Lately it's been anything LV for me. Water doesn't permeate the canvas. I have a Speedy 30 in DE and not worried about it getting soaked or scratched. So far it's taken a beating, even gone through TSA belt without a tray and looks great still.
2019 resolution - shopping my own bag and wallet collection. Any one else?
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Hi Sparkletastic, you're preempting my pen pic for next week!
I was planning to show some pens with non standard ink colours. Here's my green, purple and turquoise inks for you!
Hi essiedub, I only have one fountain pen. I bought it last summer. I do have a number of pretty rollerball and ballpoint pens. You also caught me holding out. I posted last night about my Visconti Van Gogh, knowing I would post the pic today.Morebags I’m with you on the pen rotation challenge but my goal is to rotate the fountain pens but only when the ink runs dry so the ink doesn’t dry up and clog the pen. Oddly, the Shaeffer I’ve been using is still going strong and I’m ready to move on! Anyhoo..back to you..hey you’ve been holding out! I only recall seeing the Pilot. Do post the others. Pretty please?
Oh uh on the bag challenges ..ermI’m not exactly a good study. I kinda rotate at a snail’s place but use the monthly challenges as a reminder and guideline. I follow along all y’alls journey with great admiration
Here is a pic from yesterday, submitting this week's bag-scarf-pen pic,
- Hermes Etain Bolide 31
- H Jardin de la Maharani
- Visconti Van Gogh Tortoise Rollerball Pen
Here are the two previous bag-scarf-pen pics from earlier in this thread.
The JW Hulme bucket bag or if it is raining really hard the Cuyana zipper tote. For the days that I don't need to carry my laptop, the Roots Edie in Tribe leather.
Harrumph! Well... the Charles et Charlus arrived - and I hate it. What a bummer. The leather seems cheap, it looks cheap, it’s just yucko chucko all the way around.
So I was grumpy - never good because ‘things’ happen. I got a project in my head (tho it had been floating around) and went to the fabric store, and ran a couple errands.
And look what I found! I never in million years would have thought that my eye would have been caught by this - but it is so cute and so cheery - I had to have it.
Made by CoLab in Montreal, on clearance too!
My project was to make a tote bag out of a couple scarves I just didn’t like and felt the chances of selling them was slim to none. So my red Vinci and La Marine a Rames have a new life ahead of them. I’m going to get an organizing thing to put in it to hold its shape better, but overall I’m happy with the results.
So I was grumpy - never good because ‘things’ happen. I got a project in my head (tho it had been floating around) and went to the fabric store, and ran a couple errands.
And look what I found! I never in million years would have thought that my eye would have been caught by this - but it is so cute and so cheery - I had to have it.
Made by CoLab in Montreal, on clearance too!
My project was to make a tote bag out of a couple scarves I just didn’t like and felt the chances of selling them was slim to none. So my red Vinci and La Marine a Rames have a new life ahead of them. I’m going to get an organizing thing to put in it to hold its shape better, but overall I’m happy with the results.
I use a Furla saffiano bag in really bad weather.
The bag you made is very cool. I like your new yellow bag too.
Thank you!
It's a great sunny color, in some light it is a little golden. Today has been rainy, sunny, snowy, and now cloudy again - this is the perfect color for a day like this!
These are really cute! If I ever get the hankering for one of these - I know who I'll be PM-ing!Moto City is available, with classic brass hw, or shiny silver/gold
but not as much as they used to be
and a few older models have been replaced by City-Small and City-mini
they looked alike (for not trained eyes at least) anyway, so if you have never had one, you will not notice the difference
here are the snaps i took very recently in the boutique, (sorry, could not find a properly facing snap of the red one) they are from Moto line and Graffiti line, and these just a few i have at hands (tons of them on my laptop!)
you can check Matchesfashion, NAP, Italist, they all have City in various sizes and colours
Needless to say, should you need any help, I'll be more than happy to assist!
oh oh
(be still my heart!)
They are all so well combined. Beautiful!Hi Sparkletastic, you're preempting my pen pic for next week!
I was planning to show some pens with non standard ink colours. Here's my green, purple and turquoise inks for you!
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Hi essiedub, I only have one fountain pen. I bought it last summer. I do have a number of pretty rollerball and ballpoint pens. You also caught me holding out. I posted last night about my Visconti Van Gogh, knowing I would post the pic today.
Here is a pic from yesterday, submitting this week's bag-scarf-pen pic,
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- Hermes Etain Bolide 31
- H Jardin de la Maharani
- Visconti Van Gogh Tortoise Rollerball Pen
Here are the two previous bag-scarf-pen pics from earlier in this thread.
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I love everything about this bag: the color, the style, and how it opens up to get at your "gear."I’m way behind on color posts...think this belongs in last week’s red/burgundy showcase.
This is the Botkier Sasha from what seems like a decade ago. I’ve always been attached to this one..perhaps the color and shape? Anyway, Monica Botkier was a photographer and designed this bag as a cute bag to carry all her camera gear ..so it lays open so she can easily access camera gear. I will demonstrate with my SLGs all lined up crosswise so I also can easily access without it being a big black hole. Isn’t it nifty? I can see everything and they stay in place without a bag sorter. I just think it’s so clever! And it’s convertible to larger capacity by unlatching the belt underneath.
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Just for fun, I’m showing the contents of my daily bag..I am trying to rotate through my SLGs and have switched in the LV mini zippy (or whatever it’s called) for the week.
-Agenda with calendar and notebook
-LV mini zippy holds toiletries, makeup etc
-Orange passport holder holds tissue pack
-Wallet..the best design ..compact yet not thick, coin compartment, card slots and bill-slot (I still carry cash)
-My phone
-My key holder
-Pencil case holding distance and reading glasses (I hate having to wear and carry glasses!)
I own one Botkier bag, but I never knew anything about the designer... not even her first name. And she is/was a photographer? How interesting!
Didn't realize it had an outside pocket for a phone... that's a really good feature. I do wish it had an inside back zipped pocket for keys and a pen; I can't decide if this will be a deal-breaker. I'll just have to look at it in the boutique and see if it's true love.
I haven't thought much about color yet. They look really pretty in various brown/tan shades, but my Valentino, which is Cognac, already covers that base. I'm thinking some version of grey, since I have a ton of black bags. H does a grey called Etoupe, don't they? And it's pretty? But there's also Etain, which is darker, and also looke nice.
I don't know if either of these colors is available new. Or if I even WANT to buy new. Or if I'm educated enough to buy pre-loved. So this will definitely be a long-term project, which won't start until next fall after we've been to the boutique. It might be that I check one out, and...
And then just think of the $$$ I'll be saving!
Etoupe or etain would be perfect neutrals for year round. I am still looking to add one of those colours to my collection. Yes definitely try on. Also suggest sticking to clemence leather so the bag moulds to your body.Didn't realize it had an outside pocket for a phone... that's a really good feature. I do wish it had an inside back zipped pocket for keys and a pen; I can't decide if this will be a deal-breaker. I'll just have to look at it in the boutique and see if it's true love.
I haven't thought much about color yet. They look really pretty in various brown/tan shades, but my Valentino, which is Cognac, already covers that base. I'm thinking some version of grey, since I have a ton of black bags. H does a grey called Etoupe, don't they? And it's pretty? But there's also Etain, which is darker, and also looke nice.
I don't know if either of these colors is available new. Or if I even WANT to buy new. Or if I'm educated enough to buy pre-loved. So this will definitely be a long-term project, which won't start until next fall after we've been to the boutique. It might be that I check one out, and...
And then just think of the $$$ I'll be saving!
