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]

Thanks @More bags. Just got to wait for some results to come back in a month to rule out anything serious. The consultant was reassuring that all would be fine but needed to double check with a biopsy. It’s been hanging over me in one way or another since October so hopefully all will be fine and I can put it behind me.

keeping my fingers crossed all will be well.

At the urging of @880, here's what I wore on Saturday for a zoom scarfie meetup - H tohu bohu (which features circles) with some other circular jewelry as a sort of inside joke. The earrings are supposedly made from piano strings. No purse, sorry!View attachment 4954993

You look great! I love tohu bohu! you paired it very well with the necklace, and the sweater!

Fabulous!

Agreed!

 

[More bags]

At the urging of @880, here's what I wore on Saturday for a zoom scarfie meetup - H tohu bohu (which features circles) with some other circular jewelry as a sort of inside joke. The earrings are supposedly made from piano strings. No purse, sorry!View attachment 4954993

Gorgeous sweater, Tohu Bohu scarf and etain Grand Loop pairing! I like your style.

This month's challenge to carry our least used bags inspired me to carry my Aspinal of London trunk, that sits on my vanity as a jewelry holder for my favorite pieces instead of being carried as the purse it is.

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That is a cool piece @JenJBS.

 

[More bags]

Bag 3: Chanel Red Quilted Lambskin Wallet on Chain of Challenge 2 - Take the tag off and wear it. Both my DS went back to in-person school yesterday. I carried my red WOC for the school run. The WOC is too small to carry my sunglasses and since I was in a car that was fine. The finicky thing about a WOC is emptying wallet contents into the credit card slots or zipper pocket. I have two, one in black caviar leather and this red lambskin one. I carry the black more often and I love the buttery feel of the lambskin. It works well for evenings out to dinner, sporting events or theatre events (lies flat against your body) or going to a movie (remember that? )
The scarf that is pictured with the red WOC is also the scarf I wore yesterday, Hermes H Force Centrifuge (cross posting).

 

[jayohwhy]

I must be in a weird mood this morning, because at first I read "larger scale goals like being very seductive".......

Being seductive with my purchases might work too!

 

[dcooney4]

At the urging of @880, here's what I wore on Saturday for a zoom scarfie meetup - H tohu bohu (which features circles) with some other circular jewelry as a sort of inside joke. The earrings are supposedly made from piano strings. No purse, sorry!View attachment 4954993

Gorgeous as ever! Love the scarf too!

 

[dcooney4]

Bag 3: Chanel Red Quilted Lambskin Wallet on Chain of Challenge 2 - Take the tag off and wear it. Both my DS went back to in-person school yesterday. I carried my red WOC for the school run. The WOC is too small to carry my sunglasses and since I was in a car that was fine. The finicky thing about a WOC is emptying wallet contents into the credit card slots or zipper pocket. I have two, one in black caviar leather and this red lambskin one. I carry the black more often and I love the buttery feel of the lambskin. It works well for evenings out to dinner, sporting events or theatre events (lies flat against your body) or going to a movie (remember that? )
The scarf that is pictured with the red WOC is also the scarf I wore yesterday, Hermes H Force Centrifuge (cross posting).
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Both are lovely!

 

[BowieFan1971]

Bag 3: Chanel Red Quilted Lambskin Wallet on Chain of Challenge 2 - Take the tag off and wear it. Both my DS went back to in-person school yesterday. I carried my red WOC for the school run. The WOC is too small to carry my sunglasses and since I was in a car that was fine. The finicky thing about a WOC is emptying wallet contents into the credit card slots or zipper pocket. I have two, one in black caviar leather and this red lambskin one. I carry the black more often and I love the buttery feel of the lambskin. It works well for evenings out to dinner, sporting events or theatre events (lies flat against your body) or going to a movie (remember that? )
The scarf that is pictured with the red WOC is also the scarf I wore yesterday, Hermes H Force Centrifuge (cross posting).
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LOVE the colors!!

 

[BowieFan1971]

Being seductive with my purchases might work too!

It’s the purchases that are seductive!

 

[More bags]

Yeah thanks for all the commiseration about choosing a home! It's like searching for the perfect purse. No such thing. Only pros and cons to features and how they mesh with your lifestyle and preferences.

Dear SPG, sorry to hear your last visit was a bust. That’s a lot of pressure and a ton of stress. I have hopes that something even better is just around the corner for you on your house hunt.

 

[BowieFan1971]

I am about to commit sacrilege in a purse forum. After looking at Hermès bags and scarves, I don’t think the brand is for me! I have seen some nice things, but nothing that thrills me for the money. The scarves are rich, but either not my style or the colors are too bold to be flattering for me. I did get two mini size perfumes I like and am deciding if they are keepers beyond the mini bottle. I am sure my DH and my bank account are relieved... I am really honing my style and what works and appeals to me, which makes my shopping much more focused and improves my ability to avoid temptation, especially in the form of a “great deal.” It’s nice to feel
like I have more control after being a sort of “kid in a candy store.” I like the idea of saying NO for a while.

