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

[doni]

I´d been planning my outfit for ages. Everything was chosen and prepared- dress, hat, shoes, bag.
Then I found the last model of the Dior Trailer Trash range I really wanted and hubby fell in love with the bag (it resembles a car!) telling me I just had to wear it for the car show.
My chosen outfit wasn´t perfect anymore, so today I shopped in my own wardrobe, found a long forgotten dress, finally altered it to fit and embellished it a bit to be the perfect canvas for my handbag.

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Love your vintage treasure and your whole look!

My daughter started daycare last September or October, and we've been sick on and off since then. Seriously, it feels like she hasn't had a few days of being healthy in a row this entire time!

Also wondering, what are your best tips for staying on track with your purchases? I spend a lot of timing surfing around on instagram for bags, TheRealReal, Vestiaire Collective, etc. And a decent amount of time on TPF too. I know people mentioned the wishlist ideas and keeping things on there for a month before making a purchase. Do you mostly try to avoid shopping websites to not get sidetracked?

The first year of your first's daycare is a constant discovery of illnesses you never thought you'd catch... Brace yourself and pray for Summer.

I am very good at delaying online purchases. I put something in the wish list, and if I am not thinking about it a few weeks down the road that's it. It does work, but you have to accept things being sold out. Occasionally, if I think something is going to go soon I would buy it, you can always send it back although I rather save the hassle.

In shops, the other day the SA in one of my usual multibrand boutiques was laughing to a friend that she never expects me to buy something the day I try it, that I always have to sleep over it. So I guess I also do the same thing.

My weakness is shopping while travelling, if I get into a shop, and the SA is good, I can fall for impulse buying.

I like your idea of our BOTD. Today I’m in my Fendi BTW. View attachment 4652710 I’ve completely fallen out of love with this bag. It’s super functional and looks sleek - so, it’s definitely has a place in my collection. But, I just wish super functional could also be super cute..

Nice bag and I love the suculents in the background!

 

[momasaurus]

It has been less active perhaps, but this is just my third year on this thread so I can’t really say. I’ve been *trying* to really use what I have - which makes the challenges* important for me - they make me use my bags.
I really like the end of the month tally too - though I often think “Gee Cookie - you’re TERRIBLE at this!”
I like having a place where we cheer each other on, celebrate our sales... and our purchases...
(I have another to confess to ) I like seeing posts of the purses in action - though I know there’s another thread specifically for that - it’s fun to see what each of us is wearing.

1) What if we did a “A Day in My Purse” - we show the purse we’re carrying, what’s in it, where it went that day, if it had an adventure (snowy day, fell off the seat (guilty), the dog slobbered on it, etc) and then what we thought of it that day.
2) I did kinda enjoy my month of only 4 bags - I know a lot of us couldn’t do that but it was fun - what if we did just a week?



* The Hermes SOTD thread works the same way for me - it encourages me to wear something I might have forgotten about otherwise, and makes me really look at them. This week is something with trees - do I have anything with trees on it? Oh hellz yes I do and i haven’t worn this one in a while! So I pull them out and wear them!

same here. i really enjoy this thread, including the side tracks! I like hearing how others curb spending, I like seeing bags I don't know anything about, I like sharing goals. I like all the eye candy in threads like Your Hermes in Action, but I feel like we are real people here, LOL.

 

[momasaurus]

This makes me nervous... here´s a pic my son took tonight. No make-up, hair not properly done, no stockings... total lack of fine tuning and taken right amidst our messy main room, but I dare show it with a filter on top... please don´t laugh!

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Cool look. Focus on the bag, with just a bit of fun fur. Not overdone. Good job!

 

[doni]

So I feel very ashamed. January is not over, and I have yet to fix a budget starting February, and I have already bought a bag...
I seem to have spent the last year or so reassessing my handbag needs, and really, it is about time this exercise stops.

I was considering purchasing an Hermes maxi Double Sens in sikkim from a PF member. This bag (which is quite rare) has been in my radar for a while. The standard 45 DS didn't work for me: too heavy and kept slipping off my shoulder. I feel I am constantly on the lookout for a simple and capacious tote that has the functionality of the LV Neverfull but is very much not the LV Neverfull. I have tried so many to no avail. So this seemed to make sense.
So as I was thinking of this I visited Loewe's flagship in Madrid to look at some shoes but ended up trying the new all leather Cushion Tote and buying it on the spot, which is very unlike me. I do think it has the potential of being the Neverfull-substitute I am seeking. We'll see.

Now I have to consider which bag needs to go, because one definitely will...

 

[msd_bags]

And...this thread is really much less active than in the past. In past years we had thousands of posts by the time we started the color showcase. This year we may not make it to a thousand.

