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.

 

[JenJBS]

Congrats!!!!

Thank you!

My pink bags: Dior Diorama in rose poudre
Gucci Marmont camera bag

Such pretty pink bags! Excellent pics!

 

[JenJBS]

SO glad for you.
We got our first jabs on March 5. We're supposed to get emails to schedule the second ones in a few weeks, and we'll get them in early April. (It's Moderna, so 28 days apart.)
My doctor has assured me that our hospital system has already set aside second doses for everyone who has received first doses, so we aren't stressing.
Very much.

Thank you!
Yay! Glad you got your first shots, and they have the second ones set aside for you. I'm also getting Moderna.

 

[essiedub]

I am thinking the Halzan would best fit the bill from what I have now. It’s a subtle pop of color (soft teal) and I can take the strap off and use it as a clutch. It is the 25 size, so it is not too big for that and I do love how secure it is when you buckle down the handles.
Trust me, I will be taking tons of pics...the beauty of a cellphone and iCloud...so I will have plenty to share.

I want to see your teal Halzan. Perhaps you’ve posted for green week. I really should go search

 

[Kimbashop]

I am in awe! Amazing!!!!

They were really special times. Singing brought me so much joy.

 

[BowieFan1971]

I want to see your teal Halzan. Perhaps you’ve posted for green week. I really should go search

It’s not a real one, just the same style. The strap unbuckles inside so it can be a clutch, shoulder or cross body bag. The way the strap buckles and threads through, it holds the bag closed itself, but you can use the front strap to buckle down the handles, so it is really secure. It’s a 25, so it’s not super big. For my everyday use, I actually wish it was the bigger size. If I buy a real Hermès one, I would get the 31. But there are things I carry everyday that I won’t need on vacay.

 

[BowieFan1971]

I keep looking at the Halzan 31 in black, but they cost more preloved than a preloved Bolide!!!! I love the versatility of the Halzan, but is it just me that the Bolide just looks more expensive?

 

[dcooney4]

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Two more: Chanel Business Affinity in pink: I am not able to capture the true color of this bag in this photo -- the color in real life is much prettier than the photo.
Burberry Camberley in pink orchid (if I recall correctly). Have been thinking of letting this one go as I haven't used it much, but the color is pretty -- it has a mauve/lilac tint to it and it's nice for spring and also other seasons.

Beautiful pinks! I adore your Dior!

 

[dcooney4]

I've been looking forward to pink week, it's my favourite colour! All of these bags are Versace, apart from the studded one which is from the Versace X h&m collab. And a bonus picture of the last time I got to go to an art exhibition carrying my favourite little bag, the Medusa Palazzo clutch.

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Such pretty shades of pink.

 

[880]

@crystal_cat, I love your pink bag collection! The Medusa pink with your shoes, fabulous!

I keep looking at the Halzan 31 in black, but they cost more preloved than a preloved Bolide!!!! I love the versatility of the Halzan, but is it just me that the Bolide just looks more expensive?

The Halzan is a much newer design. There are some relative bargains with Japanese resellers, but you have to add roughly 10% custom plus your state sales tax and do your due diligence before purchase. one of my favorite bags is an ebene woven leather convertible clutch (by Suarez NY). I’m not entirely sold on the Halzan for me personally, but I do like yours. I also believe the pendulum will swing back t9 larger bags, and there are deals to be had. . .

@ElainePG, @Hazzelnut, @momasaurus, re vintage chanel boucle jackets, have you checked out other preloved premium designer options. I snagged a gorgeous J mendel boucle jacket in steel blue and black with a black mink collar, jet bead trimmed cuffs, (IMO nicer than lesage) virtually new, for about 200 usd at TRR. And, a less adorned one by Christian Dior for 150 usd. Dennis Basso is best known for fur, but also does a RTW line. Other designers do gorgeous boucle (ranging from Akris, Akris punto and, a favorite of mine, a bridge designer Lafayette) and the prices at resellers can be gentle. You do have to be careful as some clothing can be faked, and also know your measurements, but all prices tend to bottom out after the holidays and in the summer.

Covid was an odd case in terms of retail. In summer, fall, and December 2020, I scored the aforementioned jackets as well as some of my best bag and RTW deals, prune/plum Hermes kelly 32 and a 30B for 5K each. (the first was badly sun damaged; @docride made her good as new and brushed the Hw; and rhe second which had badly darkened handles and other cosmetic issues that @docride turned into my solid metallic grey Birkin)

Re sizing. The advantage to a chanel item, is there are usually multiple side seams along the body of the garment, each with plentiful seam allowance, so a garment can be let out up to two sizes up or (with a talented tailor who is also a pattern cutter) can be cut down. An alteration to let out might show marks on a smooth or shiny fabric but not on boucle. I don’t think there is currently anyone to authenticate chanel RTW, but there is a RTW thread in the chanel forum with very knowledgeable members.

