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 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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It's beautiful! I love purple! It is striking with the silver hardware.

 

[Jereni]

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

Oh if you did not know about Chanel tweed, then go find your way to Google images and have some fun searching. Chanel is like the queen of tweed!

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.

Oh this so good to know. I’ve been waiting on a 21P bag that a PSer is getting me from the UK and it’s been FOREVER so I’d basically given up hope. Hopefully it’s also just been delayed in the same way.

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.

Love tweed also! But like you, I haven’t bought it much. I have a Tory Burch tweed chain wallet right now and it is fun.

Hoping to get my first Chanel tweed this summer when this comes out:

 

[Hazzelnut]

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

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

It's beautiful! I love purple! It is striking with the silver hardware.

Thank you

 

[Hazzelnut]

Oh if you did not know about Chanel tweed, then go find your way to Google images and have some fun searching. Chanel is like the queen of tweed!



Oh this so good to know. I’ve been waiting on a 21P bag that a PSer is getting me from the UK and it’s been FOREVER so I’d basically given up hope. Hopefully it’s also just been delayed in the same way.



Love tweed also! But like you, I haven’t bought it much. I have a Tory Burch tweed chain wallet right now and it is fun.

Hoping to get my first Chanel tweed this summer when this comes out:

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My SA was saying that they’re getting small batches shipped in so definitely could be the case!

Oh wow, that Chanel tweed is stunning!! Those colours would work with everything!

 

[880]

Ahhhhhh! So excited!!!! I can finally start planning our long delayed honeymoon! Italy, here we come!!!!!
Thinking maybe November, leave on Saturday, come back the following Tuesday. I want to see Florence, Venice, Rome, Adriatic coast. I want to eat amazing food! See art and architecture! Shop at a farmers market for fresh food! Get a pretty little piece of jewelry on the Ponte del Vecchio! Take a gondola ride! Walk through historic neighborhoods through narrow old streets! Smell the lavender and rosemary in the countryside and hear the ocean from a cliff side medieval village! I have wanted to go there forever and now I am finally going!!!!!!!!!
Any tips/suggestions/places to stay?

OMG! Congrats! You will have an amazing time! That’s a very ambitious itinerary! I decided not to get a piece of jewelry at Ponte del Vecchio as the mark up is high and instead took a pretty picture. And, even when DH and I were younger, we couldn’t fit in both a heavy lunch and a dinner. . . Eat a lot of gelato! One NOvember decades ago we were in Florence and it rained a lot. But, we got into every museum without waiting and shop keepers were very welcoming

@Hazzelnut, congrats on your purple tweed bag! It’s stunning! @Jereni, I love the one you are planning to get this summer
@whateve, I mix brown with blue, green, beige, black, red. . . The more muted in tone The more sartorial; but the more vivid, the more fashion in feeling (almost like a color block). @SouthernPurseGal, I think a few brown bags can be chameleons even with a jewel tone like green. (Second to last pic) Or a jeweled red and black scarf with no brown whatsoever. The brown is more forgiving and less sharp edged than black I do agree with @keodi that gold is a cheater brown Here is a brown bag (30 gold swift B) as a pop of color. If a bittersweet chocolate brown like ebene or marron fonce, I like any blue, (here a Chanel blue and silver coat with night green camo vuori joggers black soldier top ). Or, black and metallic boucle jacket with ebene Victoria, any shade of neutral like grey, beige, any metallic. . . The list goes on. Nowadays no shoes match and my Brunello SA says that white sneakers go with everything HTH.


@essiedub, re your purple chanel, was it from around 2006? If so, I bought a flap from that collection (bittersweet brown) with oversized logo and the leather was almost washed. . . I’d repurpose it into a casual bag and style it with light wash ripped denim (I havent worn ripped denim since 1984, but I do have a 3x1 frayed pair that I pull out in the summertime) and a favorite t shirt brand. (When im heavy, I prefer American giant U neckline supima cotton; when I’m happier with my weight, James perse or some such). And, Birkenstock’s. . . Or a loose tank (wolford makes one) with white jeans and the bag. Or khaki linen shorts, a transluscent oversized worn out men’s shirt and the bag. Or a summer dress, denim jacket and the bag.
@momasaurus, I dont have any pink or purple bags either but, the eye candy of others is making me waver. . ,

@BowieFan1971, I’m really curious: for a ten day trip, three pairs of jeans? Maybe I’m a slob when I travel, but I only take one. (Hides face in shame) I do typically take a pair of cargos in a dark color that can go from day- evening and some other things (discounting the leggings of course) .

Apologies all for hijacking the thread re brown!

 

[BowieFan1971]

OMG! Congrats! You will have an amazing time! That’s a very ambitious itinerary! I decided not to get a piece of jewelry at Ponte del Vecchio as the mark up is high and instead took a pretty picture. And, even when DH and I were younger, we couldn’t fit in both a heavy lunch and a dinner. . . Eat a lot of gelato!