We should think of some ideas to shake things up. Lol!

I’ve been much busier at work since middle of last year. I didn’t share it then, but I got promoted! So more responsibility. And a little less time for bags and tpf. But still managed some purchases.

Today was a "first": I made up an outfit around a handbag.
We´ll be going to Paris soon to visit the Salon Retromobile- a vintage car show. Hubby loves it and while I ´m fine with seeing the cars and feeling the atmosphere the thing I like most about it is that it is an opportunity for me to wear one of my true vintage outfits without looking ridiculous.
I´d been planning my outfit for ages. Everything was chosen and prepared- dress, hat, shoes, bag.
Then I found the last model of the Dior Trailer Trash range I really wanted and hubby fell in love with the bag (it resembles a car!) telling me I just had to wear it for the car show.
My chosen outfit wasn´t perfect anymore, so today I shopped in my own wardrobe, found a long forgotten dress, finally altered it to fit and embellished it a bit to be the perfect canvas for my handbag.

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Cute bag!

My daughter started daycare last September or October, and we've been sick on and off since then. Seriously, it feels like she hasn't had a few days of being healthy in a row this entire time! Sometimes it's just a runny nose and sometimes it's a fever on and off, and one ear infection. The way that it is with me being around her almost all the time, I end up getting whatever she's sick with although not as bad. And my husband does too, but worse, and he's working full time. We're having a rough time over here! But whenever we're mostly well we try to get out of the house. Has anyone else had issues staying healthy this winter?

Also wondering, what are your best tips for staying on track with your purchases? I spend a lot of timing surfing around on instagram for bags, TheRealReal, Vestiaire Collective, etc. And a decent amount of time on TPF too. I know people mentioned the wishlist ideas and keeping things on there for a month before making a purchase. Do you mostly try to avoid shopping websites to not get sidetracked?

Wishing you and your family good health!

It has been less active perhaps, but this is just my third year on this thread so I can’t really say. I’ve been *trying* to really use what I have - which makes the challenges* important for me - they make me use my bags.
I really like the end of the month tally too - though I often think “Gee Cookie - you’re TERRIBLE at this!”
I like having a place where we cheer each other on, celebrate our sales... and our purchases...
(I have another to confess to ) I like seeing posts of the purses in action - though I know there’s another thread specifically for that - it’s fun to see what each of us is wearing.

1) What if we did a “A Day in My Purse” - we show the purse we’re carrying, what’s in it, where it went that day, if it had an adventure (snowy day, fell off the seat (guilty), the dog slobbered on it, etc) and then what we thought of it that day.
2) I did kinda enjoy my month of only 4 bags - I know a lot of us couldn’t do that but it was fun - what if we did just a week?



* The Hermes SOTD thread works the same way for me - it encourages me to wear something I might have forgotten about otherwise, and makes me really look at them. This week is something with trees - do I have anything with trees on it? Oh hellz yes I do and i haven’t worn this one in a while! So I pull them out and wear them!

I like A Day in My Purse!

I have greatly slowed my pace of bag acquisition but, I haven’t been focused on just shopping my closet. And, my life has been chaotic with work and Mr. S’s illness last year. So, that’s made me much less bag focused. Plus, I’m just not loving recent bag offerings. I’m not a big logo girl so logomania just looks gauche to me.

I like your idea of our BOTD. Today I’m in my Fendi BTW. View attachment 4652710 I’ve completely fallen out of love with this bag. It’s super functional and looks sleek - so, it’s definitely has a place in my collection. But, I just wish super functional could also be super cute.

To be honest, while they are all good looking, high quality premier bags, I’m just not in love with any of my 3 functional medium / large black bags (this, my YSL mono Cabas and Max Mara Whitney). If I see something better, I’d likely get it and sell one or more that I have.

Oh no, sad to hear you’re not in love with this Fendi!! You had a great review for it in the past.

 

[msd_bags]

So I feel very ashamed. January is not over, and I have yet to fix a budget starting February, and I have already bought a bag...
I seem to have spent the last year or so reassessing my handbag needs, and really, it is about time this exercise stops.

I was considering purchasing an Hermes maxi Double Sens in sikkim from a PF member. This bag (which is quite rare) has been in my radar for a while. The standard 45 DS didn't work for me: too heavy and kept slipping off my shoulder. I feel I am constantly on the lookout for a simple and capacious tote that has the functionality of the LV Neverfull but is very much not the LV Neverfull. I have tried so many to no avail. So this seemed to make sense.
So as I was thinking of this I visited Loewe's flagship in Madrid to look at some shoes but ended up trying the new all leather Cushion Tote and buying it on the spot, which is very unlike me. I do think it has the potential of being the Neverfull-substitute I am seeking. We'll see.

