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

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Had a moment so here it is. First Honey, Oxblood, sunflower and then nutmeg. They smell so good.

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What a lovely family DC! I especially like that sunflower one!!

Oh it looks as if I’ve walked into a clutch collection discussion! So I’ll just have to be a bit off topic. It’s been quite a week here in Northern California. I need a break. So in honor of my new Celine Belt, I decided to pull out my brown bags. Oddly brown bags are just not shown much love, yet some of my favorites are brown! Who knew? So because I missed Brown week, here are my brown bags. I decided not to include the LV Monogram SLG’s (because they deserve their own photo anyway)

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The Neverfull...j’adore! So easy, so functional. I’d use it everyday (and did for many months). I am 100% a tote person.

The Speedy...this was my first real designer bag from when I got my first job. Sentimental and I do use it for overnight getaway trips. It holds more than you’d expect

The Chanel EW flap..golly for evenings out, I reach for this so frequently..spacious yet sleek and neutral. The woven threads give it interest. The interior is brown lambskin.

This vintage alligator kisslock bag, given to me by my mother-in-law. I’m guessing 40’s or 50’s. I really appreciate the craftsmanship. I definitely don’t have the panache to pull this off and have never carried it.

This Chloe Baylee, I use as a hand carry tote. I adore the colors (called yummy cookie). What I discovered was that I do like a slouchy bag, whereas I always thought that I prefer boxy structured bags(shrugs). Earlier, there was some discussion about Chloe bag weight..yup. The shoulder strap has a brass buckle and must add 5 lbs and it’s long (for cool girls 5’10” and taller) ..I don’t use it despite it being one of the cooler straps around.

Finally, my new (to me) Celine Belt bag. I’ll post on this separately.

That rounds out my brown collection!

Beautiful browns! I especially love your Celine Belt bag. When you showed it weeks(?) back for the first time, I was in awe of its beauty - didn’t know the Belt came out in this leather!

Beautiful browns! I’m looking for a multi shaded brown bag and would love to have something like your C flap!
I typically don’t like anything earth toned - mustard, mossy greens, pumpkin, brown, greige, ivory, etc. Visually they really don’t appeal to me at all. And, I don’t think they look good on me as I’m a walking earth tone - brown hair, brown skin, greenish hazel eyes... so adding a brown dress or hunter green blouse makes me feel like a wood nymph or a rejected hobbit from Lord of the Rings. I literally disappear in earth tones.

That being said, I‘m tip toeing out of my comfort zone. I want to wear more navy so, I decided to buy a very limited amount of brown accessories. First was the brown Louboutin boots I bought last year. Now I “need” a bag to coordinate with them (similar to essiedub’s gorgeous C Flap). It’s made me consider a canvas LV for the first time because I don’t want a brown bag in one brown shade. It has to do the work of coordinating with any brown shoe I buy going forward.

The biggest upside of this change for me is that I will likely wear more of my yellow gold jewelry. I have a ton of it and it’s calling to me again! The brightness of the yellow gold will also help keep me from feeling navy / brown / and perhaps cream additions to my wardrobe will still have life and energy on me.
Oooooh! Aviation martinis are my favorite!!!

Spark, I’m happy to note that you are giving yellow gold hardware a chance since you have some yellow gold jewelry. When I have a choice over hardware (e.g. when ordering from Marco Massaccesi) I have gravitated towards gold tone in the last 2 years maybe. It’s more elegant to my eyes. White gold is more casual. So depends also on how I intend to carry my bag.

 

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Warning: Rant ahead. I sold 3 items in August through eBay, Poshmark and Tradesy. No site is great for sellers but, I really despise Tradesy.

I shipped the item on Aug 9. Yet, they say I won’t receive the funds til Sept. 11. And, when sellers get cash proceeds (vs spending the money on the site) they charge 2.9% on top of the sales commission.

And, inevitably, I will have to call to shake the money loose after 9/11. More than a couple times they’ve “missed” the estimated funds available date and I‘ve had to keep calling to get the funds released.

In contrast, eBay gives you the money immediately. So, what justification can Tradesy have for holding the $$ for a month or more?Especially for established sellers?

To make matters worse, they don’t know the product. One buyer bought my bag, wore it because it came bag dirty, then sent it back for a refund claiming it was fake. Tradesy sided with the buyer. This was a bag I’d bought in the boutique. But Tradesy’s “authenticators” wouldn’t know a real bag from a frozen bagel.

I hate dealing with Tradesy so much that I list items 10-20% higher than I do on other sites due to the hassle factor

Thanks for letting me rant. This is reason number 728,615,009 that I’m so happy I have no more bags to sell. Now I’m down to a couple of pair of shoes and a few pieces of jewelry. (I hate selling so much I’m trying to restyle the jewelry vs sell.)

I am being soooo careful when I buy any and everything now. I never, ever want to sell anything again. I want to use my things til I wear them out or happily donate them. And, I want to feel like every purchase is exactly what I wanted.

At least that’s the last of your selling struggles.

 

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Thanks Purses &Perfumes. I agree re the practicality of grey beige in a,premier brand. I looked up the Vavin and liked it, but I’m unfamiliar with recent LV and thought it was weird that the brand name was printed on the outside (I prefer H blind stamp). I also prefer phw. For grey beige, i loved H etoupe, and got rid of all of my warmer toned Chanel beige. My favorite is the etoupe victoria which I wear somewhat empty and squashed close to the body. I got rid of a recent etoupe Evelyne bc it was more muddy brown than grey beige and subbed it with a sauge one. I also hesitated when it came time to pull the trigger on an etoupe birkin and instead chose a gold swift for the same muddy brown reasons. I also like some of the cool toned balenciaga beige but have not owned any in that color. . .

