.

Have a great night all....still waiting on Portobello and Scoop......

[EMMY]

Bagladee LMAO!!!!!!!!! 40 bags?!??! OMG I have to budget out time to swap the 15 that I rotate in and out...!!!! I can't imagine trying to love 40 bags equally!!! You are the Prada Goddess!!!

[ssc0619]

Originally Posted by EMMY

OMG I have to budget out time to swap the 15 that I rotate in and out...!!!!

Emmy, I so totally agree! I think beside the financial burden of purchasing all of these bags, there is the burden of owning them --organizing them, making sure they are stored properly, and making sure they acutally make it into the rotation!

[ryrybaby12]

^^ I am with LC...one in and one out. I sold a ton of bags recently, so eventhough it appears I am buying a lot....it is "replacement"....I can't have more than 10 bags in my closet (not including clutches) or I get confused and forget about them....

Speaking of....I did NOT like any of the bag I got from BlueFly...so bummed. The Prada clutch I got was a huge more like "day" clutch...the little pouch I got that was Tessuto with a bow on it was too small...(the bow took up the entire bag pretty much)- and the Tod's bag looked like an old lady's bag....

SO- the Chanel or the YSL or both better be awesome...based on your pics S-I will LOVE both of them. Excited to see Porto in grey!

[jcoop]

ryry, I believe the 2 bags you have coming will make AWESOME additions to your collection! Let me know when you get 'em! I'd def take the porto in grey!!!!

[Longchamp]

Originally Posted by ryrybaby12

^^ I am with LC...one in and one out. I sold a ton of bags recently, so eventhough it appears I am buying a lot....it is "replacement"....I can't have more than 10 bags in my closet (not including clutches) or I get confused and forget about them.... Speaking of....I did NOT like any of the bag I got from BlueFly...so bummed. The Prada clutch I got was a huge more like "day" clutch...the little pouch I got that was Tessuto with a bow on it was too small...(the bow took up the entire bag pretty much)- and the Tod's bag looked like an old lady's bag.... SO- the Chanel or the YSL or both better be awesome...based on your pics S-I will LOVE both of them. Excited to see Porto in grey!

I'm waiting on my YSL Scoop too, but I think either way, we're okay. I love ssc's red, think it's the Marie Claire red, no pink---which is what I didn't like about the grenade or pomegranate. Or if it's the dark purple color, that will be great too.

Sorry about your BF bags, but sounds like you did the right thing.

Maybe it's me, but I like that I paired down, not down to 10, wish I was!!!

Otherwise they wouldn't get out much and then I say,,,why do I keep this bag if I keep going to other bags???

[Longchamp]

Originally Posted by Bagladee

ssc0619 you are on a serious roll along with our ryry!!! I'm glad that you and jcoop kept your brown portobellos. I kept mine as well and love it. It really looks pretty in the sunlight. I'm being good right now. After I bought my last bag - purple JC marla, I realized that made 40 bags purchased and kept since the first of the year. That is crazy. That means most bags won't see much more than a week of sunlight. I seriously need to adopt Longchamp's one-in / one-out rule. I had a Gucci Secret tote in my BF cart this morning but had to take the twins to preschool and lost it. I guess the purse gods are trying to tell me something.

Don't feel bad bagladee, the one in, one out rule took me a long time to adopt. But since I wasn't carrying some bags, EVER, had to sell them in my mind. And this is going to sound real weird, actually sicko--since my sister owned a boutique for years, and I worked there once in awhile, I HATED RETURNS.

Oh I return some when I open up the box and say, "Oh lordy, must have been high, when I thought I liked this", but some I keep. But I've stopped that weird behaviour, and am much more judicious about what I buy now. Still look at a ton of stuff. I could make a FT job out of searching online stores, websites, ebay, consignors for bags.

[Bagladee]

Originally Posted by Longchamp

Don't feel bad bagladee, the one in, one out rule took me a long time to adopt. But since I wasn't carrying some bags, EVER, had to sell them in my mind. And this is going to sound real weird, actually sicko--since my sister owned a boutique for years, and I worked there once in awhile, I HATED RETURNS. Oh I return some when I open up the box and say, "Oh lordy, must have been high, when I thought I liked this", but some I keep. But I've stopped that weird behaviour, and am much more judicious about what I buy now. Still look at a ton of stuff. I could make a FT job out of searching online stores, websites, ebay, consignors for bags.

Yup - getting hold of this obsession is going to be a work in process. I am going to sell all of my pre-2009 bags since I have not touched one of them in 2009. One was a gift from DH and so I think I will keep that one. Since they are Coach, RM, MK, Lockheart and Dooney I don't think they will fetch much, but it will make more room in my closet.

I hate returns too. I have only done a return when the bag was defective or in the case of the Muse II, when there was something about the bag that I knew I wouldn't get used to.Oh and I did return a bag to Nordstrom that I got a ton cheaper on BF. And I have done an exchange, but for the most part, when I buy a bag it is because it is one that I have put a lot of thought into and I know I will love it. I really only have one bag in my closet that I am not totally 100% in love with. And even that one I really wouldn't want to get rid of.

I ordered the beautiful Gucci Secret tote from BF yesterday and have the bamboo bar from their cruise collection on preorder, so I really don't think I will shop the end of year sales. Until I am ready to sell something from my closet, I need to practice some self-control. OMG - am I really saying this???

[ryrybaby12]

^^Love you L...and we all go through the same thing with bags etc...that is why we are all friends! I have been on a role for returns lately, as I am unhappy or not seen them in real life.

Case in point....so, I get a call today from NM SA....they sent me the WRONG porto....yep...sent it to me in black. So, this is just not my week for bags....and I have no problem sending them back...and I worked retail and college and "hate" returns, but I am also a realist and if it the wrong item, or it is fugly (like the Tod's bag I got)...then return is what I do. Not ashamed. I spend a lot of money and not afraid to return every now and then.

I think all of my mishaps are a sign...to be done with bags....for a while. I just at least pray that the YSL is cute.....and not the wrong color...

[Longchamp]

Hey A, My bag didn't come today, well I'm not at home right now, but I hear it didn't. I'm hoping we love it. I really like ssc's so won't be unhappy if we get a darker wine or hers.

But hey, after my rant about bag buying.....I just put my name on the blue Paris Biarritz coming out next week for Chanel. I hear it's really dark blue, almost purple blue (but who can believe these colors anymore???), and the boutiques are not getting it, only Saks. I love that bag, had it in black once and sold it and it's one bag I'm sorry I sold. It's great in the summer for running around, just a fun simple bag.

[Bagladee]

Originally Posted by ryrybaby12

^^Love you L...and we all go through the same thing with bags etc...that is why we are all friends! I have been on a role for returns lately, as I am unhappy or not seen them in real life. Case in point....so, I get a call today from NM SA....they sent me the WRONG porto....yep...sent it to me in black. So, this is just not my week for bags....and I have no problem sending them back...and I worked retail and college and "hate" returns, but I am also a realist and if it the wrong item, or it is fugly (like the Tod's bag I got)...then return is what I do. Not ashamed. I spend a lot of money and not afraid to return every now and then. I think all of my mishaps are a sign...to be done with bags....for a while. I just at least pray that the YSL is cute.....and not the wrong color...

I love that word - FUGLY.

I can't believe they sent you a black bag. They ought to send you the gray - OVERNIGHT at their expese. I'm so sorry that the BF stuff didn't work out. That is so irritating when you are waiting in great anticipation for a bag to arrive and then it comes and it is not what you thought it would be. Major disappointment! Hopefully you will have that beautiful YSL flap in your hands soon.