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

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#11,193
momasaurus said:
2020 wrap up:
sold 2 trims
bought NO BAGS!
sold no SLGs (didn't want to)
bought one Calvi in rouge de coeur because it is gorgeous

I did buy several home comfort items, for obvious reasons: new pillows, new comforter, new roasting pan, InstantPot, footbath/massager, essential oil diffuser with cool rainbow light show, etc.

I finally got rid of old camera equipment, and sent all the old videos out for digitizing. This felt really good!

I bought hardly any clothing (don't remember) because in 2019 I replaced a lot of blouses and sweaters with good cashmere in solid colors (for scarf backgrounds). I might need to replace the yoga pants I've been wearing nonstop though!

I have not left my state since March, except once when a hike took me briefly into the neighboring state.

Weird year indeed~!
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Outstanding! :yahoo: Congratulations on net -2 bags @momasaurus. I agree rouge de coeur, well just because ... rouge de coeur.:hbeat:
Great idea on digitizing the videos.
 
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#11,195
cowgirlsboots said:
Only 2 days left of 2020... here´s the fat Dior bag spider´s definite last purchase confession of the year:

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Before Christmas the classifieds suddenly filled up with Dior and being who I am I was lurking and pounced.
What I bought are two bags I didn´t even have to think about twice.

Dior Diva 2004 black bag

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This very bag had been for sale in the classifieds by the very seller two or three years ago. I had wanted it badly, but not bought it in the end, because the pony fur version with the leopard print had turned up and I opted for this. No regrets about the bold pony fur bag: it´s gorgeous, a collector´s piece, an ornament that makes me happy.
But the black version never left my mind. So the moment I saw it relisted I enquired about it and bought it. The price was a little higher than years ago, but still fine. I guess that´s called inflation...


Dior Trailer Trash 2001 small saddle bag

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The second purchase (made at the same day) was this little beauty. A model from the range I did not have yet in a material combination I know is very durable and easy to use. Not too much patent involved. I´ve regularly been stalking this model in various colourways/ material combinations. The prices seem to go up all the time... This one was less than half of what sellers on VC ask (and I won´t pay!)

NO regrets!
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Congrats!
 
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#11,197
cowgirlsboots said:
Thank-you!
When I look back at this year even I see the evolution. It feels good!

I joined this thread full of the "need" for a premier brand bag- a rather random need as I was yearning for a Gucci Dionysus as much as for a Chanel Classic Flap or a Chanel Boy. What mattered was this bag to be one everybody else seemed to have, a "real premier designer", not (almost)vintage Dior which I already owned.

You all picked me up, picked my mind and slowly and patiently made me return to feeling instead of thinking and finally comitting to what I really love: Dior from the Galliano era (certain pieces, not all of them! Last week I could have bought a Rasta bowling bag at the most amazing gift horse price and didn´t even flinch.. not my taste! No thanks! ) and high quality mostly German true vintage bags.

Doesn´t it sound strange that a thread full of statistics and so many well thought through and expertly worded advise for deliberate curating sent me back to feeling? Feelings and instincts are my structure, my math. When my gut feelings say "yes" it´s the same as when a math/intellect driven person has finished a calculation and comes to this result.

Re the urges I started this year with: I had the chance to see/ touch a Chanel Classic Flap in a vintage boutique in Paris and there were no feelings at all- I handed it back to the shopkeeper and happily left the shop with a pair of Dior Diva leopard print pony fur boots in need of tlc. Love at first sight!
The Boy Bag has faded into insignificance.
The Dionysus has completely faded, too. It used to look great on glossy photos, great on people I actually saw wearing it. Maybe I´ll come back to this one in years to come when everybody has forgotten about it and I can find one from the top tier at a price I am willing to pay. Maybe not. At the moment it does not matter nor has it climbed into the HG list.
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This feels so good to read I can only imagine how good it feels to have written! Great epiphany.
 
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#11,198
BowieFan1971 said:
I started my journey with luxury bags this year after thinking I would never own any. I learned a lot about buying and selling them, how to choose the ones I can restore and refined my restoration skills.
I listed a lot of my contemporary bags to make room for the designer bags that I know I will have forever. I refined what works for me, what I will use vs what I love the look of/want to own. I know what size bags and style guidelines work for me. I have a much better understanding of quality so I understand value better.

