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.

 

[More bags]

Your message gave me the push I needed and I went to purchase and it’s sold I even looked 10 minutes ago and it was available! Oh well. Clearly wasn’t meant to be!

Now on to find the next bag to obsess over

Ack, after all of that time thinking and pondering and then anticipating I am sorry it did not work out. You have a beautiful collection. I hope something even better than the one that got away finds you when the time is right.

My favourite bag at the moment is my red New Lock- it´s so soft, so well made, so special (in the extent that I haven´t worn it yet out of sheer fright of harming it.)
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My least favourite bag is the little abro crossbody. I´m only keeping it, because it is extremely practical and sturdy and I might need it one day... it´s sitting on the doorstep of the shed. (I bought it before I discovered the New Lock range and wore it to run errands for a while. Now the mustard patent New Lock has taken this place.)

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I love your trio of New Locks, the red is my favourite.

Hi everyone, sorry, I haven´t been in for a while. We had to go to a family funeral last week- a long trip and a strange experience. Since we are back home I´ve been in a kind of unreal bubble.

Thank-you @Sparkletastic ! I´ll pass it on to my spouse. He lost his Mum. I´m sad, but not hurting as we only had a polite distance relationship. I wasn´t invited to the actual funeral which gave me the opportunity to spend time with my older children. A friend of mine put it like this: "Your MIL gave you the present of the opportunity to see your children." I´m grateful!

Sending my condolences on the passing of your MIL. I am glad you got to spend time with your older children.
Funerals are so challenging right now. My cousin's son (15 years old) passed away on Christmas Eve. She lives in another province, funeral was limited to 30 people attending. I viewed the service online, live streaming. Sending compassion to all families suffering, whether they are close or not.

@880, I know which bag is my favorite from your collection, LOL. Your prune Kelly makes my heart flutter for sure!

+1, @880 I've seen the modeling pics you've share of this prune Kelly beauty - great choice, it looks amazing on you. I also adore your Venetas and Reissues.

Presenting Ms. kelly 32cm Gulliver leather.
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Your Kelly is delicious keodi.

 

[Hazzelnut]

Oh no!!!! I’m sorry. I know how it feels to miss an obsession bag.
Next time, dial us in earlier. We’re happy to push you over the edge or bring you back from the brink.
Pics, pics!

The big thing holding me back from saying yes is your statement about it being fabric in your area’s weather. Would you use it because of that? Would you be too afraid to or be severely limited due to how often it rains? It doesn’t matter how good the price is if it will sit in your closet.

And a personal word on pink bags...I thought one would be fun as an accent color, since I don’t wear pink clothes, so I bought a Minkoff mini drawstring bag. Wore it once and felt “off”...I think you either are a pink person or you are not. I discovered I am not.

Ack, after all of that time thinking and pondering and then anticipating I am sorry it did not work out. You have a beautiful collection. I hope something even better than the one that got away finds you when the time is right.

Thank you for your help! Raging I missed it, but I’ll comfort myself with if it took me more than six months to decide it might not be for me...

Will definitely share earlier if I find another one!!

 

[dcooney4]

Hi everyone, sorry, I haven´t been in for a while. We had to go to a family funeral last week- a long trip and a strange experience. Since we are back home I´ve been in a kind of unreal bubble.

I am sorry to hear that.

 

[msd_bags]

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@880 You have caused a commotion. My BFF and I love anchovies so much that we’d marry them. We’re desperately searching for dilis and haven’t found a source. We shall not be denied!!!!

I was in the grocery store earlier and saw dilis there and thought of taking a photo for you guys. But, oh well, I did not. But the really good dilis here are not the ones in the supermarkets. The ones at the wet markets are normally better.

 

[keodi]

Ack, after all of that time thinking and pondering and then anticipating I am sorry it did not work out. You have a beautiful collection. I hope something even better than the one that got away finds you when the time is right.

I love your trio of New Locks, the red is my favourite.


Sending my condolences on the passing of your MIL. I am glad you got to spend time with your older children.
Funerals are so challenging right now. My cousin's son (15 years old) passed away on Christmas Eve. She lives in another province, funeral was limited to 30 people attending. I viewed the service online, live streaming. Sending compassion to all families suffering, whether they are close or not.

+1, @880 I've seen the modeling pics you've share of this prune Kelly beauty - great choice, it looks amazing on you. I also adore your Venetas and Reissues.

Your Kelly is delicious keodi.

Thank you!

 

[Bag peace]

Still unable to catch up properly! I feel like I've missed a lot of posts in between

@880 Your bag closet pics are incredible!

