2021 Resolution: Shopping my own bag and SLG collection. Any one else?

[Sparkletastic]

NOVEMBER ACTIVITIES

1. Bags by Brand Showcase!

Each week, share photos of your bags from the specified brands. Choose a posed “beauty” shot or get your bags out and about in action shots!

We highlight 3 brands per week: 2 premier and 1 contemporary in alphabetical order as listed on tPF. Any brands not listed are showcased in our last week. Brands change to the next set each Sunday.

Our first brand week starts now - Sunday, Oct 31. Please share photos of bags from these brands:

• Bottega Venetta
• Burberry
• Alexander Wang

Tip: Grab your photos from last year in the 2020 resolution thread. Search your user name and the brand to find your photos.

2. Special Stories
Thanks @Claudia Herzog for the suggestion

Wear a bag that has a backstory involving a person, place, or opportunity for which you feel grateful.

 

[Jereni]

Bags 16 and 17 of the month yesterday. Both Proenza Schouler as it turns out.

First up is the mini PS2 in biscotti. This bag goes with so many outfits. I love camel as a color for a handbag, and this one doesn’t make my heart sing quite like it used to, but whenever I evaluate a potential new camel bag to replace it - this one still seems to fit into my wardrobe more. So, it stays.


Then for our dinner run I broke out my PS1 crossbody in suede ‘Pepe’. This bag is DEFINITELY showing a bunch of wear. I don’t feel fancy anymore when I wear it, but the slouchy look of it is so cool for some outfits. So, it also stays.


Thanks for letting me share!

 

[Purses & Perfumes]

Absolutely loving my new-to-me Peretti Tiffany Bone Cuff - I received it earlier today and haven’t taken if off or even noticed I was wearing it. It’s freaking amazing! ETA: Yes, that’s a dog’s ear I was fondling. Darn hard to take a photo while holding one’s iPad in one hand and one’s other arm far enough away without dropping said iPad or scaring the dog to death.

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I love this cuff! I am a big fan of wearing a single statement piece on the wrist, and need to look into finding something like this.

Your picture rendered me speechless earlier. Your Delvaux Tempete is gorgeous. I hope you get to wear her often. How do you find the weight of this bag? I wish we had a boutique nearby to see them in person.

Thank you! I was overcome by the sudden urge to carry this bag yesterday and am glad I did! I don't find it heavy, but I usually only carry my essentials in the bag. This bag is very comfortable to carry, and even the handle is soft and well designed and just sits comfortably in the palm when carrying by hand. The quality is exquisite. Too bad there isn't a boutique nearby. Hopefully, when this pandemic is over and travel resumes, we will all have a chance to visit handbag boutiques and try out things in person. I love their Brillant bag as well, but that one is harder to get in and out of due to the buckle closure so I preferred the Tempete.

On the theme of wearing and appreciating what I have,
1) I wore my Chanel Black Quilted Caviar Wallet on Chain twice for the school run and also for grocery shopping
2) Cross posting my Hermes Animapolis scarf, the colours remind me of @880’s Sieste au Paradis
3) Sharing my Louis Vuitton Prune Leopard Stole
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Beautiful bag and scarves! I am really drawn to the prune color lately and that prune leopard stole is so cool.

@More bags, great minds think alike! I love your animalicious and your LV prune. Around the time of the leoleila (a popular H leopard currently living in my moms closet) , I got the classic LV leopard and the blue gray (my favorite color) leopard. I love how easily the LV molds and drapes.
for @BowieFan1971, my black and white leopard silk mouselline remnant; it’s translucent when opened up and enormous. I’ve also been wearing camo lately ( I think of it as man made leopard).
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Group pic: left column top down: Cheval sur mon carre, Etro batik, H&M camo; middle column: turnbull & asser camo scarves; right column: LV leopards, Blk/white mouselline remnant. the H&M is one of my favorites.

OK, now I think I really need something in leopard print! Very nice collection and I am particularly drawn to the stunning black and white leopard silk.

@jblended, your pot-bellied bag is so cute. I love the crispness of red and white and the styling with denim! ETA -- I tried quoting your post but it looks like I still need to figure out the intricacies of multi quoting because it didn't post. Sorry about that!

 

[dcooney4]

Feeling a lot better about my collection after hearing everyone's thoughts! Thanks to you all.

Going to be volunteering outdoors today, so wrapped myself up in 3 layers of thermal tops and leggings! Decided I wanted my charming beer bellied vintage bag to accompany me, so styled it up with mod/70s style in mind. Opted for a denim jumpsuit and a red polo neck jumper on top of all the thermals (to coordinate with the bag because, why not go all out?!)

Not a great pic but I do so enjoy carrying this pot bellied little charmer! One of my best random bag purchases ever. It cheers me up every time I use it.

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It is very cheerful. I like it.

 

[dcooney4]

Bags 16 and 17 of the month yesterday. Both Proenza Schouler as it turns out.

First up is the mini PS2 in biscotti. This bag goes with so many outfits. I love camel as a color for a handbag, and this one doesn’t make my heart sing quite like it used to, but whenever I evaluate a potential new camel bag to replace it - this one still seems to fit into my wardrobe more. So, it stays.
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Then for our dinner run I broke out my PS1 crossbody in suede ‘Pepe’. This bag is DEFINITELY showing a bunch of wear. I don’t feel fancy anymore when I wear it, but the slouchy look of it is so cool for some outfits. So, it also stays.
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Thanks for letting me share!

These are great. I really like the second one.

 

[SouthernPurseGal]

Okay I'm now going totally nuts with custom monogrammed items. I've now bought everything at KidsTravelZone.com for each daughter, with their first names and an image on them.

