2020 resolution - shopping my own bag and wallet collection. Any one else?
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I hope he will feel a ton better once the sutures are out.
Oh, I looked at the Plume and Bolide...the Bolide is nice and I like the history. Don’t know if I could spend what I was seeing sites like TRR and Fashionphile wants for them.
My advice is slightly different.
I say don't get a bag just because it's Hermes.
If you want a Bolide (one of my favourite models) then wait for the right one at the right price. You will find one, one day. Plumes are also TDF (some people don't like they don't have a shoulder strap). Both are scaled down luggage that are perfectly proportioned and functional.
Don't forget to factor-in duties on foreign imports or buyer's premiums if buying at auctions. These can bump the price right-up.
Sorry to return to this but it felt familiar somehow, so I checked my old emails and sure enough, one of my friends' husbands had a very similar experience!
They're in Texas and he was diagnosed with fibromyalgia and tried to negotiate his work schedule with his boss so he could work fewer hours on days he felt particularly unwell, but the boss turned around and told him this was a made-up disease and called him a slacker!
It's quite depressing now that it has dawned on me how often this happens!
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Sounds lovely! And alligator......mmmmm....
Welcome! You and I like the same brands, so a special hug from me.Thrashing all the way, I have extricated myself from BV, and briefly entered the stratosphere with H, and have now come in to roost with my collection around me and like-minded friends here in a new-to-me thread. I have catching up to do - I see lots of familiar faces, and hope you all will accept a new member!
I was going to create a new thread and call it "The Home of Misfit Members", but this one will do fine.(no no no, you guys aren't misfits, I've just lost my fashion house and for a while was feeling ... really left out, but I'm OK now).
After over a decade of tPF membership, I am tired of buying bags. I am tired of losing (now thousands) on re-homing bags. I have a nice collection (the last of which will arrive tomorrow, a new H Mysore Bastia in Jaune Bourgeon) and that's it. I have, to me, the best of the best - Bottega Veneta and Hermes, with a couple of Graf Lantz and Portland Leather Goods items. It's about the leather, after all, not the design house, right?
@papertiger I am worried now for my Mysore Bastia - that's a SLG if ever there was a SLG - what about that leather is going to be problematic? I mean, you were 'warned off' by a friend - ?
On a morenote, I am sorry for feelings of loss and health concerns around the holidays that you all are experiencing, and PT - I lost my mom (eventually) to a major stroke when she was only 52 and I only 16 (I am an only child and I grew up overnight). I understood your story very well - after the initial medical emergency the doctor didn't catch the severity until the next morning but by then the damage was done.
Anyway,to all, and I am looking forward. Always must look forward. Yes?
I have some chevre SLGs, not to worry.
EDIT: Rouge vif Pico! Can't wait to see this.
And another hug to you for making it through high school on your own. I can't imagine.
Great post, 880. I would add the H trim to that list of reasonable and fun bags. (The vintage, not the new remake.) But wait - you found a sac malice for under 400??? (dollars, euro, pounds? anyway, wow)@BowieFan1971, you mentioned your bag buying excursions, but I don’t recall if you posted a pic of them or of your DHs tulips? would love to see them! Re Hermes, try not to think of price as a determining factor whether to dislike a bag. when I started buying vintage Hermes in 2008, you could buy many fabulous, under the radar styles, preloved, aLL for relatively low prices (tsakos, gao, rugby, berlingot, sac malice, isle de shiki, bal de golf, christine, etc. in box, porc, barenia, VN, VL leathers and more. a good amount under 400, and then many others. (Including some jijes, picotins, trims, vespas, for under 700. You couldn’t give away a kelly ado or kelly Danse. And I got my first BBK 28 ghw for 2K usd. Even this year, there were plenty of H trims for under 900 including barenia, and birkin30s and kelly 28s for excellent preloved condition for half off. So I say, fall in love with a bag, then we’ll help you find a great one in your range. I love the quirkiness of many brands of vintage bags, and Hermes is no exception.
