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]

I have a bit of a predicament. My ex fiance purchased a few Louis Vuitton items for me around a year ago. Things escalated, became quite abusive, and we split up. I gave him another chance as I loved him very much but that just recently ended badly. I have since entirely cut him out. I now have these items that, while I love them, have some seriously negative ties. I don't know what to do with them guys. I do have a few options:

A.) I continue to love them as I have done for years despite their sordid past.
B.) I sell them to fund new Louis Vuitton pieces with better energy, if you will...
C.) I hide them and re-visit this discussion later.

If we're being entirely honest, seeing them atm makes me feel quite anxious and nauseous, as if his control is still there. I also love these items and I'd like to eventually get over their origin. I trust your opinions and feedback! You're all amazing.

I agree with the others to sell them and get new bags to celebrate being out of an abusive relationship.

So sorry you went through that, and glad you're now safe.

 

[880]

@SakuraSakura, pls don’t keep anything that makes you feel anxious or nauseated
i like the solution suggested by @jayohwhy to donate proceeds if possible. Also agree with @doni and others above that yu should do whatever feels freeing to you.

thank you @doni for your kind words.

@ElainePG, I love your Canterbury and Bogart!

ive enjoyed seeing everyone’s gorgeous black collections!

DHs mom is not doing well, so I will post my stuff late.

hugs

 

[SakuraSakura]

Hey everyone!! Thank you all for the insightful feedback. They are three limited edition items - groom cles, the perforated cles and another limited edition mini pochette. I use the perforated cles frequently and I still like this mini pochette. If I were to begin selling them, I would probably start with the groom cles. With that in mind, the item that makes me feel the worst may be the perforated cles as it was purchased under the worst conditions.

Then I think - is any item really worth feeling $hitty for even if they’re limited edition and I love them? I can always purchase others later on. I have a lifetime of collecting ahead of me.

 

[BowieFan1971]

@SakuraSakura, pls don’t keep anything that makes you feel anxious or nauseated
i like the solution suggested by @jayohwhy to donate proceeds if possible. Also agree with @doni and others above that yu should do whatever feels freeing to you.

thank you @doni for your kind words.

@ElainePG, I love your Canterbury and Bogart!

ive enjoyed seeing everyone’s gorgeous black collections!

DHs mom is not doing well, so I will post my stuff late.

hugs

Sorry to hear she is not doing well. Don’t forget self care so you can be your best for others. Hugs!

 

[BowieFan1971]

Hey everyone!! Thank you all for the insightful feedback. They are three limited edition items - groom cles, the perforated cles and another limited edition mini pochette. I use the perforated cles frequently and I still like this mini pochette. If I were to begin selling them, I would probably start with the groom cles. With that in mind, the item that makes me feel the worst may be the perforated cles as it was purchased under the worst conditions.

Then I think - is any item really worth feeling $hitty for even if they’re limited edition and I love them? I can always purchase others later on. I have a lifetime of collecting ahead of me.

No. No item is worth feeling ****ty for. Limited Edition just means there are not a lot of them, not that it is a one of a kind.

 

[jayohwhy]

I can't believe it's finally my week! I decided to take advantage of the opportunity and take a family photo as this is also my curated collection and all my bags are black. My collection is simple, but it all serves a purpose and makes me happy to use them!

 

[Cookiefiend]

I can't believe it's finally my week! I decided to take advantage of the opportunity and take a family photo as this is also my curated collection and all my bags are black. My collection is simple, but it all serves a purpose and makes me happy to use them!
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A beautiful collection - wow!

 

[BowieFan1971]

I can't believe it's finally my week! I decided to take advantage of the opportunity and take a family photo as this is also my curated collection and all my bags are black. My collection is simple, but it all serves a purpose and makes me happy to use them!
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I am in awe of how tight your collection is and that it brings you joy. That is a textbook definition of a capsule handbag collection!

 

[keodi]

I can't believe it's finally my week! I decided to take advantage of the opportunity and take a family photo as this is also my curated collection and all my bags are black. My collection is simple, but it all serves a purpose and makes me happy to use them!
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Beautiful collection!

 

[FizzyWater]

One of the best examples I have seen is the feather on the purple(?) bag someone (sorry I can’t remember who) posted last week. Wow! It was perfect and just looked like it belonged there. Just enough to take the bag to the next level!

I'm pretty sure in that pic the feather came with the bag. Coach did a bunch of stuff with those feathers a few years ago. One of the few charms I really love, with or without the stud detail. I bought these for my mom a few years ago:


and they looked great together. (The blue's not as intense in real life, but still pretty!)

 

[dcooney4]

I can't believe it's finally my week! I decided to take advantage of the opportunity and take a family photo as this is also my curated collection and all my bags are black. My collection is simple, but it all serves a purpose and makes me happy to use them!
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Beautifully curated collection! Simply perfect!

 

[dcooney4]

@SakuraSakura, pls don’t keep anything that makes you feel anxious or nauseated
i like the solution suggested by @jayohwhy to donate proceeds if possible. Also agree with @doni and others above that yu should do whatever feels freeing to you.

thank you @doni for your kind words.

@ElainePG, I love your Canterbury and Bogart!

ive enjoyed seeing everyone’s gorgeous black collections!

DHs mom is not doing well, so I will post my stuff late.

hugs

So sorry to hear that.

 

[cowgirlsboots]

Hi everyone!
Sorry I haven´t been in for ages.
Trying to catch up looks like a huge task. I might just jump back in from here.

 

[southernbelle43]

I can't believe it's finally my week! I decided to take advantage of the opportunity and take a family photo as this is also my curated collection and all my bags are black. My collection is simple, but it all serves a purpose and makes me happy to use them!
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I love your "collection." It looks perfect to me!

 

[cowgirlsboots]

Black bag week
There are quite a few black bags in my collection- most of them vintage and the same I had last year already.
Here are 12 (= max. number of photos per post) of my black Dior bags:
Dior Delices, Dior New Lock, Dior Detective, Dior Lovely, Dior Saddle, Dior Trailer Trash x2, Dior 61 tote, Dior Gaucho (big version), Dior Gambler, Dior Diva, Dior Flight Bag, Dior Karenina