Interesting, I’m sure I’d love a Chanel flap with its classic quilt but I’ve never seen one up close. I still want one! However, your bags is also gorgeous and I can see why it is you prefer it too!
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Bag shopping is far more pleasurable. 
@Katinahat i also am in a puppy mode and do 3-5 miles a day with my puppies. Brisk walking, in a very hilly neighborhood, is good for me. I'm soaked in sweat by the end.
But diet?! Girl, (@cowgirlsboots ) you know I'm not gonna do that. I just had seven pounds of fat sucked out of my gut and half that reinserted into my bottom, so you know I'm all about the shortcut.
I'm right now lusting over these particular bags :
But diet?! Girl, (@cowgirlsboots ) you know I'm not gonna do that. I just had seven pounds of fat sucked out of my gut and half that reinserted into my bottom, so you know I'm all about the shortcut.
I'm right now lusting over these particular bags :
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I saw some Chanel bags in the glass fronted cabinets of the Parisian resellers in February and up close they lost a bit of their magic to me. While in one shop I went crazy over the Dior Diva boots and wouldn´t have left without them, the Chanel bag on display just did not touch my heart.
The black New Lock I bought without having had seen it person ever before. When it arrived it was love at fist sight, touch, smell... this bag makes me happy and is absolutely usable for me.
My younger DD showed the same reaction when she spotted it. She flung it on her shoulder to take lots of Insta pictures. Sorry dear girl... I´m not parting with this!
After loving the black New lock so much I went for the super bargain mustard patent version and again was not disappointed. Even in this absolutely unusual to me colour and with GHW it´s a stunner. It went to the supermarket with me last week feeling totally natural on my arm. It holds all my essentials perfectly and would fit a lot more.
Unfortunately the shortcut is not within my means... it´s eat less or stay fat.
I knew that the quality decreased during MBMJ’s final years but this is a ridiculous comparison between an older and newer handbag. I recently thrifted the black quilted Julie for $8.49; this doesn’t even feel like leather. Look at how it compares to my graffiti lining classic q percy:
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They’re totally different, both gorgeous!
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@More bags!@Katinahat, 3-5 miles with your dogs is so impressive! Am sure you will lose the next seven pounds easily!
Your walks sound very strenuous! And that procedure sounds ouch! I’m not brave enough so would rather run or diet!
And those bag lusts are very special!
Thanks @880.They’re totally different, both gorgeous!
Thank you for your compliments
@Katinahat, 3-5 miles with your dogs is so impressive! Am sure you will lose the next seven pounds easily!
These are very pretty! Good luck with your selection.
My running days are in the past. I've had a hip replacement so no high impact exercise for me. It's fine. I prefer to exercise indoors in a temperature controlled environment, unless I'm swimming. It's a chore trying to find a kind of exercise that I don't mind doing. I do love swimming but can't do it year round. Now I've got an underdesk elliptical that I can use while sitting on the couch.
@doni, could you share what you mean when you say the Celine Classic is a flawed bag, please? I had one, sold it, it is on my list of bags I look at, I try to talk myself out of it as I decided to let one go previously.
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These both look like wonderful bags.
I always browse the SF site but I've yet to buy anything beyond a leather cuff. I always think SF are so grown-up, or to put it another way, bags you're not going to grow out of.
Mainly the strap. It is a total pain to change between the two settings, I mean, you need a whole morning (compare with the Constance or Verrou, which are my alternatives). Then those two sharp-as-knives pieces of hardware that cut onto anything you wear. I cannot carry it with knits and have to be careful with fur. In effect you cannot carry it as intended, with the two pieces sitting on top of the shoulders, because they would destroy your clothes. So you have to put them down but, as they are designed for the shoulders, you get an ugly loop when you do that.
I would also welcome an outside pocket but that is not such a big deal as the strap issues.
Otherwise, it is a stunningly beautiful bag. Why did you sell yours?
this is gorgeous on you! What a wonderful experience—thanks for sharing it. My jewelry life is mostly vicarious.We were at Hudson Yards looking at a patek for DH at watches of Switzerland. We couldn’t get into Cartier bc we didn’t have an appointment. I didn’t think I was a VCA person, but VCA was across the corridor, and the VCA guard said we could just walk in. . . So after a very fun time in one of the rooms where they let me try on everything I wanted (I had called my Verdura SA to ask her for her VCA suggestions for me) and it turns out that the retail jewelry and watch world is small and all of the people who have helped us at Lange, Verdura and VCA all know each other well socially. everyone weighed in and decided this six motif dark grey, white and black magic necklace was the best first one for me. I find buying jewelry is a group effort, and I’m most comfortable when DH, Jewelry professional, and I all love the piece. It changes color in different light. My requirements for a piece of jewelry are : it has to go with jeans, a tshirt and sneakers; it has to mix well with my other jewelry but not match; and, it has to look like it could have always lived on my person, not look brand new). And, I ran it thorough @papertiger criteria too (your points re wearability, durability, non-starter, etc. from the designer jewelry thread)
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