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

[momasaurus]

No news on bags, but I did purchase a potentially disastrous, spontaneous SLG from Hermes. I passed that hideous professional exam I told you about (second try. It took me all Summer to study for and I hated most of it apart from officially mentoring 3 of my colleagues, so thank goodness I passed because I wasn't even sure I wanted to try again. Funny thing, the first time I studied hard and diligently, did all the right things, presentation to time, all the right docs, 3 000 words on theory blah blah. This time, I didn't have a minute to prep and in the exam was stopped mid-flow ramble etc. Same stony-faced woman on the panel too. Anyway, I passed - straight to Hermes.com to celebrate

I feel a renewed sense of energy towards doing bay and selling though, my mannequin is wearing a sheepskin I'll take pictures of tomorrow. Never mind bags, I want at least 6 coats gone.

Congrats on passing that exam. They probably make everyone try twice. Can we see your new item—potentially dangerous?
EDIT: potentially dangerous indeed.... to me! I am addicted to Calvis (the little ones that don’t make such a dent in the bank account) and want to hear about this one. Great colors!

 

[msd_bags]

No news on bags, but I did purchase a potentially disastrous, spontaneous SLG from Hermes. I passed that hideous professional exam I told you about (second try. It took me all Summer to study for and I hated most of it apart from officially mentoring 3 of my colleagues, so thank goodness I passed because I wasn't even sure I wanted to try again. Funny thing, the first time I studied hard and diligently, did all the right things, presentation to time, all the right docs, 3 000 words on theory blah blah. This time, I didn't have a minute to prep and in the exam was stopped mid-flow ramble etc. Same stony-faced woman on the panel too. Anyway, I passed - straight to Hermes.com to celebrate

I feel a renewed sense of energy towards doing bay and selling though, my mannequin is wearing a sheepskin I'll take pictures of tomorrow. Never mind bags, I want at least 6 coats gone.

Yayyy, congrats!!

 

[papertiger]

Yayyy, congrats!!

Congrats! That is wonderful news.

Thank you!

Congrats on passing that exam. They probably make everyone try twice. Can we see your new item—potentially dangerous?
EDIT: potentially dangerous indeed.... to me! I am addicted to Calvis (the little ones that don’t make such a dent in the bank account) and want to hear about this one. Great colors!

LOL, you may be right, don't want to make it seem too easy.

Exactly. And the type of card holder I'm replacing anyway. The individual slot ones don't work for me, either I'm embarrassing myself trying to get my card out in a queue, tug tug, or the slots are too big and cards fall in my bag (if lucky). The most important thing is not to lose ones cards, I need a bright colour in Epsom but not too light. My Rubis Dogon duo is actually a really good wallet, very good decision, but too big and heavy for the Evie round my next for hours. I'd like a little Lime or Granny Calvi for CCs and a Bambou for business cards (even though I bought a Georg Jensen in silver - again forgot about weight). I thought I'd get a co-ord Bastia while I'm about it.

Catch is, I have an a GM agenda (they're not that big) for to do lists, and a GM Ezip for a larger note book for taking notes during meetings. I need to think what I can use this one for. I never buy H without looking at things IRL unless I'm 100% sure (some scarves).

I can put-up with a difficult bag if it's beautiful enough, but I can't have spare SLGs just lying around. Anyone else have these problems with SLGs?

 

[muchstuff]

After a few days cuddling with my cats and basically clinging onto my mum as though I am a 2 year old again it is time to return to hospital.
I had intended to snap a picture of the 2 bags I'd managed to use during my walks since I got home (they are well-loved and sooo smooshy), but alas did not get the chance.
It has been lovely to be back, even for such a short time. This place never disappoints!
Take care everyone! Stay safe and keep smiling! Hopefully normalcy is around the corner. Please do hang in there and take care of your mental (as well as physical) health!

All the best and looking forward to having you back again soon.

 

[SouthernPurseGal]

I don't have a collection of designer SLGs, papertiger so I am with you. I don't actually even have one anymore. I'm very happy with my massaccesi ten card holder with coin zip that fits in the tiniest purse but I have all the functions I need, so I never change out.

My small navy givenchy antigona is true love. Been carrying it for days. So stunning. Wish the strap was longer to wear Crossbody though. My small Sofia is better in that way. Neither fit my MacBook air though. I'm thinking about adding a baby ysl cabas now.

 

[cowgirlsboots]

I cannot believe you made this. You look beyond fabulous!

It is true we have basically forgotten, that clothes used to be made to fit. When you think about it, it is kind of incredible we expect everybody to conform to a standard cut for a given piece of clothing... No wonder we have more body issues nowadays, when we expect our bodies to fit our clothes, instead of the other way round...

I´ve long given up to believe in size tags. With modern clothes I just look and try on no matter what the tags says and sometimes even alter. For example I have to H+M blouses on the table right now that were from the plus size section. They have exactly the loose fit I wanted, but need to be adjusted to my hollow back.
When buying vintage- especially homemade clothes- I sometimes totally disregard the size the sellers state. Usually a well made garment can be altered several sizes upwards and downwards and I enjoy the challenge to fit them to my body.
As I prefer "the real thing" there aren´t many vintage style dresses I actually made myself. But when I do it´s with a true vintage pattern and vintage material. It amazed me to see that for example with the pattern I used for this summer dress my measurements were a "size 2". The pattern started with a 0 and went up to a size 4. Not all ladies in the 50ies were elfins...

 

[cowgirlsboots]

After a few days cuddling with my cats and basically clinging onto my mum as though I am a 2 year old again it is time to return to hospital.
I had intended to snap a picture of the 2 bags I'd managed to use during my walks since I got home (they are well-loved and sooo smooshy), but alas did not get the chance.
It has been lovely to be back, even for such a short time. This place never disappoints!
Take care everyone! Stay safe and keep smiling! Hopefully normalcy is around the corner. Please do hang in there and take care of your mental (as well as physical) health!