 

[Jereni]

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Two more: Chanel Business Affinity in pink: I am not able to capture the true color of this bag in this photo -- the color in real life is much prettier than the photo.
Burberry Camberley in pink orchid (if I recall correctly). Have been thinking of letting this one go as I haven't used it much, but the color is pretty -- it has a mauve/lilac tint to it and it's nice for spring and also other seasons.

Gorgeous pinks! The pink Chanel looks like a wonderful jewel tone color.

 

[momasaurus]

Yes! All from memory. it was terrifying, especially since John liked to mix everyone instead of keeping people in choral sections (e.g., soprano, alto, etc.). So you would be standing next to people who weren't singing your part. John would watch to see who hadn't memorized the words or the notes, and you would receive notice or get booted to the back row! The piece that created anxiety for me around this was Berlioz's Te Deum. The chorus actually nicknamed the piece "Tedium". It was truly a nightmare to remember for many reasons. I remember a Tenor in front of me had written some of the words on his hand and wrist during one rehearsal in order to remember them, and that did not go unnoticed by John.

John Oliver had the most incredible "ear" of anyone I have ever met (and I sang in a lot of groups back then). He could literally pick out who was singing a wrong note out of a group of 200 singers. He also had a great sense of humor. During the Boston Pops performances, while we were seated in bleachers on the stage and listening to an orchestral song, he would walk underneath the bleachers and crack jokes, knowing, of course, that we had to remain polker-faced and professional the whole time.

LOL - fabulous. I did not know that about the under-bleacher jokes. Conductors!!!

 

[momasaurus]

So have I! There's a high-end consignment store one town over, and last year Mr. PG and I checked it out. I thought I might find a Chanel tweed jacket at a reasonable price, since it was used… right? And even if I had to have it tailored to fit me properly, it would still be cost-effective. Right???

WRONG!!!

Of course, I had never priced a new Chanel tweed jacket, so maybe the prices at this shop were reasonable. But, yikes. I'm talking a couple of thousand dollars. Plus, these jackets didn't look new. Most of them really look worn out. So unless I inherit one from a small auntie whom I've never heard of, I think this is just going to be an out-of-reach dream.

Yes. In my neck of the woods the consignment shop prices are high, but at least the stuff is in good shape. Still, waaaaay out of my price range.
Just your luck, the old auntie would be too big. I suppose you could have the jacket altered LOL.

 

[momasaurus]

@crystal_cat, I love your pink bag collection! The Medusa pink with your shoes, fabulous!


The Halzan is a much newer design. There are some relative bargains with Japanese resellers, but you have to add roughly 10% custom plus your state sales tax and do your due diligence before purchase. one of my favorite bags is an ebene woven leather convertible clutch (by Suarez NY). I’m not entirely sold on the Halzan for me personally, but I do like yours. I also believe the pendulum will swing back t9 larger bags, and there are deals to be had. . .

@ElainePG, @Hazzelnut, @momasaurus, re vintage chanel boucle jackets, have you checked out other options preloved. I snagged a gorgeous J mendel boucle jacket in steel blue and black with a black mink collar, jet bead trimmed cuffs, (IMO nicer than lesage) virtually new, for about 200 usd at TRR. and a less adorned one by Christian Dior for 150 usd. Dennis Basso is best known for fur, but also does a RTW line. Other designers do gorgeous boucle (ranging from Akris, Akris punto and, a favorite of mine, a bridge designer Lafayette). You do have to be careful as some clothing can be faked, and also know your measurements, but the prices tend to bottom out after the holidays and in the summer.

Covid was an odd case in terms of retail. In summer and December 2020, I scored the aforementioned jackets as well as some of my best bag and RTW deals, prune/plum Hermes kelly 32 and a 30B for 5K each. (the first was badly sun damaged; @docride made her good as new and brushed the Hw; and rhe second which had badly darkened handles and other cosmetic issues that @docride turned into my metallic grey Birkin)

The advantage to a chanel item, is there are usually multiple seams, each with plentiful allowance, so a garment can be let out up to two sizes up or (with a talented tailor who is also a pattern cutter) can be cut down. An alteration to let out might show marks on a smooth or shiny fabric but not on boucle. I don’t think there is currently anyone to authenticate chanel RTW, but there is a RTW thread in the chanel forum with very knowledgeable members.

You are the best. Thanks! And congrats on your scores.

 

[BowieFan1971]

LOL - fabulous. I did not know that about the under-bleacher jokes. Conductors!!!

Having sang in a choir, I can’t imagine singing from memory surrounded by people singing different parts from yours!!!!!!

 

[BowieFan1971]

LOL - fabulous. I did not know that about the under-bleacher jokes. Conductors!!!

Having sang in a choir, I can’t imagine singing from memory surrounded by people singing different parts from yours!!!!!!