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.

 

[BowieFan1971]

@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.

Not a hobo person. The Prada hobo affair proved that in case I wasn’t sure. The leather was so soft and felt amazing, truly luxe, but I could not stand how it just puddled every time I put it down. It just felt too boho for/to me. Hobos look great...on other people. And I love boho style on other people, but it doesn’t read right on me. A structured hobo, maybe? But that kind of negates the whole feel of a hobo.

The Picotin is my kind of unstructured bag...slouchy but on a structured base. Just like a Clemence Bolide. I am one of those women who puts a bag shaper bottom in my Speedy...

 

[BowieFan1971]

I do have to say, talking about hobos, that no one does hobos better than Italian bag makers. They get the sexy elements of a hobo perfectly- the shape and sensuous casualness, the purposeful carelessness. Not sloppy, but voluptuous, like the decadence of a piece of fruit that is juicy and almost too ripe, but deliciously sweet and rich. They know it is all about the leather, which, as a whole, they completely nail.

 

[880]

I do have to say, talking about hobos, that no one does hobos better than Italian bag makers. They get the sexy elements of a hobo perfectly- the shape and sensuous casualness, the purposeful carelessness. Not sloppy, but voluptuous, like the decadence of a piece of fruit that is juicy and almost too ripe, but deliciously sweet and rich. They know it is all about the leather, which, as a whole, they completely nail.

I feel that way about Italian RTW and perfume. I prefer the structure of the French brands there too. Exception is Brunello cuchinelli trousers. They work for me bc unlike a lot of his fashion stuff for women, his pants are structured. With respect to perfume, French fragrance has opening top, middle and base notes that morph and build on a foundation. Italian, not so much. IMO
@Jereni, congrats on your 10 pounds!
and, @jblended, congrats on your weight gain. It is nice not to be shiveringnwith three layers on anymore. And, happy belated birthday!

 

[BowieFan1971]

I feel that way about Italian RTW and perfume. I prefer the structure of the French brands there too. Exception is Brunello cuchinelli trousers. They work for me bc unlike a lot of his fashion stuff for women, his pants are structured. With respect to perfume, French fragrance has opening top, middle and base notes that morph and build on a foundation. Italian, not so much. IMO.

I don’t have a lot of experience with Italian perfumes, but I can say that French perfume seems to be better rounded than American perfumes....they pay as much, if not more, attention to how it will smell on your skin after an hour as it does in or right out of the bottle.

 

[JenJBS]

My only brown bag. Aspinal of London Aerodrome briefcase.

 

[BowieFan1971]

My only brown bag. Aspinal of London Aerodrome briefcase.

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Love this! I think, between all the AoL bags I have seen here the last two weeks that are just so gorgeous and elegant, but simple, that I need to take another trip to their website...

 

[JenJBS]

Love this! I think, between all the AoL bags I have seen here the last two weeks that are just so gorgeous and elegant, but simple, that I need to take another trip to their website...

You do! I was truly heartbroken that the only women's style bag from the Aerodrome collection was sold out well before I found the brand... Haven't seen it on the resale sites, and doubt I will... It's based on the British WWII Spitfirefighter plane, and the level of detail is unreal. The lining is Air Force blue. The 'feet' have a spitfire look. On the briefcase, the lock looks like the firing button on the spitfire - you turn is to 'fire' to open, and back to 'safe' to lock. The dark brown leather matching the dark brown leather bomber jackets the pilots wore. Ok, I'll stop rambling now... To be fair I do have a complaint about AoL: I really wish they'd do more stuff without the croc embossing - smooth and pebbled leathers.

 

[afroken]

My only brown bag. Aspinal of London Aerodrome briefcase.

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You do! I was truly heartbroken that the only women's style bag from the Aerodrome collection was sold out well before I found the brand... Haven't seen it on the resale sites, and doubt I will... It's based on the British WWII Spitfirefighter plane, and the level of detail is unreal. The lining is Air Force blue. The 'feet' have a spitfire look. On the briefcase, the lock looks like the firing button on the spitfire - you turn is to 'fire' to open, and back to 'safe' to lock. The dark brown leather matching the dark brown leather bomber jackets the pilots wore. Ok, I'll stop rambling now... To be fair I do have a complaint about AoL: I really wish they'd do more stuff without the croc embossing - smooth and pebbled leathers.

