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.

 

[doni]

I decided to continue with the challenges and do number two a bit by taking the new bag out right away. I decked her out with a Soretro strap and a veracord organizer. So if I go out today she is ready. View attachment 4956033
It is over cast here so I had to shine a light on her.

Love this color

 

[momasaurus]

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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I love this!!! I have no idea why I don't have a Chanel WOC.....You look too fabulous to stay in the car.

 

[momasaurus]

Selective, seductive, potato, potato
love your styling of the Tohu Bohu, the colors and the circles.

@BowieFan1971, it’s such a relief when an expensive rabbit hole brand does not work for ones personal style
@More bags, I love the red WOC and centrifuge scarf. The sunglasses can stay on your nose!
@SouthernPurseGal, agree with @doni and @whateve re location and neighborhood taking precedence. But upgrading a pool doesn’t sound easy either.
@missie1, I’m a relative jewelry newbie, and also always interested in the thought process of others when contemplating purchases) I meant to ask you, how are you deciding the order of the jewelry purchases post self imposed 3 month spending hiatus. (ive been trying to wait to do the biggest purchase first in the hopes that I will not want the others after) Since, you are completing three different stacks, that’s of course very different. Also very curious to find out if you mix Cartier and VCA and if you tried the WG perlee with the bangles. Would love to see more pics (The one you posted on the Cartier thread was stunning)
@indiaink, thank you for the wristlet pic! I’m refining my theoretical future (not this year) pursuit of ostrich based on your hard/soft description. Am still kicking myself from hesitating last summer from BIN on a well priced ostrich B30 phw in my favorite gray blue tones bc DH, on an unrelated grocery matter, (he had no idea I was contemplating a blue gray H birdie), emailed me this pic.

Blue Skinned Silkie Chicken

Thought to date all the way back to the Han Dynasty in 206 B.C., the Silkie is a unique, flavorful Asian breed of chicken. While the meat is white, both the skin and the bones of the birds are a dark blue, giving them a distinct look. These specific Silkies are sourced from a small family farm...

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@docride has been working her artistry on rescue B30 vache liegee, phw and a B35 (still in process — which will be a midnight camo with gunmetal blue hw. Will update with a pic of the B35 when it arrives)
here is a before and after pic of the B30. The pic doesn’t really do justice to the gorgeous blue interior or matte iridescent metallic blue gray exterior (I’ll try to update with a better pic later this week). i pulled the trigger when the prices were at their lowest point early last fall; it just took a while for us to figure out what to do. We also wanted it to be different from my first @docride art bag (a HAC 32 charcoal grey metallic with custom engraved HW) (Third pic)
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This is fabulous!!
And thanks for the TohuBohu love.

 

[Bag peace]

I decided to continue with the challenges and do number two a bit by taking the new bag out right away. I decked her out with a Soretro strap and a veracord organizer. So if I go out today she is ready.

It's a real beauty! The strap is an incredible match.
Do you use that front slip pocket at all?

@momasaurus and @More bags You both look incredible!

 

[dcooney4]

It's a real beauty! The strap is an incredible match.
Do you use that front slip pocket at all?

@momasaurus and @More bags You both look incredible!

Sometimes I toss my phone and glasses in it. Mostly I just use the pockets of my organizer inside.

 

[momasaurus]

I decided to continue with the challenges and do number two a bit by taking the new bag out right away. I decked her out with a Soretro strap and a veracord organizer. So if I go out today she is ready. View attachment 4956033
It is over cast here so I had to shine a light on her.

Looks great! I hope you come to terms with the leather.

 

[momasaurus]

It's a real beauty! The strap is an incredible match.
Do you use that front slip pocket at all?

@momasaurus and @More bags You both look incredible!

I use the front pocket on mine for things I need right away - phone, or chapstick, or dry cleaning receipt, etc.
And thank you so much for the compliment!

 

[dcooney4]

Looks great! I hope you come to terms with the leather.

As soon as I put the strap and organizer in it, I was over it. It has character and the color is gorgeous. Now I wish I could go somewhere to test her out.

 

[momasaurus]

Fabulous!

Thanks, cookie!

keeping my fingers crossed all will be well.

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

Thanks, keodi!

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

That is a cool piece @JenJBS.

Thank you!

Gorgeous as ever! Love the scarf too!

You are so kind!

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

I have two different scarfie meetup groups, so......stay tuned.

Love this! What a fantastic outfit!

Thank, Elaine. pink cashmere sweater from Eric Bompard, who I learned about here!

 

[Bag peace]

Sometimes I toss my phone and glasses in it. Mostly I just use the pockets of my organizer inside.

I use the front pocket on mine for things I need right away - phone, or chapstick, or dry cleaning receipt, etc.

Ah, that makes sense. As I'm seriously eyeing up their mini bags, I was wondering how functional that pocket would be. Thanks to you both for the answer.

And thank you so much for the compliment!

The circular jewellery really was a nice touch! I love the piano wire earrings!

 

[dcooney4]

It is so funny because in most bags I am kind of afraid of color but with these full grain leather bags they seem more subtle and I am having a blast with color. I am really enjoying my rainbow of bags.

 

[BowieFan1971]

Finding good pastrami in central California is impossible. A few years ago a deli opened up calling itself the New York deli but there was nothing remotely related to New York there. It didn't last long. I also don't like California pizza. East coast pizza is so much better.

It’s like trying to find a good Philly cheesesteak or soft pretzel in the South. NO, I do NOT want Mayo on my steak sandwich...and you call that mush bread?!?!?

 

[BowieFan1971]

I think process of elimination is a good thing. I like these two remarks,
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.”
Great deals are only great deals if it is something you really wanted. I ask myself did I want this when it was full price and if not, am I just getting distracted by sales goggles.
I like the idea of saying NO for a while. I also like this, when we say no we are curating what we bring into our homes and we have the control/power of choice.

I can’t ask the full price question, because I never pay full price for anything! LOL But while I am usually good at separating myself from the lure of a sale, I have not been as good lately. I realize some of this is being new to the designer bag world and some is just good ole retail therapy. A distraction from not working, my mom, Covid. There are 1 or two bags I bought because while I wanted them, the price/“deal” was the biggest push in buying them. But because they are bags I like, I am having trouble with listing them. I have decided that I really can’t make a fair decision about what I do and don’t wear when I am only leaving the house once a week and am going to wait to sell any bags I am unsure about until after my life is more normal. They are both LVs, so the value is not going to go down...one is a DE Alma PM.

In regard to size, that factor is one of the most important factors. If a bag is not at least 3” deep, no matter how pretty, price, color, etc, I WILL NOT buy it because I know I won’t use it. I don’t like to pile things on top of each other and that is the depth that works with my stuff. I also will not buy a bag wider than 12” because it gets too cumbersome and I will bang into things and start to collect crap in it. I have discovered through refinement that 10-11” x 8-9” x 4” are the perfect bag dimensions for me.

 

[ksuromax]

I like the Lily, too. What sizes do you have? I remember @ksuromax may have had it in four different sizes?

i have 5 of them is 3 different sizes

 

[baghabitz34]

Challenge 1 - Use gifted bags. I’ve been rotating between these two the past several days. The black Kate Spade Amelia on the left was a gift from my sister. I like the structure, interior pockets & that it has pink lining, which makes it easier to find my items. I gifted myself the black Coach Charlie bucket bag & strap. I love the Charlie bucket bags - very easy to use & comfortable crossbody.