Which leather is your Victoria? Clemence?

Etain is my 'Etoupe' (Sikkim) and of course I love Gold.

I think perhaps Etoupe maybe my shadow colour. Some people look so perfect in it I stare in amazement at their coolness and chicness. I try it on and look - ill.

Continuing on the grey beige conversation ...
Yay @880 on your gold swift B!
Like @papertiger I also love H Etain. I have an Etain Clemence Bolide 31 and an Etain Evergrain Massai Cut 40. My first H bag was an Etoupe Clemence Evelyne 29. It is my most frequently carried bag. They each play different roles within my grey bags family.

 

[880]

Continuing on the grey beige conversation ...
Yay @880 on your gold swift B!
Like @papertiger I also love H Etain. I have an Etain Clemence Bolide 31 and an Etain Evergrain Massai Cut 40. My first H bag was an Etoupe Clemence Evelyne 29. It is my most frequently carried bag. They each play different roles within my grey bags family.

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Thank you! your choices are gorgeous! Love your taste!

 

[essiedub]

Continuing on the grey beige conversation ...
Yay @880 on your gold swift B!
Like @papertiger I also love H Etain. I have an Etain Clemence Bolide 31 and an Etain Evergrain Massai Cut 40. My first H bag was an Etoupe Clemence Evelyne 29. It is my most frequently carried bag. They each play different roles within my grey bags family.

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Oh grey! I love love grey bags and the H Etain is a special grey! It is so luscious on your bolide. Twins with you on that camera bag..mine is in dark silver. Or does the color difference make us cousins, per H SOTD hierarchy? Do you use it much? I find myself using my bigger bags more frequently now. Smaller bags are for events, but sadly, I have no events to attend.

 

[muchstuff]

Continuing on the grey beige conversation ...
Yay @880 on your gold swift B!
Like @papertiger I also love H Etain. I have an Etain Clemence Bolide 31 and an Etain Evergrain Massai Cut 40. My first H bag was an Etoupe Clemence Evelyne 29. It is my most frequently carried bag. They each play different roles within my grey bags family.

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I especially love your Massai Cut, it’s very near the top of my wish list.

 

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Thank you! your choices are gorgeous! Love your taste!

Thank you for your kind words 880.

Oh grey! I love love grey bags and the H Etain is a special grey! It is so luscious on your bolide. Twins with you on that camera bag..mine is in dark silver. Or does the color difference make us cousins, per H SOTD hierarchy? Do you use it much? I find myself using my bigger bags more frequently now. Smaller bags are for events, but sadly, I have no events to attend.

Thank you essiedub! Ha ha, yay twins/sisters/cousins on the Reissue Camera bag. I do find myself reaching for it quite often, it’s big enough to carry my day to day items it is one of the lighter colour bags in my bag wardrobe. Hopefully we’ll have events to attend and dress up for soon or someday in the near future.

I especially love your Massai Cut, it’s very near the top of my wish list.

Thanks muchstuff! I look forward to your pics when you find the right Massai Cut for you.

 

[papertiger]

Continuing on the grey beige conversation ...
Yay @880 on your gold swift B!
Like @papertiger I also love H Etain. I have an Etain Clemence Bolide 31 and an Etain Evergrain Massai Cut 40. My first H bag was an Etoupe Clemence Evelyne 29. It is my most frequently carried bag. They each play different roles within my grey bags family.

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Lovely bags!

Really helpful to see Etain and Etoupe at close quarters. You could almost say Etoupe looks like a grey-brown and Etain a browny-grey when seen like this.

I feel like wearing my Etain today now - well at least it's already in my wardrobe.

 

[momasaurus]

Oooooh! Aviation martinis are my favorite!!!

 

[momasaurus]

I love his voice, so I'll definitely do that. My next book (already in my library) is Memoirs of a Geisha. Of course, I read it years ago, when it first came out, but I thought it would be a nice audible book. Can't remember who narrates it. I do like that Audible lets you listen to the narrator for a few minutes before committing to the book. If a book is badly narrated, it makes me want to jump out of my skin!

Right now I'm listening to Trevor Noah's Born a Crime - always cool when the author reads their book!

 

[momasaurus]

basically I got the idea bc I logged onto fashionphile, filled my cart with ten items then deleted 1. The items that are only good for my imaginary life; 2. The items that I love but would not leave the closet; and, the items that are either too expensive for what they are or too similar to stuff I have Rehomed. . . Thereby leaving no items.

This is SOOO GOOD!!!

 

[momasaurus]

Continuing on the grey beige conversation ...
Yay @880 on your gold swift B!
Like @papertiger I also love H Etain. I have an Etain Clemence Bolide 31 and an Etain Evergrain Massai Cut 40. My first H bag was an Etoupe Clemence Evelyne 29. It is my most frequently carried bag. They each play different roles within my grey bags family.

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Perfect demonstration of the difference between etoupe and etain!

 

[dcooney4]

Continuing on the grey beige conversation ...
Yay @880 on your gold swift B!
Like @papertiger I also love H Etain. I have an Etain Clemence Bolide 31 and an Etain Evergrain Massai Cut 40. My first H bag was an Etoupe Clemence Evelyne 29. It is my most frequently carried bag. They each play different roles within my grey bags family.

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I love these . They all seem to be a darker version that I would enjoy too.

 

[momasaurus]

My J McLaughlin wicker purse. Even if I only carry it once a year, the cuteness is worth it.

 

[Cookiefiend]

My J McLaughlin wicker purse. Even if I only carry it once a year, the cuteness is worth it. View attachment 4832143View attachment 4832144

It is adorable!
(totally worth the space in the closet!)