Hi all! Sorry I’ve been missing in action lately, at least as far as posting goes (I’ve been keeping up with all the posts and reacting). Not sure about the rest of you, but fall is just insane for me.
In the spirit of
not shopping my own closet, below is a photo of my new bag, a Goyard St. Louis PM tote in gray. I purchased this over Columbus Day weekend when we went to New York City. (Side note: We walked around Meatpacking and I wish we had seen the store
@880 posted with the decorative Hermes bags. While not my personal style based on her photos, I appreciate the artist’s work and the effort to make something new and useful out of something that might otherwise have been discarded.) I really wanted this tote for my birthday back in August, but Washington, DC, doesn’t have a boutique and Goyard does not sell online. I have the same bag in a bright blue, which works well with all of my Lilly Pulitzer in the spring/summer. My fall/winter wardrobe is more black/gray/navy, so I thought the gray would be a good choice. It looks darker in this photo than it is in real life, but you get the idea!
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In the spirit of shopping my own closet, I reclaimed my very first designer bag (and two matching SLGs) from DD, a
Gucci I purchased in early 1986 at Macy’s in Allentown, PA, for $150. I believe it’s from what was called the Sherry Line, but it’s akin to today’s Ophidia. Thanks to all the wonderful posts in this thread and others from which I have learned so much about restoring bags, I carefully cleaned and moisturized the items over several days. The lining has seen better days, so I ordered some navy felt and will attempt to make a no-sew liner. (I do not have the amazing skills our own
@cowgirlsboots has!) I may eventually take it to Gucci to have the lining replaced, but thought I would try this first. The dust bag barely covers the bag, so I found a larger one from the same era on eBay and washed it up; I’ll iron that today and the bag will have some new protection from dust. Most SLGs from that era didn’t typically come with dust bags, so I’m going to use some felt for those, too, akin to the way Goyard fashions protectors for their SLGs. Fingers crossed I have the crafting skills to pull off these projects!
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And in the spirit of continuing to weed out my closets, cabinets and drawers (not just clothing and accessories, but household items, too), I passed along a number of items to a niece who just moved to the area, took some of the nicer things to my local consignment store and have several bags/boxes ready for the next charity pickup. Plus I took a week off to clean and organize, which made me happy. Is it bad that this was way better than going to work?
Happy Halloween!
