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

[More bags]

I really need to see outfit #2! Leopard print car coat and gold boots?! Ooh ooh do post a photo..better yet, wear it again and post a modeling shot!!

Oh, yes, pleaaaassssee!

Here’s a pic of the leopard print car coat and gold sock booties. The sock booties I picked up for a steal. Holt Renfrew was the main upscale store in my city. Nordstrom was coming to town to open up a store. Holt Renfrew sent me a coupon for $500CDN to spend in their store. I found these Loeffler Randall Kassidy gold glittered stretch-knit sock boots and paid the tax $14.50CDN for these fun booties. Here’s a link to Net A Porter for other views of the booties.
https://www.net-a-porter.com/en-gb/...sidy-glittered-stretch-knit-sock-boots/991020

 

[cowgirlsboots]

Yay for joining the challenge.
Your bag has that cool girl chic look. Great bag spill pic. I love your red wallet!

Thank-you!
This bag- together with the same in red as I simply couldn´t decide which one was nicer and did the crazy thing to get both- was my first ever premier designer bag. I bought it in 2014 and haven´t worn it much, because I always feared to ruin it.

 

[whateve]

I hope those who will get my bag will enjoy using them, not just get cash for them.

I do too but I have a spreadsheet showing what I paid so I hope they at least price them correctly when they resell them.

 

[whateve]

Here is a picture of the Ferragamo.

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I like Ferragamo but I'd probably never pay full price for one. They have terrible resale.

 

[cowgirlsboots]

Thank you. I believe she and my grandfather played bridge, and she would also have been aware of Cassandre's cards so it seemed perfect.

I have carried her, but I am a bit over-sensitive about it. Sometimes that's not so much fun for me or the poor people I'm with, so I'd have to know exactly where I'm going and what I'm doing.



It's a good point, just for a sanity check, just do ditch ones we only like but don't love.

I would just enjoy them, I know my grandmother did, and she didn't have many. Unless they're collector's pieces from the start, we should't run mini 'museum' IMO. That's my tendency, and actually I need to fight it, who knows what's important to the next gen?

I have seen so many new members on tPF that have joined, having just received inherited bags from relatives, asking for authenticity on the AT Gucci thread. I'd say 75% want to know, is it authentic? How much is it worth and where can they sell it?

If my bags went to the next generation I fear they would only wonder about authenticity and potential sales value for most of my bags. My DDs aren´t into the crazy Galiano pieces I love so much like the Trailer Trash bags. Even the Gaucho would be frowned upon. I think the only bag both DDs would want is the New Lock... So I better take your advice and wear and enjoy my bags as long as I can.

 

[cowgirlsboots]

I do too but I have a spreadsheet showing what I paid so I hope they at least price them correctly when they resell them.

That´s a great idea! If I did something like your spreadsheet I´d make sure to add the average price the bags fetch on the resale sites at the time of purchase as some of mine were fantastic bargains.

 

[cowgirlsboots]

What is the item with the pictures on it. I like the look of it? Is it a planner?

It´s one of the little pouches I made out of some big non-woven shopping bags from the Bhv Marais department store in Paris. I keep my hand sanitizer and a spare mask in it.
The design is a map of the Marais quarter in Paris that happens to be my favourite Parisian quarter.

 

[cowgirlsboots]

Here’s a pic of the leopard print car coat and gold sock booties. The sock booties I picked up for a steal. Holt Renfrew was the main upscale store in my city. Nordstrom was coming to town to open up a store. Holt Renfrew sent me a coupon for $500CDN to spend in their store. I found these Loeffler Randall Kassidy gold glittered stretch-knit sock boots and paid the tax $14.50CDN for these fun booties. Here’s a link to Net A Porter for other views of the booties.
https://www.net-a-porter.com/en-gb/...sidy-glittered-stretch-knit-sock-boots/991020
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Wow to the great outfit! And wow to the unbelievable deal on your booties!

 

[cowgirlsboots]

My first ever:

 

[cowgirlsboots]

Here’s a pic of the leopard print car coat and gold sock booties. The sock booties I picked up for a steal. Holt Renfrew was the main upscale store in my city. Nordstrom was coming to town to open up a store. Holt Renfrew sent me a coupon for $500CDN to spend in their store. I found these Loeffler Randall Kassidy gold glittered stretch-knit sock boots and paid the tax $14.50CDN for these fun booties. Here’s a link to Net A Porter for other views of the booties.
https://www.net-a-porter.com/en-gb/...sidy-glittered-stretch-knit-sock-boots/991020
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I found a photo of my gold boots, but still don´t know where I put them...

 

[LPR200]

It´s one of the little pouches I made out of some big non-woven shopping bags from the Bhv Marais department store in Paris. I keep my hand sanitizer and a spare mask in it.
The design is a map of the Marais quarter in Paris that happens to be my favourite Parisian quarter.

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Those are adorable!!!!

 

[cowgirlsboots]

Those are adorable!!!!

Thank-you so much! Other department stores like Le Bon Marché sell all sorts of pouches and small items with their brand pattern. (The Le Bon Marché version looks a bit like Goyard!) Le bhv doesn´t. I only found the huge recycled shopping bags, so took a couple of them home and made my own pouches. I gave some to my children as souvenirs and they liked them.

 

[LPR200]

Thank-you so much! Other department stores like Le Bon Marché sell all sorts of pouches and small items with their brand pattern. (The Le Bon Marché version looks a bit like Goyard!) Le bhv doesn´t. I only found the huge recycled shopping bags, so took a couple of them home and made my own pouches. I gave some to my children as souvenirs and they liked them.

Those are great souvenirs and special, since you made them! I'm going to try it if when I get to go back to Paris (one day we'll travel again, right?)

 

[cowgirlsboots]

Those are great souvenirs and special, since you made them! I'm going to try it if when I get to go back to Paris (one day we'll travel again, right?)

Hopefully we will be allowed to travel without too many restrictions, soon. Actually I was very daring and booked flights to Paris and made hotel reservations for February 21. The hotel can be cancelled without charge until the very last day. The money for the flights I´ll lose in case we can´t go...


This is what Le Bon Marché sells. they aren´t cheap, but very nice quality. Next time I might get a small one. The design represents their escalators.

 

[papertiger]

Here’s the Gucci Small Padlock Top Handle. I really like this bag, I think it’s very chic. This is the bag that replaced my Loewe Puzzle - I loved the Puzzle, but when it started to have edge coat cracking in just 10 months (and y’all know it’s not my only black bag), I returned it. Cracked edge coating is one thing I do not like at all. @Sparkletastic noted that the Padlock is smaller than the Puzzle, and it is... so I don’t carry it as much as I would if it just a little bigger. It’s more of a “going out to dinner/hanging out with friends” type purse and less of an “omg I’m late for work, throw everything in there” bag.
But it sure is pretty!
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This pocket on the back is not useful - but slim things like a mask, tickets, or bus passes fit fine.
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Inside and bag spill (phone fits too)
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One concern I have is where the flap of the bag attaches to the purse. This is very sturdy leather - very structured and thick. When you open the flap all the way, A crease forms - the crease is a natural function/result of opening the bag - it has to be there, but I’m concerned that the leather might crack eventually... so I take care to moisturize this bag on a quarterly basis, in hopes of avoiding that.
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OMG when did 'this' happen? Stunning!