Pandabear - I recently visited a nearby
Coach factory store to return a bag I'd gotten as a gift. When I entered the store with my chocolate Chloe paddy, an older SA who was supposed to be a greeter looked at me and my bag (or maybe the other way around) and didn't greet me but gave me an icy glare directly at my face, right in my eyes (!) and continued to do so as I walked around the store.
About a month later, I went back to use the store credit I'd gotten from my return, in order to get a graduation gift for my college-bound niece. But this time, I'd rotated my bags by then and I was wearing my beloved Coach brown antique leather mia soho satchel. The same exact SA came up to me all smiley and so helpful, and she ended up giving me good advice as to what I should get for my niece.
I also overanalyzed the first incident: did she think that I was showing off somehow, as I dared to bring a Chloe into a Coach store? Did she think that customers in the store would see my bag and trade allegiances? Was she jealous? Was she mad that she wasn't going to make a commission off of me and she needed that extra money to put food on her table OR buy a new bag? Who knows! And I'm not going to let it trouble me. I should put that old Pantene motto on my Chloe bag whenever I enter a store: "Don't hate me because I'm beautiful"
I've since learned that gals in the know about handbags (quality ones, anyhow) will see your gorgeous Chloe and either: (a) turn green with envy and/or throw you a wicked glance seemingly saying "So you think you're better than me?" or (b) be totally secure in themselves and possibly compliment you and your Chloe because they know true beauty when they see it! May you have more of the latter...