2022 Resolution: Shopping my own bag and SLG collection. Anyone else?

[Katinahat]

2 Aug - brand showcase: A-F
4 Sept - brand showcase: G-L
11 Sept - brand showcase: M-R
18 Sept - brand showcase: S-Z
25 Sept - totes
2 Oct - satchels
9 Oct - crossbodies inc WOCS
16 Oct - shoulder bags
23 Oct - bucket bags
30 Oct - clutches
6 Nov - backpacks
13 Nov - bags that don’t count
20 Nov - pairing bags with shoes
27 Nov - pairing bags with other accessories
4 Dec - bag storage
11 Dec - SLGs
18 Dec - charms

Challenges:
Sept - bags in different locations
Oct - Halloween: wear orange or black bags
Nov - International Merlot Day: wear wine coloured bags or pair bags with wine.
Dec - use the bag.

 

[papertiger]

@papertiger
This dress is the closest I will ever get... it´s only on display as I never will have an occasion to wear it. And at the same time it´s the perfect example of little inexpensive things that make me happy. I think it was 20€.

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That's the whole vibe they were going for.

I have plenty of amazing vintage clothes from every relative I can remember and plenty I don't. Not to mention the stuff I accumulated through seriously trawling Camden Market for treasures during my youth. Lots went before I moved, but I kept lots too (much to DH's annoyance). Gotta wear the beautiful things we have before buying any more. I know hat I wear, what I need, party dresses, fur coats and 1960s beaded/sequins shimmy-tops are already what I have too many of.

 

[dcooney4]

I had the most beautiful day yesterday. In the morning I was invited to a Gucci event at the Savoy Hotel. Gucci took over the suite and even re-wallpapered, everything was Gucci bar the fittings. Here were some of the MTO, MTM and one-off pieces that I saw. You don't really know my main house, but it's Edwardian and the decor is a bit similar (not as amazing or impressive) so I felt very much at home. I wish I could have taken home the bathroom.

A little bit of history. Italian Guccio Gucci worked at the Sovoy Hotel as a bell boy before 1921. In 1921 he went back to his parents hat factory in Florence and changed the product line to make leather goods (Florence was already locally famous for its leather as well as jewellery (and of course art). The rest is literally fashion history. I think it's great that one of the lowest paid workers in the hotel not only created a fine company employing many craftspeople through the years, but 101 years later, the company that bears his name could afford to rent a most expensive suite and had GUCCI emblazoned everywhere. I am sure he would be very proud even though his family no longer own the company.

We had cocktails and canapés for breakfast, coffee and the best time anyone could ever have had. The clothes were TDF but very much the dressy-side, red-carpet side. I have a lot of party gear already and need to get round to wearing it, so I'm actually looking at seemingly quite sober things I can wear all the time. Only problem was, a lot of suits could not be broken into separates (like you can at Chanel). I wore a vintage maxi and couture jacket with H scarf in my hair (see if you can spot me in one of the photos).

Afterwards, I picked-up my earrings from Cartier bought before the price rise. Hit Gucci again for some make-up I've been waiting for, and then went with some friends to an exhibition at the Royal Academy. Then I went to H - just to round off the day. Repair done, ordered scarf. Home.

I screenshot these from my Insta so apologies for the size.

The living room





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The dressing room

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and the solid mahogany and marble bathroom - eye spy with my little eye and all-black bamboo top-handle. All the TDF croc and precious bags in the place and I still liked mine best of all.


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Amazing! I would love that bathroom as well.

 

[dcooney4]

@papertiger
This dress is the closest I will ever get... it´s only on display as I never will have an occasion to wear it. And at the same time it´s the perfect example of little inexpensive things that make me happy. I think it was 20€.

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It is beautiful! Congrats on the new car.

 

[cowgirlsboots]

That's the whole vibe they were going for.

I have plenty of amazing vintage clothes from every relative I can remember and plenty I don't. Not to mention the stuff I accumulated through seriously trawling Camden Market for treasures during my youth. Lots went before I moved, but I kept lots too (much to DH's annoyance). Gotta wear the beautiful things we have before buying any more. I know hat I wear, what I need, party dresses, fur coats and 1960s beaded/sequins shimmy-tops are already what I have too many of.

