2019 resolution - shopping my own bag and wallet collection. Any one else?

[lynne_ross]

When is your annual trip to Paris? I will be very excited for you and to hear updates from the trip and what goodies you bring home!

One of my closet friends lives in Paris so we have been visiting her every spring/summer for the past 6 years. We only stay with her if we bring 0 or 1 kids. She is moving to London later this year so we will start going to London next year! Though we will likely end up in Paris too since it has become like our summer home. We are likely going in April this year.

 

[lynne_ross]

I am forgetting what I see on which threads but please do share here what you have added to your collection!

Nothing this year yet - still planning! Last year I added the diamond clover perlee bracelet (push present), 10 yg motif necklace (bday gift from my mom) and pave yg frivoles.
What pieces are you thinking of adding?

 

[bellarusa]

Finally! This is my favorite tote. It's a BV from 8 years ago, beautiful mustard yellow. The neat thing about it is that it's got zipper along both sides so you can zip up and make it a neat flat tote, or zip halfway to make it a more triangle tote, or unzip all the way and make it a slouchy tote. The handles are also adjustable so can be made to be long enough for the shoulder and short enough for hand carrying.

This is another one of those "if I knew they'd retire it I'd bought it in few more colors" bag.

 

[dcooney4]

I wore my Jerome Dreyfuss bag again today . So now I have completed the three small bags wearing them two times each. How are you all doing with challenges.

 

[More bags]

I do not have any yellow bags but here are my two ‘orange bags’ - crevette Hermes kelly 32 and orange Hermes kelly wallet. The wallet I don’t count as a bag (so not in my quoted bag count) but I do sometimes use it as a stand along bag, sometimes even with a Hermes silver necklace as a strap. I have considered selling the wallet but now that my office has moved to agile and I work between multiple offices, so have given up a designated office, I might start using it for work since it will fit all my cards and phone.
The crevette bag is inbetween orange and pink. It is more beautiful in real life (more pink). I love the colour since it is easier to match with black than a true orange without looking Halloween themed and it goes well with all my spring/summer colours.

What a beautiful pairing and a perfect rendering of shrimp “crevette”! Both your Kelly and your wallet are treasures for the eye.

 

[lynne_ross]

I used the pink birkin I have been considering selling today. I enjoyed using it. I wish it was a 30 vs. a 35 but it is not worth selling it at a loss to buy a 30 for more $ (costing even more to move to a 30). So I will keep it and try and use it again within a month. If I happen to buy a bag that takes it place at some point then I will sell but fir now it is staying. I loved wearing it with my pink shawl - it pulled the look together for me.

 

[Rhl2987]

Nothing this year yet - still planning! Last year I added the diamond clover perlee bracelet (push present), 10 yg motif necklace (bday gift from my mom) and pave yg frivoles.
What pieces are you thinking of adding?

Congratulations on having a baby last year! I feel like I’ve already bought my push presents pre-baby! I purchased the pg letterwood VA earrings and I’m hoping my SA can find me the 5 motif bracelet to match, although there are no more available in the US. I am considering the 20 motif letterwood necklace but I feel that it will not be used as often as I would like to think. So, perhaps my next pieces after that will be the pg GMOP and pave bracelet and the guilloche bracelet and earrings. With a baby, what pieces do you use often and what pieces do you feel you don’t use much at all?

 

[Rhl2987]

I used the pink birkin I have been considering selling today. I enjoyed using it. I wish it was a 30 vs. a 35 but it is not worth selling it at a loss to buy a 30 for more $ (costing even more to move to a 30). So I will keep it and try and use it again within a month. If I happen to buy a bag that takes it place at some point then I will sell but fir now it is staying. I loved wearing it with my pink shawl - it pulled the look together for me.

Lovely! I also enjoy pairing my bags with a similarly toned shawl or scarf to feel pulled together.

 

[Rhl2987]

Finally! This is my favorite tote. It's a BV from 8 years ago, beautiful mustard yellow. The neat thing about it is that it's got zipper along both sides so you can zip up and make it a neat flat tote, or zip halfway to make it a more triangle tote, or unzip all the way and make it a slouchy tote. The handles are also adjustable so can be made to be long enough for the shoulder and short enough for hand carrying.

This is another one of those "if I knew they'd retire it I'd bought it in few more colors" bag.

Love mustard yellow!

 

[bellebellebelle19]

I always loved that look of the Faye. How do you like yours?? Does it get a lot of wear even though it's a fairly slim bag?

I love it! No regrets at all. I watched/read a loooot of reviews before buying and I think the criticisms are a matter of personal preference. For example, some reviewers don't like that it gets marked up easily and dislike the way it looks when it's expanded from the gussets as they prefer it flat, but I really like both those things!

My only problem is that it's heavy - it's gusseted, which again I love, but all that extra leather does add weight. I've been able to use it all day with no problem though! It actually fits everything I need in the day as well: sunglasses case, notebook, wallets, keys, makeup pouch, emergency pouch, etc

 

[ElainePG]

Yes, H boutiques generally do have Evelynes in stock. You might want to call and make sure they have all the sizes before you go, but it’s usually an easy-to-obtain bag. And you should definitely try them on first — the three sizes are very different! TPM is pretty much a small-wallet-and-phone bag—they’re very much in demand ATM, but personally, I find them way too small to be functional. The PM is probably closest to your Valentino. My guess is that this is the size you’ll like best. The GM is significantly larger, especially in height. It’s the size I use most, but TBH, that’s purely because it holds more. I think the PM looks better on me. I’m 5’6 so I’m betting you’ll find the GM to be huge on you!

