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.

 

[More bags]

I don’t think I have multi-color bags that I haven’t shared as part of a color week. But wanted to share another recent acquisition, which is the Valextra Iside in Oyster.

LOVING this bag. It’s funny, because I am also going thru a phase of wanting smoosh soft leather bags, and yet I love this. It is so classy and cures me of needing a Kelly.

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I want that, too!

Yes you do!
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You already got it!!! You look spectacular!

It’s actually just a pebbled taupe / beige but I think the bag just photographs really well for some reason. It’s not shimmery but it does look that way in photos and sometimes when I see it from across the room.

I found this pic online somewhere and saved it because this captures the bag really well. Somehow the leather catches the light and it looks like it has a sheen, even tho it doesn’t really? Hard to explain.

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I’ll stop spamming the thread with photos of it now.

 

[mariliz11]

My embellished & jeweled bags: YSL vintage straw Kahala tote, Michael Kors Rhea backpack and this month’s latest addition the Gucci Dionysus super mini (another off my wishlist - I now think I am in hanbag peace!).

 

[dcooney4]

I don't think I've shared this new bag I bought. I had ordered it at the end of March. They sent me the wrong thing, but after I called, they sent out the correct one. It is a Coach Cashin 22 in cerise. The color is the perfect fuchsia, which is a color I had been looking for all last year. I had already gotten a fuchsia bag, very cheaply, last year but I couldn't resist this as it is a copy of a vintage Coach design from the 1960s, as shown in the second picture. Although I felt guilty about buying a new bag, I've found the style to be very easy to use. It has a central zip compartment and two open sections, both with pockets. It keeps me organized and I can easily pull out a mask, my phone or my sunglasses without having to unzip anything.View attachment 5061035

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That is such a nice fuchsia. I love that it has feet. Your true multi colors are so fun . I am really wanting a fun bag right now.

 

[dcooney4]

Yes you do!
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This is really cute.

 

[dcooney4]

My embellished & jeweled bags: YSL vintage straw Kahala tote, Michael Kors Rhea backpack and this month’s latest addition the Gucci Dionysus super mini (another off my wishlist - I now think I am in hanbag peace!).

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Oh I adore your new Gucci. I love the clasp.

 

[SouthernPurseGal]

I don’t think I have multi-color bags that I haven’t shared as part of a color week. But wanted to share another recent acquisition, which is the Valextra Iside in Oyster.

LOVING this bag. It’s funny, because I am also going thru a phase of wanting smoosh soft leather bags, and yet I love this. It is so classy and cures me of needing a Kelly.

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I effing love this bag. So much better than a Kelly.

 

[SouthernPurseGal]

If anyone loves that raspberry leather of my new bag that's on its way to me, there is now a bucket in it but that was all of it she has. I think she can get more though for a custom.

 

[doni]

Someone compromised my credit card, so a new one was sent to my US address. The forwarder there doesn't send international mail signature required, so I had them send it to my friend in California, who paid for (and I will pay her back for) signature required. I haven't left the apartment since Sunday. Today my bf goes out to take the recycling, and there's the UPS note. They didn't even ring the bell, and they left it at a nearby convenience store. I hate UPS so, so much.

Oh I hate that. And as @cowgirlsboots says, at least here it is typically UPS, it does not happen with DHL.
The other day, I get a message from UPS that my parcel has been deposited in some far away newsagent because no one was home to pick it up. Yes, no one with the exception of two home schooled kids, my husband doing home office, the cleaning lady, myself, and a dog that barks the moment he feels someone approaching the building...

I don’t think I have multi-color bags that I haven’t shared as part of a color week. But wanted to share another recent acquisition, which is the Valextra Iside in Oyster.

LOVING this bag. It’s funny, because I am also going thru a phase of wanting smoosh soft leather bags, and yet I love this. It is so classy and cures me of needing a Kelly.

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Classy is the perfect word indeed to describe this!

 

[momasaurus]

Card retrieved, huzzah!

I do think about purses, really. I decided to give away a small light gray bag as I never wear it. As I was pulling it out, I found my long-lost-and-long-replaced passport, and a map of Barcelona. Hmm. Barcelona was in 2014...

