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.

 

[SouthernPurseGal]

I'm following the purse talk to try to distract myself from waiting to hear today if they accept our offer (which is $5000 over list + no closing costs).
Pins & needles!!! I want a house now!!!

It's hard being a houseguest living out of a duffle bag at my mom's for seven straight weeks with two dogs and two small children, seeing my mom act passive aggressive at the burden of the noise and bother, and I empathize because we are a LOT to have in their thousand square feet 3 bedroom 2 bathroom home.

 

[JenJBS]

That's how I'd describe your collection! Each piece of yours is extraordinary!
Thank you for prompting this exercise!
It really brought home just how far away I am from my ideal collection. 4-5 years ago, I actually had my ideal core collection down and each piece was a work of art. It was mainly my 'memento' bespoke bags and only 3 or 4 contemporary (if my memory serves).
Then I started exploring contemporary bags and then my friends and family started gifting me more (and more and more) bags. That's when it turned into what it is now...just a random collection of contemporary.
I'm very lucky to have such an abundance of pretties, and each one has something unique about it, but I have to think hard about letting more go. This is so far away from my ideal, streamlined collection.

Love Bvlgari bags!


That little exercise of listing my collection by brand really has been an eye-opener! I definitely know now what direction I want to take with my collection moving forward.
Step 1 is to enjoy what I have now (they're already with me and should be used) and slowly keep releasing anything that isn't quite right.
Step 2 is to hit my goal of only 16 bags.
Step 3 is for waaayyy into the future...
Should I ever be able to afford them (it's truly unlikely but I want to dream big), I would like to add 1 vintage Dior (totally inspired by @Sparkletastic and @cowgirlsboots), and a Bvlgari.

I've had Bvlgari on my wish list for f o r e v e r! It's just that their styles don't work on me. I've tried and tried them in the store, and the attention to detail is unparalleled! However, when I hold one, it always looks I'm holding someone else's bag.
They recently came out with neon coloured, smaller bags that I thought I might be able to pull off, but alas, they weren't as gorgeous as the forever line usually is.
Hopefully by the time I can afford one, they'll have a style that is more 'me'. Or I will have grown into their classic styles.
So my future capsule of bags will ideally consist of 1 Dior, 1 Bvlgari, 5 contemporary bags (kept from my existing collection) 7 bespoke bags (either the current ones or new ones added along the way), and 2 office/travel bags.
Wow! I feel great now that I have a better idea of what my curated bag wardrobe will look like. Of course, that may change in time, but it feels right for now.

I'd only seen those small, neon bags that you mention. Eye opening to see the classic/forever lines!

Thanks for the compliment about my bags. You're very kind.

I'm glad people are liking the question. It's fun to see all the various brands people have.

It is easy for our collections to get larger and more 'random' than anticipated. Especially if other people are adding to it as gifts. You ideal collection sounds beautifully streamlined and curated!

 

[Jereni]

Bag count-

Hermès- 1
LV- 6
Gucci- 2
Fendi- 2
Etro- 1
Bally- 1
Burberry- 1
Coach- 3
Dooney- 2
Ralph Lauren- 1 Black Label, one LRL
Rebecca Minkoff- 1
Le Pliage- 3

4 other bags, including a cute straw tote from my son

Total- 29

Better than I thought, but I did just list 5 to cover the Pico, as well as 2 others...and do the Le Pliage really count? They fold up so small...

Edit- forgot a Coach...

Nice variety of bags! Haha on the le Pliage not counting. I could get behind that.

Another bucket bag to tempt us from Bvlgari. It comes in many different color ways. View attachment 4991154
What / where is the inventory function?

I keep getting attracted to them, but I’ve yet to find the right bucket bag for me. They look so cute in pictures, and I feel like I would like them because I like being able to just slip my hand into a bag without fumbling with too many things.

I think I struggle with the gathered look where it comes more to a point and then sort of makes the bag a triangle. But that’s sort of the point of a bucket bag too, I guess.

