Anyone else feel somewhat embarrassed about LV?

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Missydora said:
I must admit that silly 'madam' really did hit a raw nerve with me. In honestly when I started thinking about getting into LV. A good part of it played on my conscience . I didnt want people to think I'm a snobby b**tch now, made it in life and want to show off. Especially since in the begining I experienced people being less friendly when wearing LV. I'd wear luxury brands like Rolex and Cartier but its hideable and discreet, Gucci bags too. But LV on the other hand seems to divides people assumption on the wearer I find sometimes. I'm okay about it now. I'll never go back being discreet for the sake of it. I wear my LV with pride because I love the bags and the brand.
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It's funny that LV does seem to divide folks (non luxury bag purchasers/enthusiasts) - love LV but don't own any for whatever reason or hate LV and can't imagine why someone would spend that much on an "ugly" bag.

Is it the mono print, maybe? Gucci - even in mono - doesn't seem to bring out the comments that LV does.
 
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#963
Compass Rose said:
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I actually just laughed out loud.

Seriously people....can we keep this discussion to superfluous bags and s%&# ? That's the only reason i am here, isn't it why most of us are here? If I wanted to debate about world hunger and sh$^ i would have joined the New York Times forum. There is enough going in the world; somewhere has to be a safe place.
 
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MooMooVT said:
It's funny that LV does seem to divide folks (non luxury bag purchasers/enthusiasts) - love LV but don't own any for whatever reason or hate LV and can't imagine why someone would spend that much on an "ugly" bag.

Is it the mono print, maybe? Gucci - even in mono - doesn't seem to bring out the comments that LV does.
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Most of the crap comes from family, hubby side and my bros wife. Poo stirrers. Like I've got too much money to spend it on useless and expensive, not worth it items. They think I've got a screw loose :biggrin: The LV mono they really seem to take offence to.
I can literally feel my ears burn when I leave their house from the whispering. The SIL normally spills the beans. But I can't be arsed anymore to explain and stuff. I do as I please. Me and hubs fund his parents ( most but not all of their old age care.) So it's not like we don't financially help either.
Thankfully I don't have toxic friends. We see life as one big adventure.
 
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#971
Wow. It never even occurred to me that this may be embarrassing. But life is a bit different where I live. Here, people would instead stare at you if you carry a coach or a kors, unless you are a school girl or a maid of course :) (joke, don’t mean to offend anyone)
I would carry it anyway. Just casually, because it may be special to them but for you this is just an element of your style. It’s not a tiara, you don’t need to check people’s reaction to it.
And honestly, is it too bad that somebody may stare? Some woman in the line, some mothers at the reception... So what? Perhaps, they were admiring it. Or trying to figure out what style it is. Don’t you ever look at other people’s bags? I do, especially limited editions. Your bag is a reflection of your style, it’s supposed to be looked at
 
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#973
poeple judging are having issues with themselves. Not my problem.
I am not going to hide what i love to make their life easier

What i love are quality items that lasts and is with me every memorable moments in my life. I've had enough of broken parts of a bag or accessories that i find annoying and wasting time looking for another replacement over and over again. I'm not into cheap and mass made easily damaged items it's just not worth the time and money.

And you really get what you paid for in life. Question is how much are you willing to pay
 
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#975
Not “embarrassed”, per se, more like “cautious” about wearing my LVs around family...of all people, right? DH’s side, specifically. Like @Missydora, I could feel my ears burning the minute they would leave.

The first time my BIL and his wife saw one of my LV bags, I just knew the next day that they had immediately Googled how much I spent on it. Shortly after that, both of them and my MIL, in particular, would mention my handbags in one way or another, almost every time we got together. No thanks to my BIL and his wife broadcasting the amount I spent.

Then one day I said, screw that. I’m not going to care anymore about whether or not I should wear this bag or that bag around certain in-laws for fear that I might “offend” them, or whatever, with my luxury belongings. I would stop giving them power over my right to experience joy from my bags, which I have paid for with my money. That was a few years ago. BIL and his wife still take small jabs at me about my bags but I either ignore them or change the subject.
 
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