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.

 

[Sparkletastic]

So interesting to see people’s 5. Gives such a sense of what colors (or not ) people center their wardrobes around. For me, browns and tans are so essential that I could not fathom having only black and grey bags. I hardly ever use black or grey, but so many of you have them at the heart of your essentials. And then we have the one color centric collection that goes against all the rules...I love that! And the styles...so many essentials that feature quilted bags like Chanel or Dior, bags/styles that I don’t ever see being in my wardrobe, let alone an essential (notice I did not say never LOL).

I love how diverse we all are, but are able to have bags in common and/or genuinely appreciate bags on others that are not “us” without losing site of who we are and what works for us. That’s really cool!

I completely agree. This is one of the few places on tPF where everyone comes together and cheerleads each others collections. I was especially appreciative of this in my early years on tPf as I could ask (dumb) questions / get feedback to help me curate my collection in a “safe” place.

I stay out of some forums / off some threads because they can get catty or snobby.

 

[essiedub]

I love this mental bag exercise of "perfectly curated collection." I took a picture of my five and I didn't post it because it didn't look quite right.
I'm glad I saw @Cookiefiend 's post about the 4 bag challenge we did in September 2019. I love how Cookie's list then and now are so similar.

September 2019 we did a challenge to choose and carry only 4 bags. Back then I selected:

• Chanel Black Reissue 226
• Hermes Etain Bolide 31
• Hermes Etoupe Evelyne PM (29)
• Hermes Rouge H Garden Party 36

For this curated 5 challenge, not necessarily favourite bags, I choose:

• Celine Black Small Cabas Phantom with Belt
• Hermes Etain Bolide 31
• Chanel Burgundy Small Caviar Lizard Coco Handle
• Chanel Black Reissue 226
• Chanel Black Patent Coco Shine Small Flap

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That’s a beautiful selection Morebags!

 

[Hazzelnut]

I can finally take part in a colour week!! I thought I’d have to wait until black

My little tweed bag arrived and I am in love It definitely won’t be every day, but I do see myself getting plenty of use! Happy I sold the other one for this. No money taken from the house fund and I have a pretty new bag!

 

[essiedub]

While I love brown bags, I struggle to fit them in with my wardrobe. I never wear beige (it looks terrible on me) and almost never wear colors I think go well with brown. Nearly everything in my wardrobe goes with black. When I wear brown bags, I feel I have to wear brown shoes, then I have to pick clothes that look okay with brown shoes. The last two days I've carried my MK green suede bag with brown trim. It was difficult picking my clothes to look good with both green and brown.

Oh you’re good! You should have seen me today ..a total color clash. Olive green pants and darker green quilted car coat (for International Women’s Day) with a slate blue bag. You’d think it would be ok, but it was noticeably jarring. So kudos to you for wardrobe synergy!

 

[dcooney4]

I can finally take part in a colour week!! I thought I’d have to wait until black

My little tweed bag arrived and I am in love It definitely won’t be every day, but I do see myself getting plenty of use! Happy I sold the other one for this. No money taken from the house fund and I have a pretty new bag!

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So pretty! Love the color of the hardware.

 

[Jereni]

I can finally take part in a colour week!! I thought I’d have to wait until black

My little tweed bag arrived and I am in love It definitely won’t be every day, but I do see myself getting plenty of use! Happy I sold the other one for this. No money taken from the house fund and I have a pretty new bag!

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This is so pretty! Haven’t seen this pattern before. I love tweed on a Chanel mini.

 

[momasaurus]

Ohhhhhhh… Tanglewood. Such fond memories. My parents and I would go there when I was a little girl. Then when Mr. PG & I started dating, I borrowed my Mom's car (I was living in NYC at the time) and we went for a long weekend. He had never been, and it was so much fun to introduce him to this favorite place.

Great story! It's fun to return to places that don't change much. Tanglewood will be back. So far they've announced only the pop artist lineup for June 2021. Whether and how the BSO will be at Tanglewood is still to be worked out. Fingers crossed!

 

[momasaurus]

Thank you!


Also, here are my bags for Pink/Purple Week. Pink is my favorite pop of color for a handbag, in my opinion it is the most versatile non-neutral on the color spectrum.

Chanel day trip, which is a seasonal flap from last season that is also out this season I think. Love this little guy. The flap always looks huuuge in photos but in person it’s a more rounded, cute little shape.
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Bottega Veneta mini pouch in amaranto. I bought this before deciding to go big and get the large pouch in rust and now I sort of wish I’d gotten this color in the large also. It’s such a fabulous color, would be fun as a bold statement bag.
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And third, my Chloe Aby lock mini satchel. This bag is sort of a weird peach/ tan but I’m including it for pink week regardless. I still keep thinking about letting go of this bag. It’s darling but ... I don’t know.
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Well you have sent me on a hunt for BV Amaranto. WOW - what a fabulous color!

 

[Jereni]

What a great question, and you are so right - these choices might not be the same as your favorites!