This is one of my favorite of my favorite, most used bags so let me know if you have any other questions!

Thank you... that is such useful information! I agree: the PM would definitely be the correct size for me. I don't need yet another mini bag (I think I have too many, and may even rehome one this year) and the GM would overwhelm me.

I've had some spare time this weekend, and I've been roaming the blogs, studying up on "style tips for the petite woman." One that I found on every single blog was do not carry an oversized handbag. I don't, but it was good confirmation that my instincts are correct!

 

[ElainePG]

I actually have some blue and gray already (in the form of sweaters, lol), but I often just default to black. I’m in a rut, too, apparently! And all my winter coats are black. It has to warm up before I can wear my lighter-weight coats that are gray, champagne, or navy. Ugh. I do love camel but it makes me look dead so I have to be careful with how I wear it (meaning, a colorful scarf is necessary!).

I've been working my way through this book to try and get out of my "fashion rut." It's out of print, and I'm not related to the author, lol. Many used copies available on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-lis...p_used_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=used&qid=&sr=

There are, I'm sure, a lot of books like it... I follow Brenda's blog, and I like her writing style, so I thought I'd enjoy this one. It's given me some good ideas, plus it's motivated me to do (yet another!) closet purge. AND I've been able to put together some cute new outfits out of clothes I already own! Woot!!! If you had asked me, I would have said that all my clothes were black. Certainly my pants are (except for jeans). And some sweaters, and some tops. But I do have a bit of color here and there; it was just a matter of combining things creatively.

I feel as though I've just gone on a shopping spree... and I haven't left my house all weekend!

 

[ElainePG]

I know this wasn’t addressed to me but, I was like you. Wearing mostly black with brights. I started branching out in the last couple years with greys and whites. Then with other strong colors in tops like pink, cobalt, etc.

Then I took the plunge with a teeny bit of navy which encouraged me to add a teeny bit of caramel. And, I have a little bit of bordeaux / burgundy I just added this fall. I have the most amazing rich bordeaux velvet skinny jeans! (I’m still not the biggest regular blue jean fan. My “jeans” have to be interesting. Lol!). All of these work with my existing brights. And the navy and bordeaux work with my grey and white as well.

I’m any case I just added a few colors and pieces that worked with my current wardrobe but, in coordinating colors with what I have. Nothing that caused me to have to redo all my shoes and accessories in order to be able to wear them. I’ll never be an earth tones girl because I just don’t like the color palette and it would cause chaos as I tried to get shoes, bags, etc. to support the items. But, I found I can work just about anything else in with my origins black and brights. HTH!

That's so interesting! I didn't know that you were a "mostly black with brights" person. That's been me, except that I've been "mostly black with a bright H scarf."

And then you added grey, and after that, navy and bordeaux, which is exactly what I'm looking to do, encouraged by the Brenda Kinsel book I'm reading. Years ago I "had my colors done," but that was when my hair was dark brown. Now it's grey (oh, well...) and because my eyes and skin tone are light, I'm realizing that high-contrast looks (a black cardi over a white shirt, f'rinstance) aren't doing me any favors. I'd be better off with medium- or low-contrast looks, like a grey cardi over a pale pink shirt. Or a garnet-colored dress, instead of a black one.

Sorry to rave on & on about this book, everyone! It's just that I'm so excited to finally be doing something intelligent about my wardrobe.

 

[ElainePG]

here are my orange and yellow bags.
The first is a Coach tote. My daughter fell in love with it due to the color when we saw it in a Coach store. Currently it is in my collection, but she often takes it. I don't carry it much but I appreciate the patent in the rain.
The second one is a vintage Coach bag. A few years ago, DH and I went to an antique fair. I saw this bag. I was familiar with the style as I already owned it in blue but had never seen it in orange. The seller wouldn't come down to my price, so we walked away. A few hours later, I decided I really wanted and went back but couldn't find it. Then about a week later, I found it listed online for less so I felt I had to get it. I love how rich the color is. It does look like a pumpkin so I carry it on Halloween.
The last one is a Coach duffle. I love how crisp and clear this color is. It is called sunflower. It never fails to make me smile.

I love all three of these! The sunflower yellow of the last one makes me smile, too. Such a pretty shade. Do you mostly carry it in the summer?

 

[ElainePG]

I’m always looking, I have decided that my next black bag is going to be a Kelly - 32cm, Box leather, hardware color doesn’t matter. So I’m haunting the resale sites for the perfect one - fortunately I don’t have a timeline/deadline so I can look to my heart’s content.
I was lurking on another thread, called something like Unknown designers, great value and learned of a discontinued designer -Charles et Charlus... found one at a reasonable price and bought it. It’s similar in color to the H LA, but has a shoulder strap, if I like it more than the LA, I may sell it.
I have a bit of a weakness for the unknown designers, I like carrying things no one knows about - though considering where I live - that’s about 95% of everything I carry.
So- all in all - one new purse in but I’m not upset with myself - it wasn’t expensive, it’s like nothing I already have except in color, and if it doesn’t work out I won’t be wanting to tear my hair out.

Has it arrived yet? You'll have to post pictures!
I love the way you discover under-the-radar designers... it seems to me that you posted your Polene here on this thread before it was written up on Purse Blog; isn't that right?
A 32cm Kelly is going to be gorgy! Have fun hunting.