That's how I'd describe your collection! Each piece of yours is extraordinary!
Thank you for prompting this exercise!
It really brought home just how far away I am from my ideal collection. 4-5 years ago, I actually had my ideal core collection down and each piece was a work of art. It was mainly my 'memento' bespoke bags and only 3 or 4 contemporary (if my memory serves).
Then I started exploring contemporary bags and then my friends and family started gifting me more (and more and more) bags. That's when it turned into what it is now...just a random collection of contemporary.
I'm very lucky to have such an abundance of pretties, and each one has something unique about it, but I have to think hard about letting more go. This is so far away from my ideal, streamlined collection.


Thanks!

Love Bvlgari bags!

@whateve Sorry to ask on here but I can't keep up with the various threads...have you and hubby had the second shot yet? If so, I just want to say that I am SO happy for you!
____

That little exercise of listing my collection by brand really has been an eye-opener! I definitely know now what direction I want to take with my collection moving forward.
Step 1 is to enjoy what I have now (they're already with me and should be used) and slowly keep releasing anything that isn't quite right.
Step 2 is to hit my goal of only 16 bags.
Step 3 is for waaayyy into the future...
Should I ever be able to afford them (it's truly unlikely but I want to dream big), I would like to add 1 vintage Dior (totally inspired by @Sparkletastic and @cowgirlsboots), and a Bvlgari.

I've had Bvlgari on my wish list for f o r e v e r! It's just that their styles don't work on me. I've tried and tried them in the store, and the attention to detail is unparalleled! However, when I hold one, it always looks I'm holding someone else's bag.
They recently came out with neon coloured, smaller bags that I thought I might be able to pull off, but alas, they weren't as gorgeous as the forever line usually is.
Hopefully by the time I can afford one, they'll have a style that is more 'me'. Or I will have grown into their classic styles.
So my future capsule of bags will ideally consist of 1 Dior, 1 Bvlgari, 5 contemporary bags (kept from my existing collection) 7 bespoke bags (either the current ones or new ones added along the way), and 2 office/travel bags.
Wow! I feel great now that I have a better idea of what my curated bag wardrobe will look like. Of course, that may change in time, but it feels right for now.

That’s so nice that you now have an idea of where your collection is headed! Sounds like it will be perfectly curated.

 

[southernbelle43]

I'm following the purse talk to try to distract myself from waiting to hear today if they accept our offer (which is $5000 over list + no closing costs).
Pins & needles!!! I want a house now!!!

It's hard being a houseguest living out of a duffle bag at my mom's for seven straight weeks with two dogs and two small children, seeing my mom act passive aggressive at the burden of the noise and bother, and I empathize because we are a LOT to have in their thousand square feet 3 bedroom 2 bathroom home.

I wish you luck dear!!! Fingers crossed.

 

[cowgirlsboots]

Not sure if anyone recalls but I posted up-thread about adding a really quirky bag to my collection. Well, it has arrived far, far ahead of schedule!
I realise this one is super weird and may not be to anyone else's taste but, it makes me laugh every time I look at it!
Pre-loved with no branding on it (and no additional info from the owner), so if anyone knows what brand this is, please educate me!
It's got a tag that says '100% Italian leather, made in Italy' inside. The leather is so soft, and the hardware looks and feels like it's great quality as well.
It's actually a clutch that I converted using my own leather strap. The clutch had an external loop on one side for the original wristlet strap, so I connected one end of my crossbody strap to it. Then I placed a fabric pouch with a grommett inside the clutch, and attached the other end of the strap to the grommet by feeding it under the zipper (if that makes sense).

Here he is! I'm calling him Mr. Grumpy.
View attachment 4990139

He´s quirky, he´s kind of weird, he´s PERFECT!
I can´t stop smiling and in my head the Mr. Happy nursery rhyme keeps playing.