@indiaink, I am sure that you are a better, stronger person from your personal experiences. on A lighter note, when I read your exchange with @papertiger re Mysore goatskin, that you were worried about it’s character and how PT hasbeen warned off by a friend, i burst out laughing. Bc it sounded like Mysore was a pal who was exerting a bad influence. . . yep, we are misfits
forgot to add, plenty of houses use H leather, like Duret.com and others. H leather and tannery or equivalent is available many places.
Welcome to this crew. We are a friendly bunch. So glad to see you here too.Thrashing all the way, I have extricated myself from BV, and briefly entered the stratosphere with H, and have now come in to roost with my collection around me and like-minded friends here in a new-to-me thread. I have catching up to do - I see lots of familiar faces, and hope you all will accept a new member!
I was going to create a new thread and call it "The Home of Misfit Members", but this one will do fine.
After over a decade of tPF membership, I am tired of buying bags. I am tired of losing (now thousands) on re-homing bags. I have a nice collection (the last of which will arrive tomorrow, a new H Mysore Bastia in Jaune Bourgeon) and that's it. I have, to me, the best of the best - Bottega Veneta and Hermes, with a couple of Graf Lantz and Portland Leather Goods items. It's about the leather, after all, not the design house, right?
@papertiger I am worried now for my Mysore Bastia - that's a SLG if ever there was a SLG - what about that leather is going to be problematic? I mean, you were 'warned off' by a friend - ?
On a more
Anyway,
I'm a big Kelly fan, ready to talk size and leather when you are!Beautiful bags! Would love to see more picture of the 32 sellier box Kelly -- it looks like a stunning color. I know very little about the different Hermes leathers and colors, but I have always absolutely loved the Kelly. In fact, a lot of my bags are the Kelly shape or style. I don't live near a boutique to facilitate building a relationship etc, and anyway not sure if I want to go that route. And I have not looked at the pre-loved market for the Kelly, but it seems like the pre-loved market is a popular option. Just need to learn more about the leathers and colors before eventually deciding on next steps (if any). In the meantime, I am also on a bag ban!
Gorgeous! Love the bags and the scarf choices.
@indiaink, a welcoming hug to you. I don't know very much about Bottega Veneta, but I absolutely loved your ostrich knot reveal. I am usually not a clutch person (need a shoulder chain option), but I have been recently drawn to the Knot clutches -- they are so lovely. If you get a chance, I would love if you would share what fits in the chain knot, since it looks a bit bigger than the standard knot.
Swoooooooooning!! Great color combo. Perfect SO.Hi @momasaurus, thanks and you are right, Bleu Izmir is on the inside and contrast stitching!
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These are gorgeous!!! I love box. And I adore PHW. That blue-grey - any idea what the color is called? And that box wallet OMG
Check out the vintage H trims. The "Jackie-O" bag. They go up on the shoulder and hug the body. And magically I can always stuff one more thing into mine. Very knock-about.
The Saleya probably gets carried the most, though since I stay home so much that’s not saying much. The Reade are a the only one of the bunch that my DH commented on and said he likes....red is my fave color and color and dimension of the vernis is so pretty. I have a wallet in Pomme I could stare at all day. I know bag charms are controversial, but I think they add just a “little something” to these simple beauties and make them
mine.
880, VL, IndiaInk, Momasaurus- I saw some H that I like. A Trim 2 and the Herbag Cabas are nice, clean looking bags that would work for me. I always thought Gucci’s Jackie was a great looking bag but it is too slim for me so so had to pass. The gusset on Trim 2 would solve that. I saw a Trim in the toile with tan leather trim on eBay that was really pretty...good to know it is actually a practical material choice! I also saw a Museau on eBay in my range that I like....functional, simple but not utilitarian. Thank you for opening my eyes.❤ There may indeed be a Hermès in my future.