Anyone else feel somewhat embarrassed about LV?

[Kansashalo]

I don't care. Now I am mindful in instances such as when I'm doing volunteer work. I don't bring my LV to those situations just out of respect since the majority of the work I do is with the working poor/homeless.

But around friends/family.....I could care less.

 

[sgj99]

i'm not embarrassed at all ... i've worked hard for my bags and i enjoy carrying them. i don't spend a lot on my clothes or shoes because of my job requirements so i don't feel bad about pleasing myself with a new bag. is my collection excessive??? by some's standards yes, but it's what i choose to spend my very hard-earned money on.

 

[Iduna]

I'm not really embarrassed. But I know that some people assume my bags are fake out of jealousy or laugh about me spending so much money on these, for them, "fake-looking" bags. but I don't care.....

 

[andkenfly]

I feel silly for feeling like this but I've noticed since I bought my lv's I am a lot more cautious of who I take my bags around. People used to give me a hard time about my coaches so I can only imagine what they will say about my lv's.
What they don't know is I am 24 and I worked hard enough to where I have no bills but my student loan(which is almost paid off), i'm lucky my husband allows me to be a sahm and he has no debt either. I sell my bags for new ones etc. I don't really know why I care but surely I can't be alone in this feeling. Were any of you ladies this way? What did you do to fix it? My delightful was begging to go out today and I didn't because I was meeting a friend for lunch :/

I know that same feeling you have. I'm 25, very financially responsible and have 0 debt. I'll be purchasing my first LV bag this year. Most of my friends are 24-26 and still struggle with their finances and budget and I'm terrified when I get my new bag that this will cause problems. I don't want them to think I'm trying to show I'm better than them...I've just saved for this bag for years and I'm finally in a position to buy it.

It's a tough balance. Maybe try first carrying it out on an outing with your best friend (this should be something you can comfortably carry around your BF of all people without judgment) and when you feel comfortable doing that slowly start carrying it around small groups of your friends till you feel confident your friends don't mind you carrying your bag. That's my plan

I'm glad I'm not alone out there worried about the same thing!

 

[Lulabel]

I completely understand how you feel! For some reason, people (especially family members i have found) seem to disapprove of LV bags because they think it's an unnecessary extravagance. I have actually lied and said my bag is fake when asked because its easier than dealing with the inevitable "wow I would never waste that much money on a bag" comments

 

[Cartier<3]

I don't feel embarrassed at all. But I do know that some people talk about badly about me behind my back for having them. When they see the bag on me, they're like "oh whatever makes you happy. its beautiful." and then I hear from someone else that they said something not to nice like "she's spoiled. She's too young to have a bag that expensive. She doesn't NEED that" (Im 21 yrs old)
No duh, i don't "need" a bag. It's a luxury item. Stop stating the obvious.

 

[amstevens714]

I am always embarrassed especially at work since so few people carry designer bags at all. I have learned to just wear them ad find myself leaning towards the ebene since its less "noticeable".

 

[glamourdoll.]

It depends on the situation that I'm in. There are certain places that I'd never bring a high end designer bag to..

 

[Christofle]

Nah, I'm not embarrassed about my LVs, my diamond pen on the other hand...

 

[gottabagit]

Not embarrassed to carry them, but funnily I don't like to have an audience (no family or friends) when I'm buying them.

 

[Sabinalynn]

No..not embarrassed at all. I love carrying designer bags. But I do sometimes get rude jealous stares..I don't let it get to me. I carry my bags with pride. I worked hard for them!

 

[emilyenglish]

I sometimes get embarrassed, but sometimes carrying a good bag gets you fantastic customer service. Sad but true.

 

[manditex]

I wear my bags with pride, because I work hard for everything I have. I say wear it, because people will always talk!

 

[emilykj]

I never used to feel embarassed, but recently I had an incident with a customer when I was wearing my Mahina. I took my Mahina out for the first time and my customer said, "Wow, that's a beautiful bag! It must have cost you at least a thousand dollars! I can see ABC Company pays you well..." Of course, I knew it cost me a LOT more than $1K and if she knew, that would be awkward. In hindsight, I probably shouldn't have worn it but I hardly ever have the occassion to wear my bags and I was itching to take her out.

 

[Forsyte]

Yes I do. I don't carry them to often anymore because of it.