I do want a small light gray bag (just not that one, clearly!) so I've been hunting rather obsessively. After hours of looking at purses, I decided I really want a "wedding" version of my "funeral" purse, the Lola by Hobo Intl. It's a 20-year old purse, and not luxury at all, but functional, structured so slightly formal, tucks unobtrusively under my arm and has no logos. And I personally think it's really pretty. (Image from Amazon - ooh, it came in plum!)
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Of course, it never sold here, so I may break down and buy a few from Ebay US, and possibly repaint to the color(s) I want. If so, I'll need handholding, probably.

On the other end of the cost spectrum, Hermes came out with a Calvi with an integrated coin purse, which makes it the perfect tiny wallet, and there's one left on the German site. In Rouge H. For $400 Euros, which is completely ridiculous, especially given my rainbow of normal Calvis.

i have a - um - minor Calvi obsession. I want one with a coin purse!!! Nothing on the US site. Can you link to the German site, or does it have a new name?

So glad you got your card back. What a story.

 

[dcooney4]

Oh I hate that. And as @cowgirlsboots says, at least here it is typically UPS, it does not happen with DHL.
The other day, I get a message from UPS that my parcel has been deposited in some far away newsagent because no one was home to pick it up. Yes, no one with the exception of two home schooled kids, my husband doing home office, the cleaning lady, myself, and a dog that barks the moment he feels someone approaching the building...



Classy is the perfect word indeed to describe this!

I would write a written complaint.

 

[880]

@FizzyWater, my jaw dropped when I read about your UPS incidents. Am so sorry! But ive been there re the passport issue.

love this quote below as I’ve had similar experiences even with a doorman who signs.

get a message from UPS that my parcel has been deposited in some far away newsagent because no one was home to pick it up. Yes, no one with the exception of two home schooled kids, my husband doing home office, the cleaning lady, myself, and a dog that barks the moment he feels someone

@cowgirlsboots, when I used to consign scarves, I would always dry clean first. Yours is gorgeous now!
@Jereni, you look gorgeous with your new valextra! love shimmery taupe!
@whateve, I love the bowling bag and the new Fuschia Coach cashin!
@msd_bags, glad you are safe and healthy! My mom is flying back there (she spends half her time there, and she’s trying to get an exemption from the two week quarantine bc she’s vaccinated and negative tested.
@momasaurus, I’ve never gotten a calvi bc I couldn’t decide what color. Now a calvi with coin purse! I need to find a pic!
@SakuraSakura, congrats on fashionphile selling your cles and I’m so glad you are doing well!
@BowieFan1971, keep the DE alma for rainy days cannot wait to see you and the bolide!

 

[BowieFan1971]

Having to stare at my Bolide in pics while having to wait for her to get here made me realize something...though they share a shape, there is no comparison between the Bolide and Alma. The Alma is not as formal as I thought it was, thanks to the handles and hardware connecting them. It speaks to the workhorse these bags are. I can honestly feel free to use the Alma more than I thought, as a carefree casual bag. I may even pull the DE Alma, since it is not selling.

 

[Cookiefiend]

Having to stare at my Bolide in pics while having to wait for her to get here made me realize something...though they share a shape, there is no comparison between the Bolide and Alma. The Alma is not as formal as I thought it was, thanks to the handles and hardware connecting them. It speaks to the workhorse these bags are. I can honestly feel free to use the Alma more than I thought, as a carefree casual bag. I may even pull the DE Alma, since it is not selling.

I appreciate reading this! I have often thought that the Alma was very similar to the Bolide, even thought I might get an Alma to scratch that Bolide itch I often have...

 

[BowieFan1971]

I appreciate reading this! I have often thought that the Alma was very similar to the Bolide, even thought I might get an Alma to scratch that Bolide itch I often have...

I would say it would scratch the itch depending how you plan to use it. If you like the more formal shape/feel of a rigid Bolide but want to use it for more of an everyday bag, the Alma is a good choice. It you want a relaxed Bolide with slouch, the Alma will never have that luxurious feel even though the hardware makes it feel more relaxed.

Hope that helps...when my baby arrives, I can take side by side pics of you’d like.

 

[FizzyWater]

i have a - um - minor Calvi obsession. I want one with a coin purse!!! Nothing on the US site. Can you link to the German site, or does it have a new name?

So glad you got your card back. What a story.

https://www.hermes.com/de/de/product/kartenetui-calvi-duo-H082977CK55/

and a screen shot from a few days ago, as the stock is shifting pretty fast - then the other options were all bicolored, looks like today it's RougeH/RougeH and gold/gold...



Waaaaant... but can not justify. And I suspect this will sell well and it will be around for a while. Uh, I hope.