ok, I'll have to admit, I got my first LV for Christmas, and I still have yet to bring it inside with me anywhere. We drove home from visiting relatives and everytime we stopped for lunch or a store, I felt a little weird having people see me with it. Not sure if it is embarrassment or scared someone might try to mug me or whatever. I don't know. I am going to bring her to church with me since a lot of people there have Lv's. I will fit right in hahaha.
Anyone else feel somewhat embarrassed about LV?
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I'm not embarrassed, my money, my choices. Some of my friends have 2nd and 3rd homes as rentals or investment properties, and others have cottages or vacation properties. I personally choose to own nice pieces that I can use everyday and take a couple of nice vacations every year.
Ok, I admit I have felt this in the past. I worked at a gas station while putting myself through law school. I had the Ellipse and my boss kept saying "that's an expensive bowling bag..." and things like that.
Then, we had to keep our things in the break room and people would always put their hands on my LVs and say it's just a purse. I was always like "Do NOT touch my Louis Vuitton!"
I started to feel odd so I switched to Coach but still heard about it.
Oh well
Then, we had to keep our things in the break room and people would always put their hands on my LVs and say it's just a purse. I was always like "Do NOT touch my Louis Vuitton!"
I started to feel odd so I switched to Coach but still heard about it.
Oh well
I became embarrassed because where I live, there's a lot of younger AND older girls carrying fake LV bags, actually, almost fake everything. Chanel, Hermes, Gucci and its a majority of the same particular race ( don't want to mention because I'm not here to offend anyone on TPF ) not all, but MOST. I was just shopping around minding my own business when some high schoolers came and what I thought at first was complementing my bag I was carrying at that time. But when they asked where did I buy this bag from, I told them, the Louis Vuitton boutique at our city's CBD. They just said "oh, so it's real?" and walked off. Never felt so offended, they were just SO RUDE. Guess that's what started my paranoia of carrying my bags around, ESPECIALLY the area where I live in.
The only place I would say I'm "embarrassed" to carry LV is at the thrift store LOL. It's not really embarrassment, more of a feeling like it's not appropriate to carry it there where some people around me are financially down & out or might make comments.
Wow, this is an older thread. I am never ashamed to carry my LV, or even my Coaches for that matter, but, that said, my bags are all pretty subtle. My Coaches are all leather except for one well blended op art siggy, and my LVs are both Damier. Most people don't recognize them as more expensive bags. I actually usually get a lot of compliments on all my bags, some more than others, and if the person is someone I know, and seems genuinely interested, I will thank them and tell them what brand it is. They are usually surprised because most people think of LV as mono print and Coach as siggy Cs.
I would think that for people who are reluctant to feel on display, choosing a more subtle print would be the way to go. I choose it because I love the more subtle prints, not a sggy fan, never have been. Also, with Coach, in my mind, they are known for leather, and that is what I want. I love my squishy, smooshy, leather Coach bags. I am also learning to appreciate the lightweight quality canvas on the less expensive LVs and was thrilled to discover Damier. One of the reasons it took me so long to find LV was that I did not like mono and thought that was all that was available at my price point.
As far as people making comments about what you spend your money on, I am used to that because I own horses. My parents had bought me horses growing up, but at age 13 they were not able to financially do it, so I was horseless for three years. Then I bought a horse with my own money when I was 16, and managed to keep him all through college and kept him until I was 28 when he died (he was 26). I scrimped and worked in exchange for his board and feed during those lean years, learned how to trim his feet myself and do his shots myself. I was careful where I rode him because I could not afford shoes for him, but he had great feet and we stuck to soft trails. When I got my first job as an RN I had shoes put on him so we could ride more places, and moved him to a different place where I still did all his care but paid rent for the pasture and stalls. I also got a free elderly horse to keep him company. So then I owned two horses....the comments just increased....lol.
My point is, sometimes, when there is a will there is a way. I was lucky enough to get into a local nursing school and was able to live at home rent free while I finished up my degree, but if I had to go away for a couple of years, I had someone lined up to lease him while I finished school. I was able to pull it off, and often people will say to me, "Wow you have a horse (or horses), you must be rich", and I think of our more difficult years. Just like those of us who save and save for a particular bag, it is just a life choice that someone makes as to what is their priority, and although it's nobody's business, the comments will always be there.
When people make comments about my horse and my money, I just smile and change the subject. I guess that is what I would do if someone said something about my bags.
I would think that for people who are reluctant to feel on display, choosing a more subtle print would be the way to go. I choose it because I love the more subtle prints, not a sggy fan, never have been. Also, with Coach, in my mind, they are known for leather, and that is what I want. I love my squishy, smooshy, leather Coach bags. I am also learning to appreciate the lightweight quality canvas on the less expensive LVs and was thrilled to discover Damier. One of the reasons it took me so long to find LV was that I did not like mono and thought that was all that was available at my price point.
As far as people making comments about what you spend your money on, I am used to that because I own horses. My parents had bought me horses growing up, but at age 13 they were not able to financially do it, so I was horseless for three years. Then I bought a horse with my own money when I was 16, and managed to keep him all through college and kept him until I was 28 when he died (he was 26). I scrimped and worked in exchange for his board and feed during those lean years, learned how to trim his feet myself and do his shots myself. I was careful where I rode him because I could not afford shoes for him, but he had great feet and we stuck to soft trails. When I got my first job as an RN I had shoes put on him so we could ride more places, and moved him to a different place where I still did all his care but paid rent for the pasture and stalls. I also got a free elderly horse to keep him company. So then I owned two horses....the comments just increased....lol.