@Hazzelnut, congrats on your purple tweed bag! It’s stunning! @Jereni, I love the one you are planning to get this summer
@whateve, I mix brown with blue, green, beige, black, red. . . But it’s more sartorial than fashion in feeling.

I may not get to do all of it, but I will not be hanging out in the room except to sleep! The 4 things I want to bring home with me...a piece of Venetian glass, a leather bag, a small dainty piece of gold jewelry and either a sweater or tailored piece. Things that after looking around are SO Italian that I will never mistake them for otherwise. And if it is a local label/manufacturer that I cannot ever buy here, all the better. Don’t want a Gucci/Fendi/Prada/etc. maybe I will even find the perfect black or red bag! I am so glad we are not going during tourist season because I like to experience everyday local life...eat, drink like the locals, live their pace. I am sooo excited!!!!! I want to try a bit of everything, including food, which is why I want to see different parts of Italy. We plan to spend more time in Venice and Florence than in Rome. Rome is more history and architecture...to see the big stuff like the Colosseum and Trevi...so two days there, 3-4 each in Venice and Florence.

Now to the important question— what kind of bag do I carry?!?

 

[Jereni]

Now to the important question— what kind of bag do I carry?!?

Ok I am SO interested in helping you plan your handbag array for this trip. How many bags do you want to bring along? At least a tote or messenger for day sightseeing and a fancy bag for night right?

I feel like in Italy, one should carry some soft, luxurious leather bag, or some really intricate piece that wears like art, lol!

 

[BowieFan1971]

Ok I am SO interested in helping you plan your handbag array for this trip. How many bags do you want to bring along? At least a tote or messenger for day sightseeing and a fancy bag for night right?

I feel like in Italy, one should carry some soft, luxurious leather bag, or some really intricate piece that wears like art, lol!

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I was thinking a medium LePliage for shopping cuz it had a zipper, is waterproof and folds up, and my teal Halzan-inspired bag because it is a crossbody that buckles closed (secure) and can still be used as a clutch or satchel. We probably won’t eat fancy, but we did throw out the idea of going to the opera if possible. I could also carry my little Fendi crossbody bag instead of the teal bag. And I do have a black quilted chain strap bag and a black circle bag with a gold handle and leopard pony hair front with an attachable crossbody strap. For shoes, I was thinking black...my lace up ankle boots and a pair of black Superga. And ballerina flats in case we go out. Too clutzy for heels and cobblestones. I am so out of practice on even flat pavement. Clothes...3 pair of straight leg jeans with some stretch in them, a black v-neck sleeveless knee length jersey fit and flare dress, a pair of black wide leg trousers with a little stretch, and cardis, camis, tees and crew neck sweaters to mix and match in tan, grey, black, white. A few scarves for color, warmth and drama, including at least one with teal in it. Tan trench coat and gloves. Sunglasses. I don’t want to bring a ton of jewelry...pair of diamond and pair of pearl studs, 2-3 bracelets to mix and match, watch, wedding rings. That’s it.
Need to leave room for the goodies!!!

Edit-will maybe bring a long jersey A-line skirt too.

Which of those bags sounded best?

 

[880]

I was thinking a medium LePliage for shopping cuz it had a zipper, is waterproof and folds up, and my teal Halzan-inspired bag because it is a crossbody that buckles closed (secure) and can still be used as a clutch or satchel. We probably won’t eat fancy, but we did throw out the idea of going to the opera if possible. I could also carry my little Fendi crossbody bag instead of the teal bag. And I do have a black quilted chain strap bag. For shoes, I was thinking black...my lace up ankle boots and a pair of black Superga. And ballerina flats in case we go out. Too clutzy for heels and cobblestones. I am so out of practice on even flat pavement. Clothes...3 pair of straight leg jeans with some stretch in them, a black v-neck sleeveless knee length jersey fit and flare dress, a pair of black wide leg trousers with a little stretch, and cardis, camis, tees and crew neck sweaters to mix and match in tan, grey, black, white. A few scarves for color, warmth and drama, including at least one with teal in it. Tan trench coat and gloves. Sunglasses. I don’t want to bring a ton of jewelry...pair of diamond and pair of pearl studs, 2-3 bracelets to mix and match, watch, wedding rings. That’s it.
Need to leave room for the goodies!!!

