2020 resolution - shopping my own bag and wallet collection. Any one else?

[lynne_ross]

For orange/yellow week, I have the same bags as last year - crevette kelly and an orange kelly wallet that I use as a small purse with a silver h chain necklace.

I am still wanting a yellow bag but the right one has not caught my eye. I think my perfect yellow was a chick colour picotin from a couple years back but the colour was not released here and I could not find on my travels. Someday...

 

[Rhl2987]

Today´s little sewing project:
I brought home some of the big reusable recycling shopping bags from the BHV Le Marais and starting making little pouches out of them. Fiddly job. the material does not sew easy. I´d have loved to buy this kind of pouches from them, but they only seem to sell the big shopping bags in the design, no other merchandise like for example Le Bon Marché does with their iconic escalator print.

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You're kidding. Those are amazing!! Nice work! How did you get the template for that?

 

[cowgirlsboots]

Confession: I have two Rouge H trims. One is size 31 in epsom (courchevel) and the other 38 in chamonix. The big one visited Dior today:View attachment 4672548

Time for more confessions @momasaurus ! Which dior bag did your beautiful H help you to choose?

 

[cowgirlsboots]

You're kidding. Those are amazing!! Nice work! How did you get the template for that?

Aww, thank-you! My Mum taught me to sew and was a stickler for perfection, so I´m very aware of the little and not so little imperfections I allowed myself.... I didn´t have a real template. For the bigger one I had a look at the shop bought cosmetic pouch I´ve been carrying around for a while and just copied it. The small pouch is nothing than a big rectangle folded in the middle and kitted out with a zipper.

 

[cowgirlsboots]

Is the material canvas?

The material is a simple reusable shopping bag- the ones that are made out of plastic bottles. A kind of coated non-woven. The BHV Le Marais sells them at the check-outs.
I searched the store for other bags/ pouches in the same print, but they don´t seem to be offering this kind of merchandise.
High time they copied what the Bon Marché department store does.
They sell a huge variety of SLGs made from coated canvas with their lovely escalator design. Being a luxury department store the "merch" has quite steep prices, though.

 

[cowgirlsboots]

I'm particularly fascinated by the Yves St Laurent piece (is it a wallet?) in your "specials" photo.

The YSL is a such a stunner! I second you! As far as I know there was a limited edition with this print. So charming!

 

[Rhl2987]

Red Kelly is no longer in my collection! The SC is my Mom’s and I’ve been trying to rehome the City Steamer for awhile.

I have no yellow and orange bags to share for this week!

 

[whateve]

Great collection. I'm not familiar with the Balenciaga Club. It looks sort of like a City bag. Is it a similar design?

Thanks! It's similar but only has one handle which you can fit on your shoulder comfortably and no extra strap. It is more like a Balenciaga Day bag that has been shortened. They only made this style for one or two seasons, which is a shame because I really like it. It also has two outside zippered pockets, one of the front and one on the back, which none of my other Bals have.

 

[momasaurus]

Time for more confessions @momasaurus ! Which dior bag did your beautiful H help you to choose?

We were in RTW - the friend I was with needed some alterations, and she naturally wanted to peek at new things. Sorry to say I know absolutely nothing about Dior bags!!! My Trim was just keeping watch over the champagne. LOL.

 

[ElainePG]

Red Kelly is no longer in my collection! The SC is my Mom’s and I’ve been trying to rehome the City Steamer for awhile.

I have no yellow and orange bags to share for this week!

Awwww… that City Steamer is elegant! Why are you rehoming it?

 

[ElainePG]

Thanks! It's similar but only has one handle which you can fit on your shoulder comfortably and no extra strap. It is more like a Balenciaga Day bag that has been shortened. They only made this style for one or two seasons, which is a shame because I really like it. It also has two outside zippered pockets, one of the front and one on the back, which none of my other Bals have.

That sounds like a fabulous design. What a shame they stopped making it.

Wouldn't it be nice if the handbag designers listened to the people who carried the bags???

 

[ElainePG]

For yellow/orange week, I still have only one bag to show: my Balenciaga City with GSW. Shown here with a Mautto strap, though I think I'll be using it with its original (short) strap this spring/summer. When I carried it as a cross body with the longer strap, it looked as though the bag was wearing me.

 

[Cookiefiend]

For yellow/orange week, I still have only one bag to show: my Balenciaga City with GSW. Shown here with a Mautto strap, though I think I'll be using it with its original (short) strap this spring/summer. When I carried it as a cross body with the longer strap, it looked as though the bag was wearing me.

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Such a happy bag - I always smile when I see it.

 

[Cookiefiend]

My one yellow bag - CoLab. Caught my eye on a dreary gray day, had to take her home.

And my one yellow SLG - Longchamp. I know nothing about it, except that it’s really quite large... so I cut out a section () from the middle. I saved it because it’s like a nice soft card case now... repurposing!

 

[Katinahat]

I don’t have any orange or yellow bags but I saw this gorgeous duffle bag at half price in the Aspinal’s sale while I was out today! I successfully managed to walk away.

Lots of orange bags everywhere.