My point is, sometimes, when there is a will there is a way. I was lucky enough to get into a local nursing school and was able to live at home rent free while I finished up my degree, but if I had to go away for a couple of years, I had someone lined up to lease him while I finished school. I was able to pull it off, and often people will say to me, "Wow you have a horse (or horses), you must be rich", and I think of our more difficult years. Just like those of us who save and save for a particular bag, it is just a life choice that someone makes as to what is their priority, and although it's nobody's business, the comments will always be there.
When people make comments about my horse and my money, I just smile and change the subject. I guess that is what I would do if someone said something about my bags.
this is the reason why i will never work under a female boss! i have tried briefly and gotten the same treatment as you. it's scary how unprofessional they are!
it's so much easier working for male bosses and they actually appreciate you dressing well for work and only cared about your work performance!
i hope you win the case, gets loads of compensation and buy more LVs!!!
I have had many bosses over my almost 40 years working and almost all of the 'good' ones were men and all of the ones I couldn't please no matter what I did were women.
In my case I'm sure it's not jealousy because I don't wear expensive clothes and I'm only average looking and don't wear makeup or do much with my hair. But consistently the men rated my job performance as well above expectations and women just adequate (and just this week I got my first ever 'fail' rating - from a woman).
I don't feel comfortable taking my LV to work because no one else there does, but I keep watching for someone else to 'go first' so I can be a 'follower'.
Lol, i always have my real lv at the thrift stores, and i go many times a week
Oh good
I decided I should really stop caring! I mean some people are pulling up in Mercedes so a bag should be no big deal right? I'm planning on getting a saumur and once I do that will be my everyday purse which will go to the thrift store with me. Right now I just have handhelds so they aren't so convenient for shopping anyways.
Not embarrassed at all ! But, I would be
If I know that I'm struggling to paid off
my bag !!! Yes.. That one I will be
embarrassed.. But, otherwise I'm proud
and ill carry it with Pride !!!!
If I know that I'm struggling to paid off
my bag !!! Yes.. That one I will be
embarrassed.. But, otherwise I'm proud
and ill carry it with Pride !!!!
I am not embarrassed at all...Hubby and I both work hard...and if I want to enjoy my life...I will...I was not put on this earth to please these mean people. It's funny...because when I was in Junior High and High School...my parents didn't have much...so of course, I didn't have "Nice" things and I remember being Teased at for not having the "Nicest" things, and now that I am an adult...and able to buy these "Nice" things..and you have people criticizing or making judgement because you have "Nice" things...so the Moral of the story is...You just can't win with people...Just enjoy your life and what makes you happy...its not like you are out hurting other people.
It's funny...because when I was in Junior High and High School...my parents didn't have much...so of course, I didn't have "Nice" things and I remember being Teased at for not having the "Nicest" things, and now that I am an adult...and able to buy these "Nice" things..and you have people criticizing or making judgement because you have "Nice" things...so the Moral of the story is...You just can't win with people...[/QUOTE]
Exactly!! I was the same way growing up. And now I'm being judged for the opposite
Growing up I had enough but I definitely wasn't at the top of the food chain. Nor am I now, for that matter. Every now and then I will find myself being envious of someone else because of something they have or of their lifestyle. It's definitely something I need to work on.
I find myself doing it most often around my fiance's family, specifically his sister. She's only a couple of years older than me but she's just one of THOSE girls, you know the ones that just always have their $#!+ together? Haha.
I came from a small town and anything nice I wanted I had to work for. Especially my taste in designer bags. My mom has never owned one and I doubt ever will. My fiance even though he came from a family with money, he's not one to spend it on such things. Heck if he had the choice he'd wear jeans and a white tshirt from Costco everyday.
But no, I'm not embarrassed by my bags, LV or otherwise. I feel that I worked hard for them and they are a symbol of what I've accomplished. I'm not one to go out and buy a new $1k bag every few weeks. I have one LV, and it will probably be quite some time before I own another. But I'm proud of it. But I don't wave it around to rub in peoples faces either.
I find myself doing it most often around my fiance's family, specifically his sister. She's only a couple of years older than me but she's just one of THOSE girls, you know the ones that just always have their $#!+ together? Haha.
I came from a small town and anything nice I wanted I had to work for. Especially my taste in designer bags. My mom has never owned one and I doubt ever will. My fiance even though he came from a family with money, he's not one to spend it on such things. Heck if he had the choice he'd wear jeans and a white tshirt from Costco everyday.
But no, I'm not embarrassed by my bags, LV or otherwise. I feel that I worked hard for them and they are a symbol of what I've accomplished. I'm not one to go out and buy a new $1k bag every few weeks. I have one LV, and it will probably be quite some time before I own another. But I'm proud of it. But I don't wave it around to rub in peoples faces either.
No, at the end of the day its my money and my choice. Of course some people cant afford them but thats not my problem. I cant afford a Porsche but that isnt the problem of someone who owns a Porsche. We cant afford to buy a big house in the country but plenty of others can. Thats life, it sucks to not have everything we want but its reality.
Its up to us to make the best out of what we have and make our choices about what we spend our money on and for the majority of people life is a choice because there will always be a limit, some are just higher than others.
Its up to us to make the best out of what we have and make our choices about what we spend our money on and for the majority of people life is a choice because there will always be a limit, some are just higher than others.