Unfortunately in my family there weren´t many vintage clothes to inherit. I have some furs from my aunt who was a very fashionable lady in the 60ies and one velvet dress I always admired as a child. It was so tiny... I altered it as my wedding dress in the 90ies.

I had many great pieces from my aunt when I was much younger and did not cherish them... when you are 12 in 1980 and everybody has jeans you aren´t happy about velvet bell bottoms in all colours of the rainbow and tend to butcher great custom made dresses for fancy dress... Today I would know how to alter them to fit me and would wear them with pride!

From my grandma I have one single dress- her 60ies Sunday best, she kept wearing until the end in the mid 90ies. I didn´t alter this one, just wore it a lot- short and far too big, but gorgeous.
Now, with the temperatures rising, I hope I can wear more of my vintage every day. Not the really delicate 40ies things- they are for "occasions", but simpler 50ies and of course all the polyester 60ies and 70ies. All I wear atm on a dayly basis are my vintage coats. Actually I don´t own any modern coat...

 

[whateve]

I cried all day when I had to say good-bey to my old car and refused to even try the new one... (Even though I did chose the new one from a very limited old Volvo station waggon market...) I think the only thing that made me halfway come to terms with it is the broken cassette player with a Roxette tape on loop stuck in it...

Our old car had a broken CD player. We didn't have a choice. We got stuck in traffic, it overheated and cracked the engine block.

Our new car has a lot of fancy gadgets. What I love most is that I can keep the key in my purse and unlock the door just by touching it.

 

[whateve]

@papertiger
This dress is the closest I will ever get... it´s only on display as I never will have an occasion to wear it. And at the same time it´s the perfect example of little inexpensive things that make me happy. I think it was 20€.

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I have some high heeled slippers with feathers on them. I can hardly take a step in them without falling down. The satin inside is too slippery. They fit my fantasy life.

 

[papertiger]

Unfortunately in my family there weren´t many vintage clothes to inherit. I have some furs from my aunt who was a very fashionable lady in the 60ies and one velvet dress I always admired as a child. It was so tiny... I altered it as my wedding dress in the 90ies.
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I had many great pieces from my aunt when I was much younger and did not cherish them... when you are 12 in 1980 and everybody has jeans you aren´t happy about velvet bell bottoms in all colours of the rainbow and tend to butcher great custom made dresses for fancy dress... Today I would know how to alter them to fit me and would wear them with pride!

From my grandma I have one single dress- her 60ies Sunday best, she kept wearing until the end in the mid 90ies. I didn´t alter this one, just wore it a lot- short and far too big, but gorgeous.
Now, with the temperatures rising, I hope I can wear more of my vintage every day. Not the really delicate 40ies things- they are for "occasions", but simpler 50ies and of course all the polyester 60ies and 70ies. All I wear atm on a dayly basis are my vintage coats. Actually I don´t own any modern coat...

Beautiful !!!

I agree, vintage coats are nearly sooooooo much better in every way.

Some of the manmade fabric from '60 and 70s was/is a hideous feeling, literally makes me itch thinking about them, but the cut, details and workmanship was still better than fast fashion today.

 

[cowgirlsboots]

Our old car had a broken CD player. We didn't have a choice. We got stuck in traffic, it overheated and cracked the engine block.

Our new car has a lot of fancy gadgets. What I love most is that I can keep the key in my purse and unlock the door just by touching it.

I now have a remote for the central locking system. Haha! The old car I usually simply left unlocked. I didn´t have much of a choice either. I lost a chrome strip and underneath there was nothing... rust is eating the old car away and the engine is very close to packing up.

 

[whateve]

Unfortunately in my family there weren´t many vintage clothes to inherit. I have some furs from my aunt who was a very fashionable lady in the 60ies and one velvet dress I always admired as a child. It was so tiny... I altered it as my wedding dress in the 90ies.
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I had many great pieces from my aunt when I was much younger and did not cherish them... when you are 12 in 1980 and everybody has jeans you aren´t happy about velvet bell bottoms in all colours of the rainbow and tend to butcher great custom made dresses for fancy dress... Today I would know how to alter them to fit me and would wear them with pride!

From my grandma I have one single dress- her 60ies Sunday best, she kept wearing until the end in the mid 90ies. I didn´t alter this one, just wore it a lot- short and far too big, but gorgeous.
Now, with the temperatures rising, I hope I can wear more of my vintage every day. Not the really delicate 40ies things- they are for "occasions", but simpler 50ies and of course all the polyester 60ies and 70ies. All I wear atm on a dayly basis are my vintage coats. Actually I don´t own any modern coat...