I’ll start. My favorite bag is my silver microcannage Diorama. I bought
this bag in Paris during the Mommy/ daughter girls’ trip we gave DD (mini me) for her graduation. I adore the bag and wear it to death. I’m shocked it’s held up so well. It literally looks new. Plus, it has such happy memories of the two of us enjoying Europe prior to her launching into the world.

I LOVE this bag! I always squeal when I see one in the wild, and I cannot believe it was discontinued!
Such a lovely memory with your DD! You both look so incredible in that photo!

interestingly, I no longer have a least favourite bag..

That's awesome! I'm slowly working my way towards not having a least favourite in my own collection.
Your Kelly 32 is stunning!

My least favourite bag is the little abro crossbody.

I adore your New Locks. More than that, I'm really loving the recent evolution of your collection as a whole. I feel like I've said this to you a million times- sorry!

You are strong, courageous and resilient. We are here for you.

I'm humbled! Thank you!

@JenJBS Is there any chance you could post a mod shot of your Maison Margiela glam slam camera bag? I have an offer on one that I am seriously considering (retail therapy as my stress levels reach new heights!) but could really use a mod shot to figure out how it looks when worn.

 

[missie1]

@missie1 & @880 - I think you’re right. Since I haven’t had a life long love of the Cartier bracelets, I’ll get testers. Surprisingly Amazon has stainless steel knockoffs for $20.

With the quarantine I can wear them around the house for a few weeks and not worry about wearing them in public where someone might think I was supporting fakes / criminals.

@missie1 - I would keep the Fendi because it’s a different look and get the new C in a different color. Unless beige is your go to neutral (like black is for me) I really think you’ll cannibalize usage. And (except for we purse hounds) I don’t think many people will see a difference between the two when you wear them.

Spark,

Good idea to keep the Fendi because I love them for that exact reason. I am loathe to admit but I think I’ve had my fill of Chanel Jumbos. Don’t want to look same all the tome. I would love this in fun color so I’m going to wait and see.
After first few days you won’t feel a thing. Amazon sells everything

 

[momasaurus]

Thanks! It is monochromatic blue with red accents. Blue is restful and my DH’s fave color, red is mine. Took these this morning...too bad it is dark and rainy this morning. When the sun is out, this room glows!View attachment 4969171View attachment 4969172View attachment 4969173

Oh I LOVE the other bits of red that pull the whole room together. Wonderful! And with the glass doors and windows it's like sleeping in a tree house! I had a bedroom like that for awhile. So peaceful. Thanks for these pix!

 

[momasaurus]

I’ve asked these questions before but we have a lot of new people and the answers are always fun and insightful

• What is your favorite bag and why?
• What is your least favorite bag and why do you keep it?

Please share photos, stories, anecdotes - anything that makes your love (or hate) come alive.

I’ll start. My favorite bag is my silver microcannage Diorama. I bought
this bag in Paris during the Mommy/ daughter girls’ trip we gave DD (mini me) for her graduation. I adore the bag and wear it to death. I’m shocked it’s held up so well. It literally looks new. Plus, it has such happy memories of the two of us enjoying Europe prior to her launching into the world. View attachment 4969454View attachment 4969453
My least favorite bag is my Fendi By the Way only because it’s black and fairly simple / classic in design so there isn’t any “ooomph”. That being said, it also has fond memories because I bought it the last time I was in Rome and went back 3 times to look at it before I bought. LOL! Gawd, I miss travel But, this bag was the best purchase I’ve made because it’a a true work horse. I use it constantly as an I don’t care bag / I don’t want to show brands bag / I need to haul a bunch of stuff bag. So, it’s my least favorite but still much valued.View attachment 4969456
Share your bags, pictures and stories!

That is a fantastic bag. I love all the textures, yet it reads very classic and clean. And when pieces carry memories - that's just the best!
I totally see the mini-me there. Wow - you both look gorgeous.

 

[momasaurus]

I love everything about this post! I love both bags. I Especially Love your gorgeous family pic! Your DD is so cute!
having seen your photo I think you could rock the different toned gold heels and the gold chanel boy if worn with some attutude ( perhaps a worn t shirt or oversized mens white shirt and distressed denim). . . I no longer have the ability to rock heels (ankle cartilage replacement) and am both height and width challenged, but you look long and lean enough to carry it off. JMO
i don’t have a grail or favorite bag or a least favorite bag. Every new bag is my favorite. I’m not a practical person when it comes to bag aesthetics. i was a chanel RTW and then bag person before Hermes, and the so black chevron and gold and blue metallic reissues (although loved) are least used.