Good Luck to you dear @jblended ! Take care and hopefully come back soon. xxx

 

[cowgirlsboots]

You look beautiful and elegant @cowgirlsboots! The dress is lovely and your handbag is a perfect match - you are so talented!

Thank-you @More bags ! This handbag is a favourite! I bought it very cheap in Paris in a tiny cheap second hand store- dirty, dusty and in dire need of tlc. It came up beautifully. It´s my bag to reach for when wearing 40ies or 50ies dresses and needing to carry some stuff. I have a smaller and therefore more elegant size of almost the same model, too.

 

[cowgirlsboots]

We read Steinbeck at school and still remember it

I had to read it at school and fell in love.

 

[cowgirlsboots]

No news on bags, but I did purchase a potentially disastrous, spontaneous SLG from Hermes. I passed that hideous professional exam I told you about (second try. It took me all Summer to study for and I hated most of it apart from officially mentoring 3 of my colleagues, so thank goodness I passed because I wasn't even sure I wanted to try again. Funny thing, the first time I studied hard and diligently, did all the right things, presentation to time, all the right docs, 3 000 words on theory blah blah. This time, I didn't have a minute to prep and in the exam was stopped mid-flow ramble etc. Same stony-faced woman on the panel too. Anyway, I passed - straight to Hermes.com to celebrate

I feel a renewed sense of energy towards doing bay and selling though, my mannequin is wearing a sheepskin I'll take pictures of tomorrow. Never mind bags, I want at least 6 coats gone.

Congratulations on passing your exam! And on getting yourself a nice reward!
You took the words right out of my mouth re coats. I´ve been selling all the coats I knew I wouldn´t wear anymore, too. Cheaply (still getting back what I paid...) but quickly! There´s only one left in my listings which might end up as sofa cushions in case it does not sell.

 

[cowgirlsboots]

Thank you!



LOL, you may be right, don't want to make it seem too easy.

Exactly. And the type of card holder I'm replacing anyway. The individual slot ones don't work for me, either I'm embarrassing myself trying to get my card out in a queue, tug tug, or the slots are too big and cards fall in my bag (if lucky). The most important thing is not to lose ones cards, I need a bright colour in Epsom but not too light. My Rubis Dogon duo is actually a really good wallet, very good decision, but too big and heavy for the Evie round my next for hours. I'd like a little Lime or Granny Calvi for CCs and a Bambou for business cards (even though I bought a Georg Jensen in silver - again forgot about weight). I thought I'd get a co-ord Bastia while I'm about it.

Catch is, I have an a GM agenda (they're not that big) for to do lists, and a GM Ezip for a larger note book for taking notes during meetings. I need to think what I can use this one for. I never buy H without looking at things IRL unless I'm 100% sure (some scarves).

I can put-up with a difficult bag if it's beautiful enough, but I can't have spare SLGs just lying around. Anyone else have these problems with SLGs?

I don´t have many SLGs and only two premier designer: a small Dior Trailer Trash wallet and the big Dior Karenina zip around wallet I recently bought. The latter has moved into my handbag and daily life replacing my beloved household brand wallet of many years.
There are two or three household brand ones I use for travelling to manage budgets.

A year or two ago I sold a pile of vintage Goldpfeil wallets that had come to me as extras with handbags and don´t miss any of them.

 

[whateve]

Thank you!



LOL, you may be right, don't want to make it seem too easy.

Exactly. And the type of card holder I'm replacing anyway. The individual slot ones don't work for me, either I'm embarrassing myself trying to get my card out in a queue, tug tug, or the slots are too big and cards fall in my bag (if lucky). The most important thing is not to lose ones cards, I need a bright colour in Epsom but not too light. My Rubis Dogon duo is actually a really good wallet, very good decision, but too big and heavy for the Evie round my next for hours. I'd like a little Lime or Granny Calvi for CCs and a Bambou for business cards (even though I bought a Georg Jensen in silver - again forgot about weight). I thought I'd get a co-ord Bastia while I'm about it.

Catch is, I have an a GM agenda (they're not that big) for to do lists, and a GM Ezip for a larger note book for taking notes during meetings. I need to think what I can use this one for. I never buy H without looking at things IRL unless I'm 100% sure (some scarves).

I can put-up with a difficult bag if it's beautiful enough, but I can't have spare SLGs just lying around. Anyone else have these problems with SLGs?

I have more SLGs than I need because I couldn't resist bargains. Once I load mine up with my cards and things, I rarely switch out of them, so I don't need more than I'm using.

 

[papertiger]

Congratulations on passing your exam! And on getting yourself a nice reward!
You took the words right out of my mouth re coats. I´ve been selling all the coats I knew I wouldn´t wear anymore, too. Cheaply (still getting back what I paid...) but quickly! There´s only one left in my listings which might end up as sofa cushions in case it does not sell.

Thank you.

Yes, always the best plan upgrade, upgrade (bags, SLGS and coats too)

 

[papertiger]

I have more SLGs than I need because I couldn't resist bargains. Once I load mine up with my cards and things, I rarely switch out of them, so I don't need more than I'm using.

This is my fear.

 

[cowgirlsboots]

Thank you.

Yes, always the best plan upgrade, upgrade (bags, SLGS and coats too)

Fully agreed! The shabby and ill fitting coats have left me, now I have to wear the lovely ones I´ve been saving "for Sunday best"!
While looking through my wardrobes and storage I even found a sheepskin I´ve never worn at all. And it´s glorious... plus it fits me perfectly...
Nice surprise!