In September 2019, a few of us did a challenge in which we only carried 4 bags for the entire month. I carried my Vespa (summery still), Just Campagne Confort1 (tan), Proenza Schouler PS Courier Small (silver), and the LV LockMe Bucket (black). I did add my K at the end of the month because we made an unexpected trip to Chicago.

If I were to choose 5 bags that were part of a Perfectly Curated Closet (never happening but anyway!), I'd choose these bags:
Just Campagne Confort1 - a perfect neutral tote
Proenza Schouler PS Courier Small - for times when I need a bit of pizzazz
Nancy Gonzalez, Mini Erica Tote (black) - black crossbody
Hermes Kelly (black box leather) - I love this purse
For the 5th bag - toss up between the Ferragamo Studio Bag or the Ferragamo Studio Tote. Toss up because a black tote is indispensable, and a fun red bag is sometimes the pop you need!

Heh... some of you may remember when I was stalked by the Ferragamo Studio bag. I had seen it in green on a thread, and started looking at them, going back and for the between the Ferragamo site, tPF and pre-owned sites.... then I started seeing it on the top banner or side banner of every website I went to. It was everywhere I went.
Resistance was futile.
So, I bought one and love it so much I'd love one in black too.

Love your curated-5 choices! I probably should have made the challenge 7 bags - I also felt that 5 cut things off in such a way that I didn’t have ‘room’ for the pop-of-color bag.

Hahaha on being stalked by the Ferragamo bag. I’ve been feeling that way lately, I browse a bag online and then it shows up in all the embedded ads everywhere I go.

I love this mental bag exercise of "perfectly curated collection." I took a picture of my five and I didn't post it because it didn't look quite right.
I'm glad I saw @Cookiefiend 's post about the 4 bag challenge we did in September 2019. I love how Cookie's list then and now are so similar.

September 2019 we did a challenge to choose and carry only 4 bags. Back then I selected:

• Chanel Black Reissue 226
• Hermes Etain Bolide 31
• Hermes Etoupe Evelyne PM (29)
• Hermes Rouge H Garden Party 36

For this curated 5 challenge, not necessarily favourite bags, I choose:

• Celine Black Small Cabas Phantom with Belt
• Hermes Etain Bolide 31
• Chanel Burgundy Small Caviar Lizard Coco Handle
• Chanel Black Reissue 226
• Chanel Black Patent Coco Shine Small Flap

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Lovely curated set. The Celine cabas looks so luxurious and I LOVE the color on that coco handle! I like also that there’s a few different shapes - tote, satchel/top handle, shoulder bags. I noticed a lot of folks ended up with an array of different shapes, which makes sense.

 

[momasaurus]

I can finally take part in a colour week!! I thought I’d have to wait until black

My little tweed bag arrived and I am in love It definitely won’t be every day, but I do see myself getting plenty of use! Happy I sold the other one for this. No money taken from the house fund and I have a pretty new bag!

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This is cute! I love tweed. I did not know Chanel did this.

 

[Hazzelnut]

This is so pretty! Haven’t seen this pattern before. I love tweed on a Chanel mini.

Thank you! It was part of 21P, I think because of Brexit it took ages to filter in to the UK as it only arrived to them last Monday.

 

[Jereni]

I wear jeans most of the time and find I like the look of brown with them far more than black. Navy too. And I like the warmth of saddle/British tan/Hermès gold color with the medium to charcoal greys sweaters/tees/cardis I wear. Makes grey less stuffy, more approachable.

Same - black is great but I actually think it only looks good with jewel tones. Pastels, earth tones, ‘grayer’ tones of colors all look better with brown or tan.

 

[Hazzelnut]

This is cute! I love tweed. I did not know Chanel did this.

Thank you! I love tweed too, but have always been super hesitant about fabric bags in rainy Ireland. But the colour of this one called to me too much! I’m a black lover through and through, but I have a soft spot for purple.

 

[BowieFan1971]

I can finally take part in a colour week!! I thought I’d have to wait until black

My little tweed bag arrived and I am in love It definitely won’t be every day, but I do see myself getting plenty of use! Happy I sold the other one for this. No money taken from the house fund and I have a pretty new bag!

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I do love the tweed!!!! Very pretty and very Chanel!

 

[JenJBS]

Pink does not have an age limit. I fully intend to wear a pink bag in my casket! Colors and styles aren’t so much age specific as personal style / frame / taste specific. Enjoy what you love.

There are so many different shades of pink (and other colors). At least to me, different shades can 'feel' different ages. Some pinks look very sophisticated, and I wouldn't put them on a baby or little girl.

I can finally take part in a colour week!! I thought I’d have to wait until black

My little tweed bag arrived and I am in love It definitely won’t be every day, but I do see myself getting plenty of use! Happy I sold the other one for this. No money taken from the house fund and I have a pretty new bag!

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What a beauty! And, of course, I love the color!