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CONGRATS on your sales. I know how hard it is for you sell in your market. So yay!!!
It’s interesting that you’ve made this switch (in bold) as I’ve been shifting a little bit from my adamant preference for preowned.
I’ve gotten some amazing preloved deals but slowly switched to buying new. I’m a little wearying of the hunting / authentication / refurb hassle. But, mostly it’s impatience. My collection is finally in a great place. So, when I add, it’s to fill a specific gap. If I want a purple feathered XYZ, I want the purple feathered XYZ now...not when someone else has decided to sell theirs.
Also, when I was still figuring out my collection, I bought preloved to minimize losses on the highly likely chance I may flip the bag. Now, however, I am clear on what I want. 4 of my last 7 adds were brand new and (gasp!) full price. But they’re some of my best ever buys - I’ve worn them a LOT and still love them to pieces! Knowing what I want - and more importantly what I will keep - let’s me buy new because I’m not going to lose money from selling.
So, ideally, I’d buy everything new on sale. The problem is, most of the brands I’m most interested now in don’t have sales.
And, to add to the confusion, the only bags I really want from two of my favorite brands - Chanel and Dior - were made in previous seasons. So I still have to buy them preloved.
Anyone else changing their bag buying approach? Preloved to new? New to preloved? Big to small? Colorful to neutrals? Expensive to reasonably priced? Leather to vegan? Domestic brands to other sources? Change in preferred style? If so, what is the change and why?
Very creative! Did you start with leather pelts or did you modify an existing bag? I would think the smaller curves, etc though leather would be tough to do with a regular sewing machine.
I definitely agree. So many bags look chic in black. Very few have the right design and materials to make color look its best. And for certain colors - red and green having so many variations and pink and blue being the colors for which I’m the most picky - I find I have to be willing to open up the purse strings to get the right bag. And, I still don’t have “my” green bag yet.
That’s a good point. I love Gucci and Dior but haven’t loved their most recent offerings. (I’ve actually hated the changes the new Dior designer has done to those bags.) I love Chanel but I don’t want a double flap bag or inflated prices. So I’m sitting and sitting and waiting and waiting.
I ended up having 150+ cheaper bags but none to love. I had to get comfortable with spending what I “needed” to spend to get the much smaller collection of 25ish bags I truly love. 
I want and demand great leathers: butter soft lamb, durable yet silky feeling goat, chewy calf leather, etc. 
this was a jacket from my own closet I cut up.
Very creative! Did you start with leather pelts or did you modify an existing bag? I would think the smaller curves, etc though leather would be tough to do with a regular sewing machine.
I definitely agree. So many bags look chic in black. Very few have the right design and materials to make color look its best. And for certain colors - red and green having so many variations and pink and blue being the colors for which I’m the most picky - I find I have to be willing to open up the purse strings to get the right bag. And, I still don’t have “my” green bag yet.
That’s a good point. I love Gucci and Dior but haven’t loved their most recent offerings. (I’ve actually hated the changes the new Dior designer has done to those bags.) I love Chanel but I don’t want a double flap bag or inflated prices. So I’m sitting and sitting and waiting and waiting.
Ironically, the brand who has had the least amount of change in styles - Prada - is the one I’ve most fallen out of love with. They seem pretty static with too much saffiao and an endless parade of satchels. I own 3. How many more could I possibly want in my collection.
So there is a sweet spot for change that many designers miss. I’m not a huge Fendi devotee so I don’t follow them closely. But, looking from the outside, it seems they do both iterative and wholesale change well. Givenchy also seems to be a brand that does change well (none of their bags look the same). I wonder how things will go under the new designer.
All stunning, forever bags
welcome to the conversation
Kind of wild huh?Thanks papertiger! We’re totally on the same wavelength, I have been reading through the GP thread (currently on page 86 of 268). I love the clubhouse threads, great pics and great intel. Also, I agree, the Bordeaux looks appealing, too. Thank you again.
Good point on the width of the base.
