2020 resolution - shopping my own bag and wallet collection. Any one else?
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Thank you! I never realized it was as something to have a knack for, but I guess it is. When you like simpler, more classic bags like I do, it’s a way to add some zing, like lipstick or a scarf or some jewelry does to an outfit. Keep the proportion and color right and you’ve got it.
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I just impulse bought my first yellow bag. I'm a bit out of control lately with buying bags. The secondary market is dirt cheap, such a buyers market (this one was $340!!!), so it's hard not to be sucked in...but now I've got a 6-8 bag list of bags I want to custom order from Massaccesi (at a rate of maybe 2 per month) that I fully plan on pulling the trigger on and I'm just wildly collecting. I have an addiction!!! I need to get my collection somehow into thoughtful order so that it makes sense in my own head at least and isn't some confusing amorphous sprawling black hole threatening to overwhelm like cancer any reasonable place in my home to house the things. First the walk in closet overflows with bags, then they spill out of the bedroom, then they fill the hall and soon bags have filled up the entire house and the world ends.
Am I the only one?
Am I the only one?
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Oh, come on, that's the most perfect yellow I've seen yet.
Nope. You do NOT want to open the door to indiaink's
Dirty dirty enabler. Shameful.Oh, come on, that's the most perfect yellow I've seen yet.
When ever I feel like that I put my least favorite up for sale. Though lately I really like all my bags so since I have shoulder issues I put my heaviest bag up because it just wasn’t getting used. I have only a certain amount of space and I refuse to squeeze my bags together so when it gets full I find something to let go of.
I can identify...I have bought so many bags this year. For the longest time, I was a “the same bag every day until it fell apart” completely utilitarian person. Then I discovered the pre-loved market and became a Coach girl. I could snap up Coaches for under $25 and so did. I had bags in every color of the rainbow. Cleaned a lot of those out because I then took the plunge and bought my first LV....Bucket GM for $210. I was floored by the quality and how sturdy it was even though it was over 20 years old. This was back in the spring. I quickly started finding and buying LVs under $250...Epis, Vernis, Mono. Then I saw a Saleya PM in DE at a What Goes Around... department at Dillard’s and fell in love but it was $1500 pre-loved! All the DEs I had seen were so expensive (to me) especially compared to
Mono prices! Then I found a Papillon 30 in DE in great condition for $425...the most I had paid for a bag by a lot, but really inexpensive for a DE bag. Still looking for a Saleya and not seeing any for less than $800. Saw the Alma in DE for $540 and bought it because I liked the Alma and it was a steal compared to others I had seen. Thought I would be happy with it but then I found a Saleya PM on auction in the $500 range about two weeks later. Lost the auction at $520, but it came back up a few days later because the winner never paid for it. I was the only bidder and won it for $500. It was in almost perfect condition...everything I could have hoped for! I never thought I would ever pay more than even $100 for a bag before this year, but here I am. I need to stop, too. I was raised in a thrifty household so there is a pretty big part of me that thinks I am being extravagant. I justify it by telling myself I am getting great deals and can sell them for as much of not more than I paid for them. I have also bought, cleaned up and resold bags that has helped pay for my collection. I would not call this an addiction, maybe a bit of an obsession? I love how “put together” a great bag makes me feel and a bag does not depend on your weight or size to look good.
Well, I can see that the title of this thread is a misnomer. How many of you would say are you truly shopping from your own collection? 
In January? When we thought Australia on fire was the biggest problem? We were doing great about bag stats, tracking usage, and talking each other off the ledgeWell, I can see that the title of this thread is a misnomer. How many of you would say are you truly shopping from your own collection?
In December? We are at varying degrees of success.
Personally, although I had a rough November, I’ve been doing all right.
While I’ve bought 7 bags all year, I’ve released 24, and 90 pieces of jewelry and slg
I don’t think any thread that is a year old and still active is still completely on target. All rivers twist and turn and sometimes even jump their banks...Well, I can see that the title of this thread is a misnomer. How many of you would say are you truly shopping from your own collection?
