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.

 

[Kimbashop]

Thank you! It's called "Curry." Purchased in 2014, though I don't know if the color was from that year (I'm not really up to speed on seasonal Bal colors).
I love the size of the City bag, but the strap is much too short to carry crossbody, and with my neck & shoulder issues I really prefer a crossbody design. The strap is just an inexpensive one from Mautto but it's bright & cheerful.

I find the straps on the city bags really annoying so I use crossbody straps on mine too.

 

[Kimbashop]

It’s not really light. This is more accurate color-wise. Funny thing, in both pics, there is a pearly sheen to it that is not there IRL....View attachment 5001078

I love this color too! I love grey.

 

[Vintage Leather]

Question- because I trust your judgment. I want to wear my scarves year round. I have very short hair, pixie cut. Would it look stupid if I wore a scarf on my head because my hair is short and would not come out at all except a wee bit of bangs? Thinking something like this...worn with a tee and shorts, jeans or a long skirt and ballerina flats or sandals.

Do it!! There are a lot of cute short-hair scarf styles!

 

[More bags]

Question- because I trust your judgment. I want to wear my scarves year round. I have very short hair, pixie cut. Would it look stupid if I wore a scarf on my head because my hair is short and would not come out at all except a wee bit of bangs? Thinking something like this...worn with a tee and shorts, jeans or a long skirt and ballerina flats or sandals.View attachment 5001655

I think you'd look great - go for it! Google pics for inspiration, try it, see how you feel. I like this pic.

 

[SouthernPurseGal]

I would love to wear a head scarf and I have long hair that falls to the center of my back, but the problem is that my scalp gets really inflamed with the itchies and the flakies when I put any head covering on. I'm such a hot head and my hair is so thick that my scalp must breathe. Anything in addition to my heavy hair is just too steamy.

 

[BowieFan1971]

Here goes....

 

[Hazzelnut]

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You look great!!

 

[JenJBS]

Opinions please. My pre-loved RM Mini Nikki is much more distressed in come ares than others. I hoped some Leather CPR and Terrago shoe cream would help. Nope. Am I being too picky for letting that bother me?

I love everything else about it. And since they are only available used, I worry that selling this one to buy another one would result in the same problem. Poshmark, so can't return it. Ugh... This is why I don't enjoy buying used. Too many sellers aren't honest about the condition of the bag.

 

[cowgirlsboots]

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You look stunning!

 

[cowgirlsboots]

Opinions please. My pre-loved RM Mini Nikki is much more distressed in come ares than others. I hoped some Leather CPR and Terrago shoe cream would help. Nope. Am I being too picky for letting that bother me?

I love everything else about it. And since they are only available used, I worry that selling this one to buy another one would result in the same problem. Poshmark, so can't return it. Ugh... This is why I don't enjoy buying used. Too many sellers aren't honest about the condition of the bag.

Sorry, I´m not fully in the picture. So you did buy the Mini Nikki preloved from poshmark and it is worse than described? That´s a shame! I am not familiar with poshmark. Don´t they have any kind of customer protection for when items are not as described? Usually I wouldn´t be bothered by distressed areas when the price of the bag reflects them and find a way to make them a little better, but I would be terribly bothered by receiving something that does not match the description.

 

[BowieFan1971]

You look great!!

Thanks! I started feeling it after a wee bit and I think this is a look I will rock regularly. The scarf stayed in place and it even looked cuter after it got a little mussed from movement and wind.

 

[BowieFan1971]

Opinions please. My pre-loved RM Mini Nikki is much more distressed in come ares than others. I hoped some Leather CPR and Terrago shoe cream would help. Nope. Am I being too picky for letting that bother me?

I love everything else about it. And since they are only available used, I worry that selling this one to buy another one would result in the same problem. Poshmark, so can't return it. Ugh... This is why I don't enjoy buying used. Too many sellers aren't honest about the condition of the bag.

Can you post a pic?

 

[JenJBS]

Sorry, I´m not fully in the picture. So you did buy the Mini Nikki preloved from poshmark and it is worse than described? That´s a shame! I am not familiar with poshmark. Don´t they have any kind of customer protection for when items are not as described? Usually I wouldn´t be bothered by distressed areas when the price of the bag reflects them and find a way to make them a little better, but I would be terribly bothered by receiving something that does not match the description.

Yes. That's what happened. Poshmark return policy is horrible. They do require you to 'Accept' an item. Once you do, no return allowed. I was dumb enough to Accept it, thinking the CPR and and Terrago cream would solve the issue.

Can you post a pic?

Yeah. But it doesn't show up well. It's more the feel.

 

[dcooney4]

Oh, I'm sure I will! My only worry is the strap, which might be too narrow if I put a lot into the bag. But I don't often overload a bag, so it will probably be fine.
I know I could buy a wider fabric strap, but then that begins to feel like the Barbie Doll phenomenon. You know: the little doll wasn't expensive, but then there were her clothes, and her shoes, and her handbags, and her sunglasses, and her little red convertible…

I have some fabric straps but truth be told I wear the leather straps they come with the most.

 

[dcooney4]

Question- because I trust your judgment. I want to wear my scarves year round. I have very short hair, pixie cut. Would it look stupid if I wore a scarf on my head because my hair is short and would not come out at all except a wee bit of bangs? Thinking something like this...worn with a tee and shorts, jeans or a long skirt and ballerina flats or sandals.View attachment 5001655

I think it would look adorable.