So even though my bag count is not any better than it was a year ago and my collection is much more valuable than it was a year ago, I am really able to say no at this point and buy much more deliberately because I am happy with the bags I have. I can look at other bags and say “nice, pretty, but not for me.” I have learned that brands and bags that are other people’s HG, like Chanel, BV or Balenciaga are just not my bag and are no longer tempting. I have learned a lot this year and am in a good place to truly shop my collection next year.
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Congratulations on coming to these realizations! More valuable than even a new bag.
 
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Cookiefiend said:
2020 Stats - What a Weird Year!
My goals for 2020:
2020 goals:
1) It’s okay to get a bag if I love it.
I brought in 4 new bags - Nancy Gonzalez Mini Erica Tote, Lederer toile bag, MZ Wallace Micro Sutton, and Goyard Sac Rouette. I kinda regret the MZ because I've been carrying the NG, but a nice fabric bag may come in handy sometime.
I sold or donated 4 bags (Goodbye to that nutty Danse Lente!), so I have a net of zero... which I feel pretty good about.
I did purchase a new bag, and will count it for 2021 since it won't arrive till then. I love the Just Campagne brand and found a Deville 2 (looks like a Plume and I've been dying to try one), I will be listing my Massaccesi Midi Juliet in the gray Flor though, because I find that it's too blingy for me.

2) Only buy the Hermes scarves that I love. No more 'Sales Goggles'. Sell the scarves I'm not wearing.
Well - I did better than last year. I brought in 33 scarves, but sold 21 for a net of 12 scarves in. Woot!!

I'm still working on 2021 goals, the new thread is full of great ideas and I'll post them over there!
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Totally amazing bag result!

On scarves. I remember when I had about 25-ish H scarves and a friend told me she had around 100. I remember gasping because I thought I had a lot. I couldn't imagine 100 (which I probably now have - again technology lost my list so I'd have to physically go through everything again).

Then I stopped being so careful, wearing and buying, and also discovered I could easily hand wash everything but moussies. They are more useful to me now, so I can understand how you came to buy 33. The good thing about H scarves is that we can sell if need be, so well done too for whittling away 21. So long as the ones left are the right ones, brilliantly played :ps:

We have been trained to be 'bargain hunters' from a very young age by a clever marketing machine. It may work out OK for sale by dates from the chilled cabinet, but it's a less useful concept for more expensive items that stick around to remind us of why it was reduced in the first place. I was going to buy a 'reduced' in price H leather waistcoat a few months ago, upon 600% zooming I realised, one button had been changed to a generic substitute and another was broken. The imperfections were the perfect opportunity for the seller to state "Condition: AF" in the small print.
 
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More bags said:
She is lucky to have you as her sister! I love this,
Me to my sister: "Thank you for your generous present" - sticks it in a draw and brings it out once a year for 4 years when meeting sister alone. Year 5 - gone. When asked where the bag is say "I wore it out".
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If she ever found out she'd kill me though :rolleyes:
 
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cowgirlsboots said:
Only 2 days left of 2020... here´s the fat Dior bag spider´s definite last purchase confession of the year:

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Before Christmas the classifieds suddenly filled up with Dior and being who I am I was lurking and pounced.
What I bought are two bags I didn´t even have to think about twice.

Dior Diva 2004 black bag

View attachment 4940977

This very bag had been for sale in the classifieds by the very seller two or three years ago. I had wanted it badly, but not bought it in the end, because the pony fur version with the leopard print had turned up and I opted for this. No regrets about the bold pony fur bag: it´s gorgeous, a collector´s piece, an ornament that makes me happy.
But the black version never left my mind. So the moment I saw it relisted I enquired about it and bought it. The price was a little higher than years ago, but still fine. I guess that´s called inflation...


Dior Trailer Trash 2001 small saddle bag

View attachment 4940976

The second purchase (made at the same day) was this little beauty. A model from the range I did not have yet in a material combination I know is very durable and easy to use. Not too much patent involved. I´ve regularly been stalking this model in various colourways/ material combinations. The prices seem to go up all the time... This one was less than half of what sellers on VC ask (and I won´t pay!)

NO regrets!
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You are a collector of vintage Dior, particularly JG era. It's your thing. It's actually wise to be snapping them up whilst they're at relatively lower prices. One day you may not be able to find/buy them at all. Regrette rien.
 
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