The second photo is priceless: "Still Life With Wicker & Face Mask"
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Thank you papertiger. I agree, that is a good description of Etoupe vs. Etain. Your Double Sens is fabulous. Everything looks great on you!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.
Thankmomasaurus, I love side by side comparison pics, too.
Thank you dc. I love grey bags and these ones are so versatile in my lifestyle.
momasaurus, this is a beautiful bag. I love the leather, the handle and the hardware - just perfect.
Love it!!!
I didn’t like wicker handbags when I first joined the forum. Now I’m hungry to have one!!!@dcooney4 - Don’t you have a gorgeous wicker bag? Can you show another pic?
It has a blue and white gingham lining.Love it!!!
@dcooney4 - Don’t you have a gorgeous wicker bag? Can you show another pic?
Tradesy sounds like a real pain to me. I love the frozen bagel comparison! A 20% higher price sounds not enough to make up for the hassle especially when they accept silly returns.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.
Thank-you! It´s good to know that it was not one of the bigger selling sites. Living in an area where people go to Poland to buy cheap fakes I am afraid of all Eastern European sellers. I might do many wrong with this attitude, though.Yes! That’s the approach I was planning to take hoping that it works. I also think I can branch out and use brown accessories with cream / winter white vs always choosing pure white.
It’s time to mix things up.
I was really surprised how quickly I got the refund. I mailed it back on Monday and got the refund today.
This was from an eBay seller in the Ukraine. Only 70 ratings so I doubt they are a professional seller. Though they may have not done much in the US (?)
Thanks for your kind words keodi!I love your Gray family!
it's beautiful!
Thanks everyone for the kind words about my brown collection. I was doing the multi-quote thing responding to you all individually and then the thing croaked...ugh
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!!Here are some closeups of the “thready” flap. It is like a jersey base fabric with squiggly black woven threads.
Thanks! The thready flap is remarkably versatile.casual or dressy. I conclude that browns really go with everything, even black. Perhaps you should really look at Caramels and mustards. They are such great neutrals for pretty much everyone.
The fog has come in and hoping the lower temperatures will help the firefighters. We haven’t even gone into the official fire season yet..scary. I have disaster fatigue. It’s been a pretty bad 4 years all around. Bummer about your canceled annual opera-museum-Shopping excursion. What was on your shopping list? It’s so nice that your DH participates in the shopping! I haven’t ventured downtown in a while but I think stores are open. The opera is not. No you haven’t seen my brown collection because I lose momentum as the color weeks go on. As you can tell, I am months behind. Maybe we can do our color showcase on a monthly basis in 2021..just cuz I am slow? Yes the flap is both fabric and leather inside. I really like how they combine materials!
I really like textiles and the non-leather pieces always draw my eye. More on this in another post. Thank you!Beautiful brown collection! Your Belt Bag is lovely, congratulations on your addition. Your Chanel EW flap catches my my eye, for the visual interest/texture and it is so different.
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.
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!!!
Thanks! The thready flap is remarkably versatile.casual or dressy. I conclude that browns really go with everything, even black. Perhaps you should really look at Caramels and mustards. They are such great neutrals for pretty much everyone.
Good to hear from you, @essiedub . Yes, it's been quite a week in California! We're still seeing the aftereffects. We didn't have to evacuate, but friends only 20 miles away were under an evacuation warning, and a bit further away they did a full-out evacuation (though they were allowed back yesterday). The air is still pretty bad. Ugh.
Anyway. Back to happy subjects. Like your gorgeous brown collection. I don't think I've ever seen a family photo of them before… love the variety of shapes and styles. A brown for every purpose!
The Chanel flap: is it leather, or is it a tweed fabric? I believe @missie1 was thinking about getting a tweed Chanel a while ago. Do I have that correct? And that got me interested. I had planned to check it out when Mr. PG and I made our annual opera-museum-shopping trip to San Francisco this fall. (We've cancelled that trip, of course. Maybe next year. Something to look forward to!)
The fog has come in and hoping the lower temperatures will help the firefighters. We haven’t even gone into the official fire season yet..scary. I have disaster fatigue. It’s been a pretty bad 4 years all around. Bummer about your canceled annual opera-museum-Shopping excursion. What was on your shopping list? It’s so nice that your DH participates in the shopping! I haven’t ventured downtown in a while but I think stores are open. The opera is not. No you haven’t seen my brown collection because I lose momentum as the color weeks go on. As you can tell, I am months behind. Maybe we can do our color showcase on a monthly basis in 2021..just cuz I am slow? Yes the flap is both fabric and leather inside. I really like how they combine materials!
Thank you cookiefiend! I will need to reassess my wardrobe to see how to work in the alligator bag. Don't peek at the rainbow thread.. you already have some vibrant and fun SLGs!
I hadn't stumbled upon the H Rainbow thread. I may wander over there… though I appreciate the warning.But I've been on a bit of an SLG craze myself. Since I'm not going out much (A little.) (Hardly at all.) (Only to medical appointments.) I really have no need to switch handbags. But SLGs are fun, not horribly expensive, and can be swapped out to make the inside of my handbag interesting.
I haven't fallen down the rabbit hole of Hermès SLGs, though. Yet.
ETA: Can't find that H Rainbow thread. Can you post the link, if you have time?
Here you go! This started my SLG craze. It was like ..duh..of course I want bright fun colors! And they don’t take up much room and you can carry multiples, blah blah blah....
Rainbow of colors inside your H bag
can you post the rainbow of colors inside your H bag? i just picked up my vert anis Karo GM today and here's my little assorted of vibrant hues inside my H bag. what's inside your's? 35 birkin vert anis Blue jean dogon wallet Orange clarisse clutch Vert anis Karo GM (with posts like these, i...
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