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Rondafaye

Rondafaye

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Aug 20, 2006
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#1
There's a lot of money riding on your shoulder (or the crook of your arm). Which bags do you consider timeless, and which ones do you think will be outdated within a year or two?
 
#2
Timeless:
Hermes - all bags
Gucci - Jackie O bag
Judith Lieber - all evening bags
Chanel - classic flap bag
Bottega Veneta - ball bag
Prada - daino zip top hobo
Ferragamo - Marissa bag
Fendi - zucchino mama baguette
LV - mono Speedy, BH, BV

outdated in a year or two:
Chloe Paddington and Edith
most Coach bags
hopefully not the Fendi Spy ... too soon to tell if it's going to be timeless
 
#4
Adding ones I haven't seen on the list yet

Timeless:
Marc Jacobs Stella, Sophia, Blake, Venetia

More Trendy:
Botkier & Kooba bags
Marc Jacobs Stam

Not that this is a value judgement. I think it's important to have a mix of timeless and trendy in one's collection. Also with the speed at which designers bring back styles (witness Marc Jacobs showing grunge this Fall a scant 13 years after he first introuced it) you can put those trendy bags in storage for a little while and then pull them out as "fresh" all over again!
 
#7
Timeless: Hermes (Birkin/Kelly), Chanel flap (2.55)

Gone tomorrow: pretty much everything else, although I think the major design houses will stay and come up with new designs periodically
 
#8
Alot of LVs are already considered timeless....and although I dont get the Hermes bags at all...they also will be timeless b/c it is the mostly this same one design that is boxy with a clasp...:yes: Also the Balenciga bags seems to be like it can qualify too b/c of its simple design...:smile:
 
#10
fryedaze said:
You think the Paddy? I don't own one, because I can't imagine using it much. But I love it! If you are right, maybe I can pick one up on the secondary market some day, and it won't matter if I use it much... :graucho:
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The Paddington will? Hmmm...it looks so nice and is conservative enough to stay in style. I think that if they made it out of non-distressed leather (so that it becomes more rigid) it can be in style a lot longer.
 
#11
Rose said:
Timeless: Hermes (Birkin/Kelly), Chanel flap (2.55)

Gone tomorrow: pretty much everything else, although I think the major design houses will stay and come up with new designs periodically
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I agree for the most part...very few timeless bags, I might include LV as well as the bags do not go on sale and are generally repeated across seasons...
 
#12
I think different colours will be hot at different times. Now I see grey as the fresh colour for fall, so chocolate, cognac, beige, and cream might be seen as dated in a year or 2.
 
#13
Timeless:
All Hermes classic bags (Kelly, Birkin, etc..)
YSL Muse
Chanel classic flap bags
LV Epi Alma

outdated:
Chloè paddington
most Gucci, Fendi, LV monogram bags
 
#14
I agree botkier and kooba will not be sadly, Chanel, Hermes, Vuitton and Fendi (hopefully the Spy) will stay timeles..
What about the YSL Muse though? I am hoping it stays timeless.. and Balenciaga too..
 
#15
not to be the naysayer, which I am alot, but I hope that brands like Botkier or Kooba can rise to the level of an "American Classic". It's time to build some new brands. would be great to see
 
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