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.
I miss a day or two and it seems like I am lagging behind -- need to read and catch up!