Perhaps my least favorite bags could be defined as placeholders until I find their replacements? A clemence sauge evelyne pm, phw. I determined that PM is the right size after years of wearing GM, but I’m afraid to ruin the light sauge color, so only wear it on a dry spring day (almost never). I did take it out this winter bc I was determined to get more wear, b I may go back to etoupe (even though I found recent year dye batches really muddy, etoupe was practical).

the blue Jean JPG Birkin is almost never worn bc the JPG fringe Kelly is so much more comfy and practical and sits closer to the body. But, it’s my only bright colored H bag, so its a place holder. Plus in my mind, I am really tall and thin and perfect for this bag.

There is the shiny croc chaine d’ancre that I almost never wear bc I prefer matte exotics. Plus ghw, and the combo is very blingy. (But it was bought for 1200 usd (which is less than half the retail price of a matte alligator Calvi? so I don’t want to get rid of it). so placeholder.

I have a more complicated relationship with BV hobos. They’re light and practical, but until they break in, they’re too ‘sticky outie’ in profile, and so only work with less structured clothing (brunello cuchinelli or lululemon yes, chanel RTW, no). (I think I got ‘sticky outie’ from a BV observation from @muchstuff. I weigh them down with stuff in the hopes of breaking them in, but they are remarkably durable and resistant to change.

out of curiosity to see how much space the H bags took up in a braggart display like those lavish closet photos on Pinterest. (I used two of DHs bags, a 33 evelyne sellier and a 42 ebene sac depeche briefcase as placement holders for my two rescue art bags coming from @docride). Full frontal, the H bags cover four aluminum shelves, but in the usual normal for me crosswise placement, only one shelf). Which made me think all of those Pinterest closet pics are a huge waste of space. The first two pics, same number of bags. The advantage of spreading out into four shelves is that I feel like I should never buy another bag. . . So maybe that’s good.
I thought my grand total number of bags including other brands was 24, but no, it’s 41 if I count a ghurka handpainted striped tote that I forgot to photo. somehow the number crept up. The non H bags, stored crosswise, take up a shelf about half the size of the H shelf, so one and a half shelves of bags sounds a lot better than 41.

@Sparkletastic, the last pic is the Chanels that I kept (227 gold reissue, choco bar blue metallic reissue and so black chevron reissue mini) plus the H chaine d’ancre (my mom borrowed it and broke the handle, so I attached an evelyne strap). And a silver metallic H clutch that’s too light silver metallic (I’m an anodized silver metallic person, but it was a great price). I love metallics, but Blingy bags tend to go unused. I’ll probably wear them more as I get older ( my mom, who had a much fancier social life, borrowed them, pre covid era. I factor CPW differently for bling.
Also, belated congrats to your DD summa &loves to shop!
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@Hazzelnut, you’re not silly! Go for the pink! You said it was well priced. You can wear it on your car rides and it will make you smile. It could end up being your most worn bag during covid. And, show us a pic when you get it! Hugs
@keodi, did you get rid of your least favorite bag?

I love peeking into your closet! We really like the same stuff. Is that the sauge Evie in the first picture, left side?

 

[missie1]

I’ve asked these questions before but we have a lot of new people and the answers are always fun and insightful

• What is your favorite bag and why?
• What is your least favorite bag and why do you keep it?

Please share photos, stories, anecdotes - anything that makes your love (or hate) come alive.

I’ll start. My favorite bag is my silver microcannage Diorama. I bought
this bag in Paris during the Mommy/ daughter girls’ trip we gave DD (mini me) for her graduation. I adore the bag and wear it to death. I’m shocked it’s held up so well. It literally looks new. Plus, it has such happy memories of the two of us enjoying Europe prior to her launching into the world. View attachment 4969454View attachment 4969453
My least favorite bag is my Fendi By the Way only because it’s black and fairly simple / classic in design so there isn’t any “ooomph”. That being said, it also has fond memories because I bought it the last time I was in Rome and went back 3 times to look at it before I bought. LOL! Gawd, I miss travel But, this bag was the best purchase I’ve made because it’a a true work horse. I use it constantly as an I don’t care bag / I don’t want to show brands bag / I need to haul a bunch of stuff bag. So, it’s my least favorite but still much valued.View attachment 4969456
Share your bags, pictures and stories!

Spark you and Mini me look absolutely fabulous. The texture on the Diorama is great.