I love this bag so much! Which probably isn't a surprise to you. So I've been a litttttle obsessed with their stuff recently and have been checking out their sale/outlet page daily you know, just in case something catches my eye (and many things caught my eye but I had to contain myself). I think they update their sale section pretty frequently, a few times a day. And more than once I've seen a women's top handle purse from the Aerodrome collection so check back often and you will be rewarded with what you're looking for. I've found several treasures thus far....

 

[JenJBS]

I love this bag so much! Which probably isn't a surprise to you. So I've been a litttttle obsessed with their stuff recently and have been checking out their sale/outlet page daily you know, just in case something catches my eye (and many things caught my eye but I had to contain myself). I think they update their sale section pretty frequently, a few times a day. And more than once I've seen a women's top handle purse from the Aerodrome collection so check back often and you will be rewarded with what you're looking for. I've found several treasures thus far....

Thank you! When I go to the item page for it, it says the style was discontinued... I will be haunting the sale page. Thank you!

 

[afroken]

Thank you! When I go to the item page for it, it says the style was discontinued... I will be haunting the sale page. Thank you!

It is discontinued but AoL frequently brings out items from past collections onto their sales page. Hahaha I know their sales page so well now

 

[JenJBS]

It is discontinued but AoL frequently brings out items from past collections onto their sales page. Hahaha I know their sales page so well now

I see the 24hr bag (with top handles) on the sale page once in a while. I really hope they bring the mini back... I should probably just get the 24hr bag, and deal, but I want the mini size... So excited to know it pops up sometimes!

 

[doni]

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?

Oh dear. I get it, I am also noone without my first cup of coffee . These are (part of) the books that happen to have white covers, put together!

 

[Bag peace]

I'm happy to update that I'm properly shopping my own bag closet. I've been offered 3 bags for my birthday (by different friends) and didn't accept their kind offers! I must say, I was tempted for a minute, but being generally overwhelmed by my sizable collection, combined with the effect of the pandemic, has left me wanting to sit with what I own and appreciate it, rather than add more at this time.
I recall @msd_bags reached this point early last year (where she felt the direct impact of the pandemic on her bag journey), and I have been sitting in that same spot next to her for several months.

Also, whilst conditioning my bags earlier, I came across a mini collection of mine that I had forgotten about, so thought I'd post a pic for @cowgirlsboots! My family of mice rivals yours, I believe!
I actually have a 4th mouse, but that is my current keychain and not pictured here. It's got a sort of black and white cow print to it. Though they're hair-on-hide and should be prone to balding given that they're in and out of my bag whenever I need to access my keys, the mouse I'm currently using hasn't lost any hair in the 2.5 years I've been using it. I keep mints inside them; they're too tiny to hold anything else.



And now to catch up on the thread since I have managed to slip behind again...

 

[mariliz11]

I'm happy to update that I'm properly shopping my own bag closet. I've been offered 3 bags for my birthday (by different friends) and didn't accept their kind offers! I must say, I was tempted for a minute, but being generally overwhelmed by my sizable collection, combined with the effect of the pandemic, has left me wanting to sit with what I own and appreciate it, rather than add more at this time.
I recall @msd_bags reached this point early last year (where she felt the direct impact of the pandemic on her bag journey), and I have been sitting in that same spot next to her for several months.

that’s some serious self control! Congrats and happy belated birthday

 

[Bag peace]

that’s some serious self control! Congrats and happy belated birthday

Thank you! But my birthday is actually not for a couple of weeks yet. They just wanted to know what colour bags I was missing from my collection before they purchased so they asked me, and that gave me the opportunity to decline the offer. I really am incredibly lucky to have such considerate friends, and luckier still that they are not offended when I say 'No, thank you'.