 

[cowgirlsboots]

Anybody take an H bag to their bag spa? How much was it? I am nervous about working on the corners of my new Pico 18 since it’s orange. I have seen what people on other threads paid to clean and do the corners on B and K bags, but would mine be as much since it is small and simple?

Sorry, no H bag here and no experience re the H bag spa.
For corner touch ups on much humbler bags I use a product called Leather Fresh by a company called colourlock. I do not know whether they are available from your country. They offer the option to send in your bag (or a piece of the leather) and they match the product (and liqid leather for deeper repairs) to the exact colour so you can touch up perfectly. They might even have the colour ready made if you can name the exact H colour name. It would be worth asking.

Lederzentrum Webshop

Lederzentrum: Lederpflege, Lederreparatur, Lederfarben, Lederreinigung

www.lederzentrum.de

 

[JenJBS]

My only yellow or orange bag. Cheap, but fun, tote I got in Moab on my birthday trip a couple years ago. Yep, it really is dyed with the orange/red rock dirt in Southern Utah.

 

[cowgirlsboots]

You have great self awareness of what you like.
I refuse to count...

Thank-you! I guess I´ve gone through a lot of experimental purchases of which I regretted a lot and only slowly found out what I really like.

Exactly! No counting!
I refuse to shock myself with numbers... especially after this morning when some little devil inside my head prompted me to count the vintage bags in the cabinets in our multi-functional room/ kitchen (our living circumstances are very makeshift and a bit unsusal...) Without looking behind everything I spotted 50 vintage bags- and it´s not been long since I raided these cabinets and removed the bags that I did not care for at all.
No more counting! Generally numbers have no meaning for me. It´s feelings that count.
So why fall into the number trap and question feelings.

 

[cowgirlsboots]

Orange and yellow bags...

I was about to say: there aren´t any- I don´t do yellow or orange for bags...
...then I looked around and this strange new love and reliable companion of mine came into sight:
Dior New Lock in mustard patent, GHW.



The colour is a chamelion depending on the light. It can be beige, it can be shiny mustard. It´s always very neutral.

 

[dcooney4]

I forgot another brand I have. It is Jerome Dreyfuss - the goat skin is beautiful .

 

[JenJBS]

Thank-you! I guess I´ve gone through a lot of experimental purchases of which I regretted a lot and only slowly found out what I really like.

Exactly! No counting!
I refuse to shock myself with numbers... especially after this morning when some little devil inside my head prompted me to count the vintage bags in the cabinets in our multi-functional room/ kitchen (our living circumstances are very makeshift and a bit unsusal...) Without looking behind everything I spotted 50 vintage bags- and it´s not been long since I raided these cabinets and removed the bags that I did not care for at all.
No more counting! Generally numbers have no meaning for me. It´s feelings that count.
So why fall into the number trap and question feelings.

Sorry to be a downer, but... Numbers, and more, matter for insurance. We had two house fires as a kid; so I learned not to say, 'It will never happen to me.' Insurance wants to know what you owned when you make a claim. Same for flood, theft, loss by a moving company, etc.

If you don't want to count and document, please have someone else do so. Not just number of bags, but brands, and an idea of style. Same for all your possessions. Again, sorry to be a downer, but things happen in life.

 

[BowieFan1971]

Nice variety of bags! Haha on the le Pliage not counting. I could get behind that.



I keep getting attracted to them, but I’ve yet to find the right bucket bag for me. They look so cute in pictures, and I feel like I would like them because I like being able to just slip my hand into a bag without fumbling with too many things.

I think I struggle with the gathered look where it comes more to a point and then sort of makes the bag a triangle. But that’s sort of the point of a bucket bag too, I guess.



That’s so nice that you now have an idea of where your collection is headed! Sounds like it will be perfectly curated.

Loeffler Randall had a bucket bag that looked like a pail with two leather handles and a jacquard lining that had a drawstring top, so all the convenience of a drawstring bag but no triangular shape. There are other bags, like the Picotin or LV buckets that you could put a drawstring bag in....Poshmark has a black Epi leather LV petit bucket listed there right now.