Now I have to consider which bag needs to go, because one definitely will...

Hope this tote works well for you!! I want a Loewe at some point.

 

[FizzyWater]

I’ve been much busier at work since middle of last year. I didn’t share it then, but I got promoted! So more responsibility. And a little less time for bags and tpf. But still managed some purchases.

Belated congratulations!

 

[msd_bags]

Belated congratulations!

Thanks!

 

[cowgirlsboots]

If you are patient, I'm sure you will run across the right deal for you. I just bought a celine bag which I never thought would be possible since I'd never spend over $700 on a bag. But she arrived today, is authentic and gorgeous. Way better condition than expected.


I've been terrible with shopping my closet so far, but great with the one in one out and keeping within my budget (still haven't touched my $700 net new spend).

Aww, that´s a beautiful bag! Congratulations! I fully understand you are still nervous about using it. I´d be the same. Always scared to ruin a handbag.

My closet (or endless boxes, suitcases and other storing places) almost always manage to surprise me and I always -and this should be spelled with a capital A- should go wardrobe shopping before buying anything new. Feeling nervous about wrecking items I far too often put them away "for an occasion" and forget about them.

You are right: patience is the key to great bargains. I´ll keep sitting in the (inter)net like a giant bag-loving spider and wait for my bargains to turn up.

 

[cowgirlsboots]

Love your vintage treasure and your whole look!

Thank-you! And a big thank-you to everyone for the lovely comments!

As always today I´m questioning the look, again, but this will go away. The dress needs steaming and the styling some effort.

The Trailer Trash bags are a big passion of mine. They speak to me! I feel them!
Here´s my range, which I think is complete for me now as I don´t care for the tote model and think the smallish saddle style bag wouldn´t be of any use to me. Better not even start thinking about all the lovely SLGs....

 

[cowgirlsboots]

Cool look. Focus on the bag, with just a bit of fun fur. Not overdone. Good job!

Thank-you! This was the idea behind the outfit.
The fur is the real thing, though... found in one of my boxes of furs people gave to me to play with (it must have been taken from some expensive wool coat) obviously waiting for exactly this dress. I love it when components find each other.

 

[essiedub]

So I feel very ashamed. January is not over, and I have yet to fix a budget starting February, and I have already bought a bag...
I seem to have spent the last year or so reassessing my handbag needs, and really, it is about time this exercise stops.

I was considering purchasing an Hermes maxi Double Sens in sikkim from a PF member. This bag (which is quite rare) has been in my radar for a while. The standard 45 DS didn't work for me: too heavy and kept slipping off my shoulder. I feel I am constantly on the lookout for a simple and capacious tote that has the functionality of the LV Neverfull but is very much not the LV Neverfull. I have tried so many to no avail. So this seemed to make sense.
So as I was thinking of this I visited Loewe's flagship in Madrid to look at some shoes but ended up trying the new all leather Cushion Tote and buying it on the spot, which is very unlike me. I do think it has the potential of being the Neverfull-substitute I am seeking. We'll see.

Now I have to consider which bag needs to go, because one definitely will...

Ooh...Won’t you post your new Loewe? ..bonus pints as an action shot!

 

[sexycombover]

Aww, that´s a beautiful bag! Congratulations! I fully understand you are still nervous about using it. I´d be the same. Always scared to ruin a handbag.

My closet (or endless boxes, suitcases and other storing places) almost always manage to surprise me and I always -and this should be spelled with a capital A- should go wardrobe shopping before buying anything new. Feeling nervous about wrecking items I far too often put them away "for an occasion" and forget about them.

You are right: patience is the key to great bargains. I´ll keep sitting in the (inter)net like a giant bag-loving spider and wait for my bargains to turn up.

On the contrary, I got this bag for cheaper than some contemporary designer bags I own! So I will use it as frequently as I can with no fear, which is what I was trying to get at with your patience. I waited and stuck to my principles of not spending more than $700 on a bag and I found a celine for less than that, which is pretty much unheard of. And I am confident in its authenticity.


Oh I like the colour challenge, although I dont have a big range of colours in my collection. I will try to participate.

 

[Mulberrygal]

I’ll post in color weeks...just cuz it’ll get me too at least look at some of my shelf decor and then pull them out for use. I need all the help and encouragement possible...because...

