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.

 

[keodi]

Sorry, but the title of the best DH in the world is taken today. My first anniversary present, straight from France! I wanted her since the moment I saw her. She reminds me of my flemenco instructor and the color and the energy is....

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Congratulations! beautiful scarf! Happy anniversary!!

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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Beautiful collection of brown and tan

I think i’ll skip this week’s full showcase only because I have around 20ish brown/taupe bags and they’re not all stored in the same place! I can show my LV collection though (that has most of my browns) since I’ve posted it in another thread and my three other favorites the Gucci Dionysus, Gucci bamboo tote and Fendi pochette!
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Beautiful collection

@dcooney4, adore your bag pics and love the RL. But, I think, nope, next month. If you cannot wear it, then it’s not in your monthly count More importantly, did your DD find the perfect dress?

@mariliz11, love your last two group bag pics! Stunning collection! And, I’m a big fan of LV leopard shawls!

@BowieFan1971, don’t know how I missed it, but I love your brown bag curation! And the flamenco dancer! Well done of your DH! Happy Anniversary!

posting a pic of metallic below. The bag that I always wanted that sadly got away was a Cabat PM metallic, not sure if it was ottone. . . i wanted the pewter gunmetal color but couldn’t bear the thought of paying full price. I still long for that bag, but I’m pretty sure the cabat doesn’t fit my lifestyle, so it’s for the best I never got one.

The clutch on top of the BV hobo is silver metallic H. The black stingray (Constance style) in the middle is somewhat iridescent, so it’s in the metallic group. And the multicolored canvas tote and backpack are ghurka with hand painted metallic stripes. My next custom metallic bag (perhaps later this year) from @docride will be a taupe metallic.
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I love your collection, that Stingray is beautiful!

Loved seeing everyone’s stunning brown & tan collection. It’s one of those colours that is neutral but also have so much variety at the same time. I only have three so far and love them.

This Gucci bag was passed down from my mom. She bought it about 10 years ago during a family trip to New York at the outlet mall. It looked so good on her! She finally let me have it a year ago. It still looks as good as the day she got it, the leather is smooshy with just a little bit of structure, and the hardware is still pristine.
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Adding a photo of the back because it also looks very nice
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This bag is from Massaccesi. The leather is very thick and chewy, I love touching it and petting it!
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I got this Fendi Spy hobo earlier this year for a steal! The craftsmanship is exquisite, you can tell lots of work has been put into the little details. It was my first Fendi.
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Lovely hobo bag collection! that Massaccesi I love hobos!

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.

Beautiful brown/tan collection!

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.

Agreed!

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Since we don't have a separate week for beige, I have included my beige bags here. Pictured are Ferragamo Vara (looks like this one could have been featured in pink week), LV Ellipse, Jumbo in dark chocolate brown, Gucci Lady Lock and Pochette Metis in turtledove.

I love your beige, brown tan bag set, very diverse that LV Ellipse!

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Rounding it off with Delvaux Tempete, the Boxyz bag and the Ferragamo Joanne flap shoulder bag -- I love smooth leather!
These were the hardest to photograph in terms of trying to get the true color. Also, it has gotten a bit cloudy and maybe I should have taken them outside to take pictures. Perhaps I will do it another day.

Beautiful bag line up!

Yep. In Gold, Clemence preferably. Open to some other leathers, but not Epsom or Evercolor...they are too stiff. I want a little sag to give it a little more of a relaxed feel

Good plan! I can't wait to see it once she arrives!

I have quite a few browns. The color is usually not my first choice but when buying vintage, often it is the only color available other than black.
These first three are the pride of my vintage Coach collection. All are extremely rare.
1. watermelon satchel, early 70s. This was a popular and common style but very hard to find in suede.
2. Bonnie Cashin "Cash in Carry" arm tote 1960s
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These three are also vintage.
1. Coach Ranch bag in mahogany, early 1990s
2. Coach Collegiate bag, 1980s - this is a new addition since last year
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These are my more modern Coach bags.
1. Coach Legacy duffle 2012 in cognac - I saw someone in Costco with this bag and immediately started looking for one. The color is gorgeous.
2. Coach Bleecker woven pocket hobo 2008.
3. Coach Bleecker large flap in rust 2007.
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Great collection! I love the Coach Collegiate bag!

