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.

 

[whateve]

I am hearing more and more about the headaches with the shots. I am hoping it wasn't to bad and that you feel better soon.

Thanks! It was a mild headache, not as bad as most headaches I get. I just felt kind of foggy, not clear-headed. My allergies got worse. I don't know if that is related. I took extra antihistamines and cough syrup and had a great night of sleep.

 

[whateve]

Uh-oh, I think this week's yellow bag pictures are going to conspire to haunt me, as I don't have a yellow bag. But how fun would one be???

I highly recommend getting a yellow bag. I don't wear yellow clothes but I smile every time I carry my yellow bag. It's like sunshine.

 

[JenJBS]

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

15 years! Nice! Ferragamo is such high quality! Thank you!

 

[dcooney4]

Thanks! It was a mild headache, not as bad as most headaches I get. I just felt kind of foggy, not clear-headed. My allergies got worse. I don't know if that is related. I took extra antihistamines and cough syrup and had a great night of sleep.

I am glad the headache wasn’t bad. I am not eligible yet but I am nervous with all the other headaches I get.

 

[Jereni]

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.

Thank you for the recommendations !

 

[Sparkletastic]

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!
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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.

Writing down your ideal handbag collection is a great exercise! I did this about 4 years ago and it focused my buying and selling. I had the patience to hunt down or buy the exact bags I wanted and the courage to punt the ones that didn’t work for me. As a result, I’ve been able to get every bag my heart went pitty pat for and none that I was meh about. I can’t wait to see how your collection transforms!

These are beautiful. I don't think the pink buckets are redundant - you'd carry them totally different places, right?

Sort of. I carry the Fendi casual to cocktails. The Choo is date night and formal. I typically don’t spend $$$$ on limited use bags. But I think I may get more use out of this particular bag because I could use it at sorority functions (our colors are pink and green and our jewel is pearls). We still dress up for luncheons and other events. I really have to think about it. It’s sooooo cute!

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.

I love the variety everyone has in their closet! It makes me feel sane. LOL! In most brand forums, people will say I buy only “X”
Or “X” and “Y”. I thought I was the weirdo who loved many different bags from different brands.

Also, like you, I thought I wasn’t a fan of bucket bags bc I only really saw huge utilitarian ones (black holes) or was remembering the LV epi Sac DePaule (?) waaaaay back from when I was in school which I find kind of ugly with the band and stiff leather. Then Mr. S surprised me with the Fendi which is small and precious. That’s likely why I’m kinda fixated on the smaller more decorated frou frou options. They feel like little portable jewel boxes.

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

What a great share! I just looked them up and they service the US!

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.

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

Yellow Dior Club! Whoop!

Thanks! It was a mild headache, not as bad as most headaches I get. I just felt kind of foggy, not clear-headed. My allergies got worse. I don't know if that is related. I took extra antihistamines and cough syrup and had a great night of sleep.

I’m sorry you had some symptoms but am VERY glad you got the shot and are ok.

 

[SouthernPurseGal]

We didn't get the house. Back to square one. Strike 4.

 

[CoachMaven]

Here are my orange and yellows
Coach duffle in chili:

PLG mini tote in Papaya:

Yellows I have four, all Coach. My vintage daypack and my Coach Originals curved top handle:

Bleecker Daily Bag:

And my Nomad:

 

[whateve]

We didn't get the house. Back to square one. Strike 4.

I'm so sorry. Eventually you'll find the perfect house and it will be worth having to go through so much disappointment.

 

[keodi]

We didn't get the house. Back to square one. Strike 4.

I'm sorry it didn't work out, I hope you can find something soon!

Here are my orange and yellows
Coach duffle in chili:
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PLG mini tote in Papaya:
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Yellows I have four, all Coach. My vintage daypack and my Coach Originals curved top handle:
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Bleecker Daily Bag:
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And my Nomad:
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Beautiful orange and yellows!

 

[JenJBS]

Here are my orange and yellows
Coach duffle in chili:
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PLG mini tote in Papaya:
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Yellows I have four, all Coach. My vintage daypack and my Coach Originals curved top handle:
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Bleecker Daily Bag:
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And my Nomad:
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That nomad looks like melted caramel... Can I ask what it's official name is?

 

[BowieFan1971]

Ok, need some help...I want to make a luxe drawstring-type bag for inside my Pico. The scarf I have in there is not silk and I want something that reflects the quality of the bag. I found these scarves. In all but the next to last one, which is almost the exact size I need, because it is larger than I need, I can cut the edges off or take the bag from off center toward one of the corners a bit. I already have the last one, but think the orange may be too dark? Which one gets your vote...I want something Hermès inspired but does not look like I am trying to pass it off as a real Hermès.

Thanks!!!

 

[CoachMaven]

That nomad looks like melted caramel... Can I ask what it's official name is?

The color is butterscotch, so caramel was close!

 

[whateve]

Ok, need some help...I want to make a luxe drawstring-type bag for inside my Pico. The scarf I have in there is not silk and I want something that reflects the quality of the bag. I found these scarves. In all but the next to last one, which is almost the exact size I need, because it is larger than I need, I can cut the edges off or take the bag from off center toward one of the corners a bit. I already have the last one, but think the orange may be too dark? Which one gets your vote...I want something Hermès inspired but does not look like I am trying to pass it off as a real Hermès.

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I like the first two.

 

[cowgirlsboots]

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.

Never touch (up) a working part
Enjoy your beautful bag!