Confession time: I have been carrying my LV neverfull pretty much nonstop ...after all the bag acquisitions, totes are my thing. And this one is light. I like to be able to carry it ALL in one bag. I was loving my Dior Panarea tote but this size is even more accommodating. Grr...What am I going to do? I feel stupid, to be honest. So many bags but I love them..just don’t use them Just wait..you’ll see

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I’ve seen this bag a few times on tPF but finally googled how it’s worn. I thought it was carried by the side “handles”. Lol!
Don’t feel stupid. Most of us have been there. You buy bags you think are beautiful or feel you “should” have. Then life happens and you realize you want and need bags with a totally different function or use. When this happened to me I just had to gut it out and sell a ton of bags, try some others, sell them and finally get to this current collection that works for me. And, I still just mentioned that I need some larger, more practical bags.

I don’t know your life stage but, if you are younger with children, you may find you need larger bags now but will use your smaller bags later. That’s what happened with me. When I stopped having to schlep our lives in my bag, my bag needs changed. If this is a possibility, perhaps you keep some bags you aren’t using as much now for when that transition happens.

Whatever you decide, it will be fun to hear about / see you play with your collection!

Yes I can definitely relate to this. My bag collection has changed so much over the years. I've Lusted after bags so often and then when I get them they sit on the shelf for all sorts of different reasons,

My last big change came a couple of years ago when I gave up work (or work gave up me ) and it seemed more than half of my bags became redundant. The collection that I felt I had finally got right. It's a funny thing that we prepare for retirement but don't consider winding down our bags at the same time.

I seem to have tried to change my collection too quickly and most of my bags don't feeel quite right. There are also some I got rid off and I shouldn't have............this has left a bad taste and I'm now hanging onto some bags just because I may have sellers regret

I know I want less bags, a small manageable collection, the majority of which I'd like to carry regularly but I'm left with a muddled little lot that doesn't feel right I need to have fun with it.

COLOR WEEK BAG SHOWCASE!

• New color weeks start each Sunday.
• Don’t jump ahead but, if you miss a week you can show your bags “late”.
• Show bags individually or in a group.
• You do NOT have to wear the bags that week.
• For added fun, show pictures from previous years (2016-2019) or even just one photo from when you started your collection to demonstrate how you have curated it over time. Yes

Week of:
Feb. 16: Red (including burgundy)
Feb. 23: Orange & Yellow
Mar 1: Green
Mar 8: Blue & Indigo (including turquoise & teal)
Mar. 15: Violet (including purple & pink)
Mar. 22: Black
Mar. 29: Gray
Apr. 5: White & Cream
Apr. 12 Brown & Tan
Apr. 19: Metallic
Apr. 26: Jeweled and all other embellished
May 3: Multicolored

Two handy ways to find past photos:

1) Go back to the old years’ shopping your closet threads and search through posts to find yours:

• 2016 photos start with post #3569
• 2017 photos start with post #4476
• 2018 photos start with post #3237
• 2019 photos start with post #2683

2) Do a search using the forum’s search function. Click on the looking glass in the upper right hand corner. It will bring up a search box. Enter your search terms for a bag or for a phrase posted by you with your user name and it will pull up entries that match.

I'm looking forward to this but how does it fit with the February challenge. We can still start that at the beginning of February?

 

[Mulberrygal]

Finally got around to switching out bags!

Thank you! Small but I don't carry much. I've only used it a few times now but the strap length is perfect crossbody for me.

I love the Chanel for usability. After weeks straight of use, I don't know that I'm fully in love with the design anymore but I do tend to fall out of love with bags quickly. It's difficult to know what I will really love for a longtime because even bags I'm beyond happy to see in the boutique (H), I don't love as much later on. This bag is smushy but I believe it's lambskin and there are goatskin versions now, so I'm not sure if those would be different? I'm not entirely sure what the leather is but I did buy it in December of last year and I think goatskin only came out this year? The chain is a lot and it annoys me a bit when it gets twisted, but I like the length of it crossbody (not as long as the mini Lindy or my other crossbody bags) and it's a really practical bag for me. For some reason I don't baby it as much as my Hermes bags and I like having the top handle option to grab it, pick up the baby, and head out to the car.

Oh this C is stunning, I adore it. I tried some in store from the 19 range and adored them, they were so super squidgy and so soft. They had a white one that I wanted sooooo badly but although everything about the bag said buy me ..........I just couldn't think I'd ever find a use for it

Taking this moment to express my gratitude towards being able to find and own such beautiful items. As some of you may know, most of my handbag collection is thrifted and from consignment shops. I feel that sometimes we get caught up in the hype of stalking new pieces that we forget the ones that are sitting in our collections. As someone who strives to lead a more ethical lifestyle, I'm blessed that I have so many options in terms of thrift stores. I'm also grateful that I have plenty of opportunities to thrift.

This is such a lovely post. I think we should all stop and count our blessings sometimes. We are very, very fortunate to own such beautiful luxury items.