 

[keodi]

These are where the leather really speaks to me. I wish they would make more like this again.

Agreed!

 

[SakuraSakura]

Popping in with my $29.99 monogram pochette...

 

[JenJBS]

Agreed!

Thank you!
Nice to know it isn't just me.

 

[whateve]

Popping in with my $29.99 monogram pochette...

How did you get such a great deal?!!

 

[whateve]

I had ordered a bag at the end of March but didn't count it in my ins. I'm glad I didn't. They didn't send me the right thing and now the bag I ordered is sold out.

 

[dcooney4]

I had ordered a bag at the end of March but didn't count it in my ins. I'm glad I didn't. They didn't send me the right thing and now the bag I ordered is sold out.

That stinks!

 

[Jereni]

Another misc question for the group - are there any companies you use for making custom straps or hardware for bags?

 

[dcooney4]

Another misc question for the group - are there any companies you use for making custom straps or hardware for bags?

I use Soretro for custom straps . For leather plainer ones I use Mautto .

 

[mariliz11]

Another misc question for the group - are there any companies you use for making custom straps or hardware for bags?

Amazon or Etsy for chain straps

 

[BowieFan1971]

I had ordered a bag at the end of March but didn't count it in my ins. I'm glad I didn't. They didn't send me the right thing and now the bag I ordered is sold out.

Who was it? I like to know who gives good service and who doesn’t.

 

[Cookiefiend]

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Brown bags: First up, my Dooney bags. I also have an Alto and Florentine that are at my brother's place. I usually visit every year and have just left them there to use when I go there. I will see if I have pics and post if I can find them.

beautiful, I really like the woven handle!

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Since we don't have a separate week for beige, I have included my beige bags here. Pictured are Ferragamo Vara (looks like this one could have been featured in pink week), LV Ellipse, Jumbo in dark chocolate brown, Gucci Lady Lock and Pochette Metis in turtledove.

your Lady Lock is beautiful - the bamboo handle!

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Rounding it off with Delvaux Tempete, the Boxyz bag and the Ferragamo Joanne flap shoulder bag -- I love smooth leather!
These were the hardest to photograph in terms of trying to get the true color. Also, it has gotten a bit cloudy and maybe I should have taken them outside to take pictures. Perhaps I will do it another day.

these are gorgeous! I’ve been tempted by Delvaux, they look so well made.

I have quite a few browns. The color is usually not my first choice but when buying vintage, often it is the only color available other than black.
These first three are the pride of my vintage Coach collection. All are extremely rare.
1. watermelon satchel, early 70s. This was a popular and common style but very hard to find in suede.
2. Bonnie Cashin "Cash in Carry" arm tote 1960s
3. Bonnie Cashin double pocket flap bag early 1970sView attachment 5047171
These three are also vintage.
1. Coach Ranch bag in mahogany, early 1990s
2. Coach Collegiate bag, 1980s - this is a new addition since last year
3. Dooney & BourkeView attachment 5047174
These are my more modern Coach bags.
1. Coach Legacy duffle 2012 in cognac - I saw someone in Costco with this bag and immediately started looking for one. The color is gorgeous.
2. Coach Bleecker woven pocket hobo 2008.
3. Coach Bleecker large flap in rust 2007.
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Wow wow wow! Do your Bonnie Cashins have the fun contrast lining? So fun to open that little kiss lock and see the stripes!

 

[momasaurus]

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.

I feel like an old goat, for sure. Several months ago a friend asked me what it stands for, and when I found out and told her we both just rolled our eyes. And now I'm one!

 

[momasaurus]

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Rounding it off with Delvaux Tempete, the Boxyz bag and the Ferragamo Joanne flap shoulder bag -- I love smooth leather!
These were the hardest to photograph in terms of trying to get the true color. Also, it has gotten a bit cloudy and maybe I should have taken them outside to take pictures. Perhaps I will do it another day.

YOur beiges and browns are so lovely!

 

[BowieFan1971]

I feel like an old goat, for sure. Several months ago a friend asked me what it stands for, and when I found out and told her we both just rolled our eyes. And now I'm one!

Goats are tough! To be an old goat in the wild, you have to be a badass! Ever watch a mountain goat run up a rocky cliff face?