 

[indiaink]

Errrr, @indiaink,...I would love to see the Atlantic 3/4 zip. BTW, rhe rose may be iconic BV, but she’s a proper daytime lady. Whereas I think the ostrich is demure, but is secretly racy under the proper facade. . . yep, ive officially lost my mind

just saw below @indiaink and I burst out laughing. Nowadays, I can get away with a cc in my cargo pants pocket. How about a calvi!

@880 No minds to lose here, we're officially mindless, so no worries.
The Calvi has been on my radar for a bit - but I think my C d G is bigger than that, or mostly likely easier to get into. I'm all about easy nowadays.

Photo attached of the Bottega Veneta Atlantic 3/4 zip wristlet wallet.

...I like both, but I seem to recall you had some hesitation about ostrich (or was it the grey color?) when we were discussing the Chain Knot. If you have any hesitation about it, I wouldn't get it.

The problem I had with the grey Ostrich Chain Knot - no give to it, no tactile reward, other than the initial "ah this is gorgeous". Firm Ostrich is an unfriendly Ostrich, like the Kangaroo of the Clutch World, IMO. Oh, @Purses & Perfumes, this Nero Ostrich zip-around wallet - flexible, malleable, soft, divine. Worlds away from a hard-sided clutch. Maybe I can find a tiny Ostrich wallet.

I have done the same thing. That is why I suggested putting your stuff in it. In my case I got a big beautiful wallet because I bought so much stuff from Mz last year. Purposely spent so much so I could get it. Then when it came it was heavy and looked ridiculous with my stuff in it. It was such pretty leather but useless for me.

@dcooney4 See! That's it. "Looked ridiculous with my stuff in it". Yep.

 

[SouthernPurseGal]

I am about to commit sacrilege in a purse forum. After looking at Hermès bags and scarves, I don’t think the brand is for me! I have seen some nice things, but nothing that thrills me for the money. The scarves are rich, but either not my style or the colors are too bold to be flattering for me. I did get two mini size perfumes I like and am deciding if they are keepers beyond the mini bottle. I am sure my DH and my bank account are relieved... I am really honing my style and what works and appeals to me, which makes my shopping much more focused and improves my ability to avoid temptation, especially in the form of a “great deal.” It’s nice to feel
like I have more control after being a sort of “kid in a candy store.” I like the idea of saying NO for a while.

Same.

 

[JenJBS]

Gorgeous sweater, Tohu Bohu scarf and etain Grand Loop pairing! I like your style.


That is a cool piece @JenJBS.

Thank you!

 

[doni]

I would pick the better neighborhood. You can upgrade the pool easier than you can upgrade the neighborhood.

Wise words

At the urging of @880, here's what I wore on Saturday for a zoom scarfie meetup - H tohu bohu (which features circles) with some other circular jewelry as a sort of inside joke. The earrings are supposedly made from piano strings. No purse, sorry!View attachment 4954993

SO gorgeous! And the idea of a Zoom scarfie meet up... I would never qualify, but I am so glad such a thing exists!

I am about to commit sacrilege in a purse forum. After looking at Hermès bags and scarves, I don’t think the brand is for me! I have seen some nice things, but nothing that thrills me for the money. The scarves are rich, but either not my style or the colors are too bold to be flattering for me. I did get two mini size perfumes I like and am deciding if they are keepers beyond the mini bottle. I am sure my DH and my bank account are relieved... I am really honing my style and what works and appeals to me, which makes my shopping much more focused and improves my ability to avoid temptation, especially in the form of a “great deal.” It’s nice to feel
like I have more control after being a sort of “kid in a candy store.” I like the idea of saying NO for a while.

Good for you!
(even if for Hermes the what a great deal case hardly applies )

So on the subject of not being able to resist a good deal, when @SouthernPurseGal posted the coupon for Desmond & Dempsey I though, I can do with another shirt. Or two. As a result, today I have received my first taste of Brexit, a message from DHL that I need to pay duties to receive my parcel. Very high duties too!

Now debating whether to keep them or not. But more than anything, it made me sad... I knew it was coming, I even worked on the thing, still the reality of having lost our British friends suddenly hit.

 

[Cookiefiend]

Bag 3: Chanel Red Quilted Lambskin Wallet on Chain of Challenge 2 - Take the tag off and wear it. Both my DS went back to in-person school yesterday. I carried my red WOC for the school run. The WOC is too small to carry my sunglasses and since I was in a car that was fine. The finicky thing about a WOC is emptying wallet contents into the credit card slots or zipper pocket. I have two, one in black caviar leather and this red lambskin one. I carry the black more often and I love the buttery feel of the lambskin. It works well for evenings out to dinner, sporting events or theatre events (lies flat against your body) or going to a movie (remember that? )
The scarf that is pictured with the red WOC is also the scarf I wore yesterday, Hermes H Force Centrifuge (cross posting).
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Lovely reds!