My favorite bag is my HG Red Caviar Chanel 10C. It’s something about this bag that just checks all the boxes for. It’s perfect color and size. It’s perfect pop and can be worn with jeans or dresses.
I remember stalking Chanel forum looking at all red variations to find my perfect shade. Of course I would fall for one of the hardest bags to find-a 10 c red single flap. I watched and searched high and low and took about a year. Once I owned this bag I felt content with my Chanel flaps. Of course others were added but she remains the star.
My least favorite bag is my LV Mono Artsy. It gets the most wear because it’s my workhorse bag and fits everything. I hate it because I don’t feel pulled together with this bag. I can’t get rid of it. Trust me I’ve dreamed of that but I would need to then replace with Chanel Maxi or something similar.

 

[momasaurus]

Your exotic sounds delicious. Pics, pics, pics!!
Do you think your gold and turquoise metallic C’s are little used because they are more attention getting? It took me years before I was comfortable wearing non “quiet” bags anytime, anywhere.

Ooooh! You’ve done a Pinterest-ing to your closet. I’d love to see a photo!

And, thank you for the compliments. My DD is all of me plus some Aries doggedness packed into a 5’1” tall container and shaken vigorously. We pray daily for whomever becomes her husband.
The fact that you’ve thought about it since June is a good sign! Anything I’ve lusted over that long has always been the right purchase.

Can you have the bag sent off to be cleaned? If not, are these light stains ones you would have likely gotten anyway? (like bottom corners) Will you wear it enough to justify the cost or is there something else you’d wear more even if you put more money or time searching towards it? Thanks for the kind comment on DD & me. It was so much fun to spend that time with her. We spent three weeks seeing sites, eating too much and visiting family in Europe. But, that child wore me out of shopping. She took full advantage of the celebratory mood her dad & I were in and I had to buy an extra suitcase for all the stuff we bought her. But, she graduated summa cum laude (shameless mommy brag moment) so it’s ok. Lol!

The Fendi is my least favorite but still loved. I spent a lot of time curating my collection so I don’t own anything that doesn’t make me happy. Lots o’ mistakes were sold along the way.

You didn’t mention your favorite bag. Which one holds your heart?

I think DD deserved all that shopping. You don't graduate summa cum laude without hard work (and supportive parents, right?). Is she into bags?

 

[momasaurus]

i am so sorry @cowgirlsboots. Sending you a virtual hug.just read your reply. I’m glad you got to spend time with your grown children and it is truly her loss that she did not extend a closer relationship to her yo7ngest grand child. On a bag related comment, every time I see your red new lock, it appears richer and more lush. It’s gorgeous! You absolutely need to wear it!

@Purses & Perfumes, @Sparkletastic, @More bags, thank you so much for your kind words! The 32 Prune is now DHs favorite bag too displacing rhe 28 blue Kelly which he used to call the sexiest bag in the world. @Purses & Perfumes , Fingers crossed that you find yours soon! @More bags, i love the pics of Sofia Coppola and gal Godot in their cuffs. Will post when mine eventually arrives. DHs suggestion was to omit pearls as they distracted from the strong graphic of the maltese cross. I google it, and it appears Gal Godot wore the Tiffany bone cuff in at least two movies https://people.com/style/gal-gadot-passing-jewelry-to-her-daughters/. I haven’t seen the WW movie yet, and I don’t remember the mythology of the cuffs, but I think I wrongly assumed it would be something like VCAs Etruscan cuff made originally for Jackie O. Although i admire tall thin ladies who can pull off two cuffs, the size of my person ans my wallet constrain me. My original dream was the black jade one, but when the Verdura SA explained that you always had to take it off and put it on over a soft surface like your bed, and otherwise be very careful, DH started to laugh hysterically and opine that it wasn’t for me.
Hugs

@keodi, i love your 32 gulliver Kelly! She looks so happy with her twilly handle!

@BowieFan1971, I think, due to covid boredom, I would like to be a colorful pink bag person. I take that back, thirty years ago, when I was. 24, I had a shiny crinkley shell pink fabric soft unstructured bag with some kind of taupe beaded circle handle. It was neither an evening bag nor a day bag. But, it was flirty and summery And somehow matched the makeup precursor to Nars Multi stick (surely this could not be thirty years ago!) I loved it and wore it to death. But, it’s possible I was also literally fifty pounds lighter and wore stretchy skirts and tube tops back then too.