I didn't inherit a lot of clothing. I got a few sweaters, silk blouses and beaded things from Hong Kong. I didn't appreciate them when I got them, and of course, the sizing is wrong for me. When my parents died, my sister donated everything before I had to chance to say anything.

 

[cowgirlsboots]

I have some high heeled slippers with feathers on them. I can hardly take a step in them without falling down. The satin inside is too slippery. They fit my fantasy life.

How lovely! They would be perfect for my fantasy life too! Boudoir Belle!

 

[Vintage Leather]

Beautiful !!!

I agree, vintage coats are nearly sooooooo much better in every way.

Some of the manmade fabric from '60 and 70s was/is a hideous feeling, literally makes me itch thinking about them, but the cut, details and workmanship was still better than fast fashion today.

My local art museum has an exhibit on the 60s Paper Dresses - the first modern fast fashion - “You can shorten it with scissors!” - and most of it is made out of the stuff that modern hospital PPE is made out of.

Marvelously mod. And you could get a free matching fiberglass dress when you purchased your home insulation!

I’m just imagining the itchiness. And wardrobe malfunctions. But then, they did have sturdier support garments

 

[Cookiefiend]

Unfortunately in my family there weren´t many vintage clothes to inherit. I have some furs from my aunt who was a very fashionable lady in the 60ies and one velvet dress I always admired as a child. It was so tiny... I altered it as my wedding dress in the 90ies.
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I had many great pieces from my aunt when I was much younger and did not cherish them... when you are 12 in 1980 and everybody has jeans you aren´t happy about velvet bell bottoms in all colours of the rainbow and tend to butcher great custom made dresses for fancy dress... Today I would know how to alter them to fit me and would wear them with pride!

From my grandma I have one single dress- her 60ies Sunday best, she kept wearing until the end in the mid 90ies. I didn´t alter this one, just wore it a lot- short and far too big, but gorgeous.
Now, with the temperatures rising, I hope I can wear more of my vintage every day. Not the really delicate 40ies things- they are for "occasions", but simpler 50ies and of course all the polyester 60ies and 70ies. All I wear atm on a dayly basis are my vintage coats. Actually I don´t own any modern coat...

I love reading this.
I have nothing from my paternal grandmother (but I am built just like her), and a cookbook from my maternal grandmother - who I am absolutely not built like. She was tiny, and I am not remotely tiny. There Is no way I could ever wear any of her clothing - but she was a marvelous woman, a powerhouse. One of the first women to graduate from Indiana University. I am proud of her, as she would be proud of me if she were still alive. ❤️❤️❤️

 

[BowieFan1971]

@papertiger
This dress is the closest I will ever get... it´s only on display as I never will have an occasion to wear it. And at the same time it´s the perfect example of little inexpensive things that make me happy. I think it was 20€.

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That’s glamtastic!

 

[More bags]

Update on wedding outfit: I ended up bringing both blue dresses and wore a more formal option with a necklace, and then switched into the polka dot one right after the ceremony and all the photos taken Both dresses looked great paired with white accessories: kitten heel Sergio Rossi and Alaia bucket bag; but I must admit then I later switched heels for white Tod’s Gommino and they looked cute with polka dot dress, sadly I don’t have pictures of that outfit, as it was much later in the night… my feet thanked me for bringing Gommino with me Finally I had an opportunity to properly wear my Alaia bucket bag over the weekend and I must say it’s a perfect summer bag for me, i love bucket bags for summer) looking forward to rocking it in the upcoming months

You look beautiful! Great pics of your outfit options pre wedding, too.

 

[whateve]

My local art museum has an exhibit on the 60s Paper Dresses - the first modern fast fashion - “You can shorten it with scissors!” - and most of it is made out of the stuff that modern hospital PPE is made out of.

Marvelously mod. And you could get a free matching fiberglass dress when you purchased your home insulation!

I’m just imagining the itchiness. And wardrobe malfunctions. But then, they did have sturdier support garments

I'm old enough to remember when paper dresses came out. They were too expensive for something that wasn't going to last.

I never heard about fiberglass dresses. I can't even imagine that. You can get splinters just by touching the stuff.