 

[BowieFan1971]

Sorry, no H bag here and no experience re the H bag spa.
For corner touch ups on much humbler bags I use a product called Leather Fresh by a company called colourlock. I do not know whether they are available from your country. They offer the option to send in your bag (or a piece of the leather) and they match the product (and liqid leather for deeper repairs) to the exact colour so you can touch up perfectly. They might even have the colour ready made if you can name the exact H colour name. It would be worth asking.

Lederzentrum Webshop

Lederzentrum: Lederpflege, Lederreparatur, Lederfarben, Lederreinigung

www.lederzentrum.de

Thanks cgb!
I looked at it again this morning after everything had a chance to soak in. I think I am making a mountain out of a molehill. It is visible, but only if you are looking right at it. I think I am going to wait until it is a little more noticeable and then send it in to the Hermès bag spa. That way I know it will be done right, the bag will look like new. In addition, if I need a repair in the future, I will not have affected my ability to have Hermès repair it, since they can refuse to work on a bag someone else has touched. Plus waiting will let me have my bag for a bit before losing her to the spa for a few weeks. I have seen what other local places charge and it sounds like Hermès does not overcharge for their work and you know the colors will match.

 

[keodi]

I loooooove Hermes greens, and this looks amazing with palladium hardware (my favorite)!! Also Evercolor is a great smoothish leather.

me too!

It seems a bunch of us like a lot of different brands.

Great collection!

I recently bought some Coach gloves. That leather!

Thank you! I love this bracelet!

Agreed, I own a pair I purchased over 15 years ago, and I love them! your bracelet is beautiful!

I'm following the purse talk to try to distract myself from waiting to hear today if they accept our offer (which is $5000 over list + no closing costs).
Pins & needles!!! I want a house now!!!

It's hard being a houseguest living out of a duffle bag at my mom's for seven straight weeks with two dogs and two small children, seeing my mom act passive aggressive at the burden of the noise and bother, and I empathize because we are a LOT to have in their thousand square feet 3 bedroom 2 bathroom home.

Wishing you luck! I'm hoping they accept your offer!

Orange and yellow bags...

I was about to say: there aren´t any- I don´t do yellow or orange for bags...
...then I looked around and this strange new love and reliable companion of mine came into sight:
Dior New Lock in mustard patent, GHW.

View attachment 4991603

The colour is a chamelion depending on the light. It can be beige, it can be shiny mustard. It´s always very neutral.

Beautiful mustard yellow!

 

[whateve]

I'm thrilled for you! I mean that sincerely! I know how strict you've had to be throughout, so I was elated when you managed to get yourself in for a shot before expected.
Sorry to hear you both have some symptoms (though that hopefully means that the vaccine is doing its job). It seems random that some people have no issues after the shots while others feel ill for days. I really hope you both feel better soon.
And I cannot wait for you to celebrate with your son! No doubt you'll all feel a lot better after being able to see each other properly again.

I really hope they figure out what to do for those of us who are ineligible. I won't breathe easy until my mum and I both get some sort of vaccine. Hopefully the brilliant scientists will tackle this problem next.
Sorry to divert the thread everyone. I've been counting down the days to get this update!

Thank you! We are very excited! We've been counting the days since we got the first shot.

I'm sure the symptoms we are having are nothing compared to the disease. It is easier to deal with knowing they likely won't last more than 3 days.

I hope you and your mom will be able to be vaccinated soon. I don't think the US has the same restrictions on eligibility. I can't think of any health problem that precludes getting the vaccine in the US. But I think they are just winging it. They won't know the impact until it has been studied for several years.

ETA: DH has had severe reactions to vaccines in the past. His heart stopped when he had the cholera shot, and he is severely allergice to heparin, yet he was still eligible for the vaccine.