Sounds well thought out! I advocate for more time in Rome though. It’s amazing, and although the food is simpler, I love it. also, a small plug for Amalfi coast, but maybe it’s considered too touristy now.
@keodi, what is a 12 item travel wardrobe? I have a feeling I pack less than most people here. We prefer not to check in, and though I love ballet flats, I confess, on cobblestones, I do better with doc martens. And, I carry a travel purse (in my case, a nylon pseudo evelyne crossbody from a brand called Paul Stuart.or possibly a BV hobo, but usually not. One pair of jeans, grey pants, leggings. DH still adores going to a small grocery and buying an inexpensive, not too sweet bag of cantucci cookies. That plus procuitto sandwiches and espresso and he’s perfectly happy.

The guides ro Rome are usually way too action packed for me like this one https://globalcastaway.com/3-days-rome-guide/
DH and I are slugs and like to spend a lot of time hanging out.

 

[keodi]

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.

Same reason why I don't own brown bags, but i do love Hermes gold colour though.

Ahhhhhh! So excited!!!! I can finally start planning our long delayed honeymoon! Italy, here we come!!!!!
Thinking maybe November, leave on Saturday, come back the following Tuesday. I want to see Florence, Venice, Rome, Adriatic coast. I want to eat amazing food! See art and architecture! Shop at a farmers market for fresh food! Get a pretty little piece of jewelry on the Ponte del Vecchio! Take a gondola ride! Walk through historic neighborhoods through narrow old streets! Smell the lavender and rosemary in the countryside and hear the ocean from a cliff side medieval village! I have wanted to go there forever and now I am finally going!!!!!!!!!
Any tips/suggestions/places to stay?

Yay! I'm so excited for you!

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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Congratulations! beautiful Chanel!

I was thinking a medium LePliage for shopping cuz it had a zipper, is waterproof and folds up, and my teal Halzan-inspired bag because it is a crossbody that buckles closed and can still be used as a clutch or satchel. We probably won’t eat fancy, but we did throw out the idea of going to the opera if possible. I could also carry my little Fendi crossbody bag instead of the teal bag. For shoes, I was thinking black...my lace up ankle boots and a pair of black Superga. And ballerina flats in case we go out. Too clutzy for heels and cobblestones. I am so out of practice on even flat pavement. Clothes...3 pair of straight leg jeans with some stretch in them, a black v-neck sleeveless knee length jersey fit and flare dress, a pair of black wide leg trousers with a little stretch, and cardis, camis, tees and crew neck sweaters to mix and match in tan, grey, black, white. A few scarves for color, warmth and drama, including at least one with teal in it. Tan trench coat and gloves. Sunglasses. I don’t want to bring a ton of jewelry...pair of diamond and pair of pearl studs, 2-3 bracelets to mix and match, watch, wedding rings. That’s it.
Need to leave room for the goodies!!!

Good plan! i pack light when I travel for this reason. I do a 12 item travel wardrobe.

 

[BowieFan1971]

Sounds well thought out! I advocate for more time in Rome though. It’s amazing, and although the food is simpler, I love it. also, a small plug for Amalfi coast, but maybe it’s considered too touristy now.
@keodi, what is a 12 item travel wardrobe? I have a feeling I pack less than most people here. We prefer not to check in, and though I love ballet flats, I confess, on cobblestones, I do better with doc martens. And, I carry a travel purse (in my case, a nylon pseudo evelyne crossbody from a brand called Paul Stuart.or possibly a BV hobo, but usually not. One pair of jeans, grey pants, leggings.

I thought about Amalfi, but November is not the right time to go there. Another trip...
I need to do research about Rome and the other cities and figure out itinerary...glad you plugged Rome. I will take a deeper look. Maybe 3-3-3 is the way to go, with a day stop along the Adriatic, some place ancient and hilly.

 

[BowieFan1971]

Same reason why I don't own brown bags, but i do love Hermes gold colour though.

Yay! I'm so excited for you!

Congratulations! beautiful Chanel!

Good plan! i pack light when I travel for this reason. I do a 12 item travel wardrobe.

Deets on the 12 items!!!!

 

[BowieFan1971]

I thought about Amalfi, but November is not the right time to go there. Another trip...
I need to do research about Rome and the other cities and figure out itinerary...glad you plugged Rome. I will take a deeper look. Maybe 3-3-3 is the way to go, with a day stop along the Adriatic, some place ancient and hilly.

Not doing leggings...I know they are comfy and highly packable, but the days of looking good in them are over for me.

I will probably end up with 15-18 pieces total. Not bad for 10 days. And I can layer and play. It’s my husband that overpacks!!!!

 

[SouthernPurseGal]

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.

This. I do great with black, Grey, beige, taupe and tan.
Brown feels like the shoes need to match and no two Browns match..black is so Easy. I do have a chocolate bag that is like the color of milk chocolate but it is a non uniform mix of cool and warm shades and in my eyes looks chic with black or khaki or navy or...anything. But it's a unicorn.

 

[SouthernPurseGal]

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.

Oh now I understand. I only wear jewel tones so that's why brown doesn't work for me!