I sometimes feel guilty, but no embarrassed. I don't work and am a stay at home mom to 3 beautiful little ones. My husband makes good money and spoils me. When I stopped working 5 years ago, I was making a lot of dough too. During that time, I bought a lot of Vuitton. When I am around friends or family that are less fortunate, I feel guilty if they comment on my bag, especially if it's brand new.
Anyone else feel somewhat embarrassed about LV?
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I'm sorry that your co-worker said that to you. Oh, it makes me FURIOUS when people make those kinds of comments! I find it so rude and inconsiderate!
I'm the youngest in the department that I work in, make good money so I have a nice amount of disposable income but the receptionist at my job isn't too happy that I filled that spot. She feels that I am too young and waste my salary frivolously. I only have 2 LV's but rotate them often because this NY weather is crazy. When I walked in with my Delightful she said "another one?" I felt awkward at first but now I don't care. Samething goes for where I live, just traded in my 08 Nissan Sentra for a 2011 Infiniti G25x and some of NY neighbors feel away about it, I just put in my shades, do a "Kanye Shrug" and keep it moving 
I don't at all...and no one seems to notice my bags anyway, regardless of the brand.
I'm so glad that you said that! No one seems to notice mine much either. Unless my bags really shout (like my red patent MJ stam - who can miss a big red bag?) I get few-to-no comments. And only VERY rarely does someone mention the designer!
I'd really like to know where she shops that she can get an entirely new wardrobe for the price of a Speedy....
I'm so glad that you said that! No one seems to notice mine much either. Unless my bags really shout (like my red patent MJ stam - who can miss a big red bag?) I get few-to-no comments. And only VERY rarely does someone mention the designer!
I'm glad you posted this Sassie!! And I thought I was the only one...
oh...how I agree with you. Everyone has 'something' that they will splurge on. And mine just happens to be LV!
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 :/
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 :/
The only person I am cautious around is my nosey neighbor. She can be really rude at times...or at least has in the past. I think its partly our of jealousy.
As for anyone else...nope.
As for your situation, you should be proud that you have no debt and can afford these bags...so why not carry them.
As for anyone else...nope.
As for your situation, you should be proud that you have no debt and can afford these bags...so why not carry them.
I know what you mean. When I am bringing out a new LV around my family or friends, I am aprehensive about how they'll react. For some reason, they have no issues with coming right out and asking how much things cost!!
I wear my LV anyway. I wear it because I've paid ooodles for it and refuse to have it just sit on a shelf. When I face scrutiny, I play it off like it's nothing. I mean, we love LV, work hard for it - why should we let other ruin it for us. And in saying this I will still hide my LV from my MIL
I wear my LV anyway. I wear it because I've paid ooodles for it and refuse to have it just sit on a shelf. When I face scrutiny, I play it off like it's nothing. I mean, we love LV, work hard for it - why should we let other ruin it for us. And in saying this I will still hide my LV from my MIL
It seems that LV gets the worse of it. I don't see this problem as often as Chanel or BV (not as many concerns like this posted in the other forums.) Maybe it's because LV's more recognizable because of the Monogram? (Some) Chanel and BV bags cost more than some LVs. But a lot of times, it's when we carry LV that we get stares and unsolicited comments.
I just got my first Louis, and I felt embarrassed for the first week. But it wore off
Just wear them bc you want to, and don't let others control what you do. You should be proud that you are debt free!!
Just wear them bc you want to, and don't let others control what you do. You should be proud that you are debt free!!
I was a little worried when I carried it around my mom for the first time because I'd never seen her with a designer purse. Then when I saw her, she was carrying a Michael Kors, so I put my silly fears to rest. Good heavens, I'm 38! Why did I care?
I never feel embarrassed about my LVs...but that could be because no one makes a case of it! And plus my friends all tend to have designer bags anyway so it doesn't matter. One friend has a gorgeous YSL muse in patent black that I always drool over when she carries it out, lol.
I say do what makes you happy...and if certain people are gonna make you feel a certain way, then decide whether it'd make you happier to just carry the bag anyway and deal with their questions/comments/etc, or just put it away for another day...(if they are good friends, they're gonna understand if you say something about how uncomfortable you are by certain things they say, and next time will just keep their mouths shut!)
I say do what makes you happy...and if certain people are gonna make you feel a certain way, then decide whether it'd make you happier to just carry the bag anyway and deal with their questions/comments/etc, or just put it away for another day...(if they are good friends, they're gonna understand if you say something about how uncomfortable you are by certain things they say, and next time will just keep their mouths shut!)