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.

 

[momasaurus]

My happy week- brown and tan bags. The dark honey/camel color, like Coach British tan or Saddle, Hermès Gold or Natural Barenia, and aged vachetta, is my favorite color leather. Warm, glowing, organic but rich and sophisticated. I have decided that my Bolide will be in this color, not black, because that is what makes my heart sing and since it will be my most expensive bag, I want my heart to sing every time I wear it. May get rid of D&B satchel and LV Bucket, Coach tote when I get Bolide.

-Straw bag with wooden handles from my son
-Coach Bay tote
-LV Saleya PM DE
-LV Speedy 25 Mono
-LV Bucket GM Mono
-LV Alma PM Mono from my DH
-Fendi Pequin canvas crossbody (my restoration bag)
-Dooney and Bourke small satchel
-LV Papillon 30 DE
-Gucci Abby mono tote

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Oh, that woven bag. So adorable!!!

 

[momasaurus]

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And YOUR woven bag too! I must really have spring fever.

 

[ElainePG]

we have a cute litttle neighborhood lending “library” that is just a small box resembling a little house with a door on it You can place books in the box for others to read and take ones you wish to read. Anyone have those where they live? Ours was created by our neighbor, who dedicated the little library to the memory of her husband.

What a lovely story about your neighbor dedicating her mini-library to her late husband.

We have a number of these little libraries within a mile or two of our house. We pass them when we go on neighborhood walks. They look a bit like large bird houses, until you get close!

Before the pandemic we would sometimes pause our walk to see what was on offer. A few times we took out a book, then replaced it when we were finished. Or, sometimes, tucked in one of ours as well!

 

[Cookiefiend]

My brown and tan bags.

From back left:

• Longchamps Le Pliage Cuir
• Celine ‘big bag’
• Fendi peekaboo
• Proenza Schouler PS11 tiny
• Coach mini Dreamer

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I love brown/tan as a bag color almost as much as taupe and have like 2 or 3 I want at any given time.

Another darling Coach Dreamer... is it Rattan? So cute!

 

[ElainePG]

Talking about books and book storage, this is what I did during last lockdown (which was one year ago, oh my God, how did this whole year all happen? ).

I have always be tempted but also found it too childish and Instagrammy, and, you know, not intellectual enough... But I thought what the hell.
And then I was so surprised how well it works for me. It is easier for books to stay organized (before they were in alphabetical order and they always ended up a mess). Plus, because I have such a visual memory, it is actually often easier for me to find a book now, which I was really surprised to find out!

I am even considering to do my other bookshelf (art and other big books) in this lockdown...

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It's very early in the morning here, and I've only had a half cup of coffee, so my brain isn't awake yet. I'm confused by your first picture. How did you get all the book covers to be in black & white?

 

[ElainePG]

You should have seen SOTD before the "like" function. OMG with the thank you's and you are so kind's and the people who feel the need to comment on every single post. I know that is their standard for civility, but......
Since my avatar recently added O.G. mysteriously, I learned that I've been here 10 years (Original Gangsta or something I don't understand), so I get to vent if I want, LOLOL.

When tPF first added the O.G. designation, I had no idea what it stood for. I thought maybe Old Goat??? Shows how out of touch (old) I am.

 

[Cookiefiend]

My brown bags are the same as last years (and possibly the year before that too!)
LV Pallas and Just Campagne Confort 1

 

[dcooney4]

My brown bags are the same as last years (and possibly the year before that too!)
LV Pallas and Just Campagne Confort 1
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When something is lovely and works well, why change it.

 

[BowieFan1971]

And YOUR woven bag too! I must really have spring fever.

I love it too!!!!

 

[BowieFan1971]

My brown bags are the same as last years (and possibly the year before that too!)
LV Pallas and Just Campagne Confort 1
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Love the Pallas. Simple shape lets the Mono do the talking! And I love that patina color, as well as the color of the Confort...the perfect season less neutral.

 

[mariliz11]

My brown bags are the same as last years (and possibly the year before that too!)
LV Pallas and Just Campagne Confort 1
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Like the aged patina too. Gives such a vintage old school class vibe!

 

[Cookiefiend]

When something is lovely and works well, why change it.

Exactly!
I have looked at other brown bags, but each time I have thought "But my two are perfect already!"

Love the Pallas. Simple shape lets the Mono do the talking! And I love that patina color, as well as the color of the Confort...the perfect season less neutral.

Thank you!
I took the Pallas in, in 2019, for repairs. The edge coating had cracked a bit (I hate cracked edge coating with a passion) and it was gone for almost 4 months! I missed it so much... but they completely replaced the handles! It was a bit of a Bottomless Pit because of the black lining, so I finally put a light colored shaper/organizer thingy inside. The Confort is a forever bag - fabulous leather, perfect size, and I love the checked lining. I've often briefly wondered it I would trade it in for a B in gold.... but then I think 'Nah - this is perfect for me!"

 

[Cookiefiend]

Like the aged patina too. Gives such a vintage old school class vibe!

Thank you! They are not really aged patina though, they're dark brown leather!

 

[880]

@afroken, I love the story about your mom’s gucci, and I’m glad you now have it! It’s a beauty!
@Cookiefiend, the confort looks like the perfect daily bag, relaxed and self assured with a hint of structure
@BowieFan1971, a preloved gold bolide should be very doable as a next bag! Do you like hobos? Bc I could also see you in a BV cervo hobo.

 

[Jereni]

I love the color of your Celine bag. In my eyes that is the prefect shade. Is it very heavy?

Thanks! And - no not at all! At least not to me - it is like the perfect ‘effortless’ boho chic sort of tote.

Another darling Coach Dreamer... is it Rattan? So cute!

Yes it is tan and white leather and then a patch of rattan on each side. I bought it instantly upon sight and haven’t had a single moments regret, even though it is SUCH a small little thing and I think the crossbody option looks strange on it.