I must say the silver hardware on the yellow is so very pretty.
I find the best thing is:
Don't regret past (or pipeline) purchases but look for the bags which no longer measure-up to the best (for you) and think of weeding them out steadily.
Don't buy for savings or price. If you don't buy it you'll save even more.
Don't keep what you're not sure of (that goes for new).
Don't get rid of what you can't replace (financially or for specific purpose)
Don't get into the habit of looking for new bags after having added an HG.
Only buy for gaps in the wardrobe or better than you have already.
If things are spilling over and you feel out of control, you probably are. Only you can know for sure.
Heavy is a great reason for a bag break-up.
Year's tally:
For the last however many years this threads been going I've bought the goal of one per year. One year I bought 2, but another year I bought none at all.
2020 I bought a Gucci 1955 shoulder bag (planned) and resisted an H ostrich Bolide, my HG - I actually regret not succumbing to the spontaneous buy now, but at the time it felt like the world was ending and I'd never need a bag again, so.... I also have a really hard time buying online from people/resellers I've never worked with before, too much money to take a chance.
I've been shopping from my own closet and worn my Chloe large Bay, MJ Venetia as well as my usual H (14)* and Gucci (40)- but I must admit I have been a lit too stuck on my H Evie since bought last year. At least it's a bag I carry with another when I go out for the day/shopping.
This year I didn't go to Scotland at all because of Covid restriction so my BV (5) and Chanel (5) count is low, and that also explains the low count of travel bags used (5).
I bought a late entry SLG but I am very happy with it.
I went 1 over my 2 new scarves per season SS20, but it was with Les Artisans so I don't mind. Maybe I didn't need 2 white background Plume en Fetes either, but my suitable for Spring and Summer colours are low. I found a CSGM (Plumes en Fete) the first 140 cashmere since 2014 (not for the want of looking) as well as a fine neutral (Les Danse des Amazones) for AW20. I have certainly making the most of my scarves with limited tops for Zoom/Teams etc. I also bought my 1969 Ascot 90 which I was looking for, now I'm looking for 1970 Epsom Downs.
This has been the hardest year to shop from our closets, but considering everything, I think we've all done pretty well.
*Bag numbers in brackets, not times used
Edited to correct BV count!
For the last however many years this threads been going I've bought the goal of one per year. One year I bought 2, but another year I bought none at all.
2020 I bought a Gucci 1955 shoulder bag (planned) and resisted an H ostrich Bolide, my HG - I actually regret not succumbing to the spontaneous buy now, but at the time it felt like the world was ending and I'd never need a bag again, so.... I also have a really hard time buying online from people/resellers I've never worked with before, too much money to take a chance.
I've been shopping from my own closet and worn my Chloe large Bay, MJ Venetia as well as my usual H (14)* and Gucci (40)- but I must admit I have been a lit too stuck on my H Evie since bought last year. At least it's a bag I carry with another when I go out for the day/shopping.
This year I didn't go to Scotland at all because of Covid restriction so my BV (5) and Chanel (5) count is low, and that also explains the low count of travel bags used (5).
I bought a late entry SLG but I am very happy with it.
I went 1 over my 2 new scarves per season SS20, but it was with Les Artisans so I don't mind. Maybe I didn't need 2 white background Plume en Fetes either, but my suitable for Spring and Summer colours are low. I found a CSGM (Plumes en Fete) the first 140 cashmere since 2014 (not for the want of looking) as well as a fine neutral (Les Danse des Amazones) for AW20. I have certainly making the most of my scarves with limited tops for Zoom/Teams etc. I also bought my 1969 Ascot 90 which I was looking for, now I'm looking for 1970 Epsom Downs.
This has been the hardest year to shop from our closets, but considering everything, I think we've all done pretty well.
*Bag numbers in brackets, not times used
Edited to correct BV count!
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