beautiful collection!
I love the mini preston! great bag!
I love the coach Sheridan Marietta drawstring tote!
beautiful black collection!
2020 resolution - shopping my own bag and wallet collection. Any one else?
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I love the coach Sheridan Marietta drawstring tote!
Goodness, those a gorgeous! I love the strap on the MCM, nd the RL tote is great!
Your Mulberry is lovely - have you carried it yet?
Bwahahahaa!Funnies from the quarantine!
Ok, I’ve mentioned, I got married ridiculously young and had my babies shortly thereafter. While they were infants / toddlers, I was working full time as I finished grad school. Then my husband and I were busy building family and careers. So, looking “nice” at any level past serviceable / professional was the last thing on my list. Lol!
But, once my kids hit their teens, our lives were going well and I started dressing better (that’s also when I started addressing the horror that was my bag collection. LOL!). So, over the past few years, I’ve been having fun dressing well, being extra particular about my nails & hair, etc. (not a big makeup girl tho) and generally enjoying feeling girly.
<cue ominous music>
Then foot surgery, virus social distancing, working from home and cancelled vacations hit.
I don’t know how y’all are going on externally supported beauty processes but, it was getting kinda rough up in here. In an effort not to look like the love child of Sasquatch and Gollum, I’ve relearned the lost arts of plucking, manicuring, pedicuring, home hair coloring, sand blasting, spackling...
Because seriously... this meme is truth.
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What fun beauty processes are you rediscovering during the quarantine?
My mousy brown roots are going to make an appearance, but I have high and low lights done - so it won’t be a striking difference in color. I don’t get manicures - the polish never stays - even the gels. I get pedicures occasionally, but do them more often at home anyway.
However, because my facials (and dermaplaning) are all canceled for the near future, my luxurious mustache is going to have to be dealt with...
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Welcome to the thread. It’s great to have you here. There are lots of supportive people with great ideas. Many of us have been where you are right now. No matter where you are in building or curating your collection we can all learn from each other and work towards our goals. Don’t be too hard on yourself. You’re in good company.So, I read through all 188 pages of this thread, and I hope it's ok to join in, even though it's nearly April now. I need these kinds of thread to help me keep my mind when I just want to buy and also to hopefully bring my collection down closer to a number I feel is more reasonable.
Probably my biggest hurdle in regards to purchasing is that when something gets in my head, I can become borderline obsessive with it, and I haven't figure out how to get it out of my head other than to just buy it already. This is unfortunate because I seem to only have about a 50% success rate in the purchase working out for me. I do research my purchases a great deal, but I also have the wonderfully-awful ability to rationalize and convince myself into a purchase - even when I know there are things that probably won't work for me. I haven't figured out how to work through this yet, but I really need to because it just isn't a fiscally great way to do things.
My biggest hurdles in downsizing are sentimental attachments, the fact that I just love too many things, and a huge case of the "what ifs". I've done really well with listing a TON of bags to sell - ones that I didn't love. But I'm left with approx. 40 bags in my collection (including clutches, not including foldable totes like Longchamp or beach bags), which is more than I want. I can't seem to figure out where or how to downsize further though because I love what I have left.
Seems silly to be thinking of these things in the midst of all the uncertainty and concern in the world, but in the mess of thoughts tumbling around in my head these days, this remains a part of them. Sending well-wishes to you all. I hope you are all staying as safe as possible.
Hi muchstuff, sorry to hear your bags are stuck at the border, your lack of income and kiddos needing help. That really sucks. When things turn around, I hope you can find your perfect Celine phantom cabas - I have one in black and it is a fantastic tote."Probably my biggest hurdle in regards to purchasing is that when something gets in my head, I can become borderline obsessive with it, and I haven't figure out how to get it out of my head other than to just buy it already."
THIS. You're not alone, I suspect many of us have the same issue. In the midst of the world insanity going on I'm obsessing about a Celine phantom cabas, even though I currently have two bags held up in the US that I won't be able to access until the border reopens. Plus we have no income at this time and have to help our two kids with living expenses as they have no jobs at the moment either. Handbag addiction is real...
Fantastic and elegant collection of classy black beauties @cowgirlsboots!
Gorgeous family!
Beautiful! I really like the mini Preston, but I love that Marleigh!
Gorgeous bags!
Oh gosh - that K is darling!
Is that a mandolin charm? It’s adorable too!
It's a fado guitar charm (Hermes petit H exclusive to Portugal)
this post proves that you can have a lot of black bags without too much overlap. They are all so beautiful and different from each other.
Lovely black collection! I haven’t seen that python Twist before, what a treasure! I was infatuated with the college bag a few months ago and researched it all over the internet and over tpf. I wanted one in grey and didn’t end up pulling the trigger. Your college bag is a beauty. Which of your black bags do you carry most often?
Terrific black collection whateve! My favourites are your NYC Pouch and Gramercy satchel.
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I love your black collection @Uptown Luxer! Great modeling pics. I am twins with you on the Gucci Soho Disco and bag sisters with you on your Reissue 225 - mine is a 226 and one of my favourite and most worn bags!
Which black bags do you carry most frequently?My black bags,
2017
2020
2017
- Louis Vuitton Noir Epi Passy GM
- Celine Black Small Cabas Phantom with Belt
- Chanel Black Reissue 226 Aged Calf Ruthenium Hardware
- Louis Vuitton Noir Denim Neo Cabby MM
- Celine Black Medium Classic Box
- Chanel 15P Black Patent Coco Shine Small Flap
- Chanel Black Caviar O Case Double Pouch
- Vintage Coret Black Snakeskin Clutch (handed down from my MIL)
- Tory Burch Black Dena Foldover Messenger Bag
2020
- Celine Black Small Cabas Phantom with Belt
- Chanel Black Reissue 226 Aged Calf Ruthenium Hardware
- Vintage Black Coret Snakeskin Clutch
- Chanel 15P Black Patent Coco Shine Small Flap
- Chanel Black Caviar Wallet on Chain Gold Hardware
- Gucci Black Soho Disco
Thank you very much!!!I love your black collection @Uptown Luxer! Great modeling pics. I am twins with you on the Gucci Soho Disco and bag sisters with you on your Reissue 225 - mine is a 226 and one of my favourite and most worn bags!
Yes, the reissue is awesome! I wish I could use it more.
My most used black bags are: the Mulberry Lily, Chanel Business Affinity, Gucci disco, a cheapy crossbody from Banana republic that I always wear in the rain ... lol that bag has intact and it costed me $10 5 years ago (ironic). I go through phases. There was a time I was using the YSL woc every weekend. I think their pebbled leather is well made.
What about you?
Thank you very very much!!!!
I must say that this thread has been helping me to find beauty and gratitude in my current collection and lust less after other bags. Taking pictures of our collections help to have a bird’s eye view