@Sparkletastic, I wish I could suggest a source for dilis, but I cannot. Although I grew up eating Filipino food, it never occured to me to learn to cook it, especially since a lot is fried crisp and Filipinos do not stint on oil. The dilis that appeared on the breakfast table didn’t appear coated in batter- it was just crispy from stem to stern. They’re so small, they aren’t at all meaty. They’re thin and transluscent like a potato chip.

completely unrelated, there is also a popular Filipino super processed anchovy junk food. I think in Tagalog it might be called dilis and pusit (I think posit is squid) and it’s often flavored with teriyaki or spicy seasoning. Fishy snack food is not really to my taste, I’m too Americanized. So I’ve never tried it. but anchovy lovers might enjoy it As a curiosity. But, it’s very low brow and processed. . . Nothing like freshly made.. It is nothung at all like Italian fritti or the fish along costa del sol.

I would love a DH who finds Kellys the sexiest bags in the world!

 

[momasaurus]

Presenting Ms. kelly 32cm Gulliver leather.
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Gulliver is soooooo fabulous. This is beautiful!

 

[missie1]

I love everything about this post! I love both bags. I Especially Love your gorgeous family pic! Your DD is so cute!
having seen your photo I think you could rock the different toned gold heels and the gold chanel boy if worn with some attutude ( perhaps a worn t shirt or oversized mens white shirt and distressed denim). . . I no longer have the ability to rock heels (ankle cartilage replacement) and am both height and width challenged, but you look long and lean enough to carry it off. JMO
i don’t have a grail or favorite bag or a least favorite bag. Every new bag is my favorite. I’m not a practical person when it comes to bag aesthetics. i was a chanel RTW and then bag person before Hermes, and the so black chevron and gold and blue metallic reissues (although loved) are least used.

Perhaps my least favorite bags could be defined as placeholders until I find their replacements? A clemence sauge evelyne pm, phw. I determined that PM is the right size after years of wearing GM, but I’m afraid to ruin the light sauge color, so only wear it on a dry spring day (almost never). I did take it out this winter bc I was determined to get more wear, b I may go back to etoupe (even though I found recent year dye batches really muddy, etoupe was practical).

the blue Jean JPG Birkin is almost never worn bc the JPG fringe Kelly is so much more comfy and practical and sits closer to the body. But, it’s my only bright colored H bag, so its a place holder. Plus in my mind, I am really tall and thin and perfect for this bag.

There is the shiny croc chaine d’ancre that I almost never wear bc I prefer matte exotics. Plus ghw, and the combo is very blingy. (But it was bought for 1200 usd (which is less than half the retail price of a matte alligator Calvi? so I don’t want to get rid of it). so placeholder.

I have a more complicated relationship with BV hobos. They’re light and practical, but until they break in, they’re too ‘sticky outie’ in profile, and so only work with less structured clothing (brunello cuchinelli or lululemon yes, chanel RTW, no). (I think I got ‘sticky outie’ from a BV observation from @muchstuff. I weigh them down with stuff in the hopes of breaking them in, but they are remarkably durable and resistant to change.

out of curiosity to see how much space the H bags took up in a braggart display like those lavish closet photos on Pinterest. (I used two of DHs bags, a 33 evelyne sellier and a 42 ebene sac depeche briefcase as placement holders for my two rescue art bags coming from @docride). Full frontal, the H bags cover four aluminum shelves, but in the usual normal for me crosswise placement, only one shelf). Which made me think all of those Pinterest closet pics are a huge waste of space. The first two pics, same number of bags. The advantage of spreading out into four shelves is that I feel like I should never buy another bag. . . So maybe that’s good.
I thought my grand total number of bags including other brands was 24, but no, it’s 41 if I count a ghurka handpainted striped tote that I forgot to photo. somehow the number crept up. The non H bags, stored crosswise, take up a shelf about half the size of the H shelf, so one and a half shelves of bags sounds a lot better than 41.

@Sparkletastic, the last pic is the Chanels that I kept (227 gold reissue, choco bar blue metallic reissue and so black chevron reissue mini) plus the H chaine d’ancre (my mom borrowed it and broke the handle, so I attached an evelyne strap). And a silver metallic H clutch that’s too light silver metallic (I’m an anodized silver metallic person, but it was a great price). I love metallics, but Blingy bags tend to go unused. I’ll probably wear them more as I get older ( my mom, who had a much fancier social life, borrowed them, pre covid era. I factor CPW differently for bling.
Also, belated congrats to your DD summa &loves to shop!
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@Hazzelnut, you’re not silly! Go for the pink! You said it was well priced. You can wear it on your car rides and it will make you smile. It could end up being your most worn bag during covid. And, show us a pic when you get it! Hugs
@keodi, did you get rid of your least favorite bag?

I absolutely love seeing closet pics and how others store their items. Amazing bag collection. I absolutely love your Kelly’s. That’s next on my list. So you prefer to display your bags instead of storing in dust bags. Interesting as mine are all in their bags.