 

[SouthernPurseGal]

So tell me everybody : do you like monogramming on your items? If so, what? SLGs? Shirt pockets? Linens? Engraved jewelry? Stationary?

 

[dcooney4]

So tell me everybody : do you like monogramming on your items? If so, what? SLGs? Shirt pockets? Linens? Engraved jewelry? Stationary?

Mostly I don’t because if I get bored I can’t easily get rid of it. The only things that I have at the moment is an LV Toilette 26 with initials and a coral Hammit business card hold also with my initials and locket I think.
I love the way it looks, I just get bored to easily.

 

[BowieFan1971]

So tell me everybody : do you like monogramming on your items? If so, what? SLGs? Shirt pockets? Linens? Engraved jewelry? Stationary?

Not a monogram girl myself....except for that signet ring with mine and DH initials.

Need to maintain my plausible deniability!

 

[Vintage Leather]

So tell me everybody : do you like monogramming on your items? If so, what? SLGs? Shirt pockets? Linens? Engraved jewelry? Stationary?

I hate it.
I’ve had monogrammed luggage, linens, and quite a bit of stationary, as well as small sterling goods (compacts, money clips, card cases)

I love the idea of it, and for some inherited items, it’s useful to know the history.

But I learned the hard way - it means that unless something is perfect for you and your lifestyle, you can never upgrade or you’re stuck with unwanted items. Things don’t get a second life, because you’ve tied it too tightly to you.

 

[cowgirlsboots]

Feeling a lot better about my collection after hearing everyone's thoughts! Thanks to you all.

Going to be volunteering outdoors today, so wrapped myself up in 3 layers of thermal tops and leggings! Decided I wanted my charming beer bellied vintage bag to accompany me, so styled it up with mod/70s style in mind. Opted for a denim jumpsuit and a red polo neck jumper on top of all the thermals (to coordinate with the bag because, why not go all out?!)

Not a great pic but I do so enjoy carrying this pot bellied little charmer! One of my best random bag purchases ever. It cheers me up every time I use it.

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Great outfit/ bag combo! You nailed it! Stay warm, stay safe!

 

[ksuromax]

Seeing all the mulberry leathers makes me want to take one out today but we are expecting lots of rain so it is a no go. I love their leather.

Black are safe bets, i use black Lily or Alexa is i'm going to the place where i might face water splash (or even the rain)

 

[cowgirlsboots]

So tell me everybody : do you like monogramming on your items? If so, what? SLGs? Shirt pockets? Linens? Engraved jewelry? Stationary?

I like personalized stationary- feels so posh and reminds me of my childhood when an old uncle would give me a set for Christmas- and I like personal engravings on jewellery, not necessarily monogramming, but messages.

 

[ksuromax]

So tell me everybody : do you like monogramming on your items? If so, what? SLGs? Shirt pockets? Linens? Engraved jewelry? Stationary?

Nope, not for me

 

[Bethwithabagproblem]

I'm joining in! I have thirty something bags and it gets stressful when I feel it is way more than I have the capacity to appreciate. The marginal utility is so low for each additional bag since I have to spread the love around thinner than I feel is fair to the bags. I know it's nuts to worry that my purses have feelings but I just need to feel that I have few enough bags that I can realistically commit to carrying each purse more often than once a month. In other words, less than thirty. Preferably less than twenty. If I can't look my bags in the face and honestly tell each one that " I will carry you more than once ( so at least twice ), on average, a month". So if I go over 15 then I can't say that to them anymore and I feel guilty. I'm certifiable.

I’m with you. It’s getting ridiculous for me, too. I bought way too many bags in 2020. Fortunately, I returned some, but enough is enough. Once I read through all these posts, I’m going to set some reasonable goals for 2021. I’m not even going anywhere! I also live in a place where it’s considered bad taste to flaunt. ‍

 

[Bag peace]

Love how you’ve styled the bag!

It is very cheerful. I like it.

Great outfit/ bag combo! You nailed it! Stay warm, stay safe!

Thanks for the bag love, everyone. I was happy to actually carry one finally! The leather on this Brio is awesome, and the details still wow me every time I carry it.

Volunteering was cut a little short because my hands are entirely numb (still those lingering covid issues) and it made me really clumsy. I have to grip everything super tight because I can't feel my fingers (perhaps this was also evident in my mod shot as I was struggling to hang on to my phone). I was supposed to fill in forms on behalf of patients whilst they gave me their details from their cars, but I struggled handling the pen. I may have to take a break from volunteering until more feeling returns.

Oh but the other volunteers and I had a great laugh at my outfit. The 3 leggings underneath the jumpsuit made me look like I was wearing a diaper!
I often layer thermals that way but had never tried under this particular jumpsuit, so I didn't notice the effect it created. It was really funny once I noticed it. Still, I was toasty warm out there and that's all that matters!

@jblended, your pot-bellied bag is so cute. I love the crispness of red and white and the styling with denim!

Thanks. The bag's colours worried me initially. I don't usually carry that shade of lipstick red. I gravitate to brick red and oxblood, so this was bold for me. I actually bought the red top right after getting the bag, and did so specifically to pull together this outfit because the bag leans so well into that mod style.
I'm usually head to toe in black, white, grey or blue, but every now and again I like to play.

Bags 16 and 17 of the month yesterday. Both Proenza Schouler as it turns out.

I love both these bags! You're doing a great job of using your bags this month!

So tell me everybody : do you like monogramming on your items? If so, what? SLGs? Shirt pockets? Linens? Engraved jewelry? Stationary?

Not for me. My best friend has a monogrammed bath robe and it looks quite posh, so I think it depends on the person and can be great for some.