Bags you DIDN'T buy?

[poleneceline]

It's the end of 2023, so what are the bags you didn't buy this year? What bags did you talk yourself out of, and why?

For me:

1. Dior D'Joy bag - I like the different strap options, but I realized Dior wasn't my style. The size I was looking at also wouldn't hold a book or a kindle. I also already have enough top handle bags.

2. Celine Belt Bag - I think it's too big for my daily needs and it wouldn't get used much. The clasp also seems fussy. These are the same reasons why I talked myself out of YSL Sac De Jour and Celine Trapeze bag.

3. Demellier New York Tote - I like the look, but I think I was looking at it because I wanted an Hermes "dupe" or alternative. I'm also very short, so a big tote would totally overwhelm my frame. Plus I have a Polene Cyme - I only need one tote bag.

 

[fettfleck]

I bought all bags I wanted.
As probably many here in the forum, total bag lover and collector with no self restraint.

 

[Sferics]

I did not buy a black Metis empreinte because I have a lot of black bags that size and I don't need another...but how often do we buy bags because we need them? And 2023 is not for long... And I could get me one for my milestone birthday in January?
I'm doomed

 

[cecchetti]

I didn’t buy a Valentino black calf bag(don’t know model name)- back in July..now semi regretting it tbh, but hoping to make up for it in 2024-hopefully no mistakes, just one bag which I’ll love for a very long time..

 

[weezer]

I bought too many in 2023 lol
-Mulberry Lily: didn’t get this year (bought too much in 2023, need to hibernate for a bit) but I am attracted to its low-key luxurious look (in place of similar Chanel flap vibe). Lily is still on my radar for 2024

I feel like I would not have to be so ‘precious’ with it (like my Chanel bags). And to be honest (not to go into politics/crime statistics/etc, I also don’t want to feel like I have a big ‘bull’s eye’ on me (ie wearing in the city). Hence the attraction to more understated yet sturdy bags.

 

[blackleathergoldhw]

I talked myself out of getting the Puzzle bag for the last few years and regretted it because I don’t like the new version.

 

[Vintage Leather]

Usually, if I’m capable of talking myself out of a bag, I didn’t really want the bag. I just want the feeling it invokes or the imaginary life where it would make sense.

The worst is when I’ve managed to successfully talk myself out of a thing - and then someone gives it to me as a gift. And I have to figure out how I feel. Usually, I feel foolish for indicating a desire in the first place.

That being said, my one successful rejection was

(Drumroll please)

Hermes Rio clutch: I have more than enough clutches, and buying one for “travel scarf storage” would only work if my style of traveling was dramatically different.

 

[880]

Was offered and did not buy:

Bleu de prusse B25, Phw, FSH (Togo leather looked dry and dull)
Nero blanc quadrille, B25, Madison (I have a quadrille K28)
Gris Meyer, padded K25, Phw, Madison (I thought Gris Meyer would be darker and more saturated

 

[Antigone]

YSL Sunset with black hardware.
I keep talking myself out of this because of the hardware chipping.
It's still in my heart, though.
Who knows, maybe 2024 is the year I will finally bite the bullet and live a little.

 

[jbags07]

Like a lot of us here on tpf, i bought the bags i wanted. Any bags i ‘didn’t buy’ were b/c others superceded them on the list. When they get pushed to the bottom of the list, they either remain there (if other bags take precedence), or they eventually resurface if i can’t stop thinking about them.

 

[pasdedeux1]

There have been more than a few that I’ve had obsessions with, from fleeting to persistent, but I’m glad I didn’t buy:

Any Chanel seasonal bag, because I don’t use the ones I already have, and I have way too many

The LP extra pocket, even though the shearling and cashmere versions are cute, I don’t need them

The Longchamp Xtra - price too high for what it is

LV Capucines - price also too high for what it is

 

[MillStream]

Turned down an Hermes Black Box Calf Sellier B30 PH. So close to my dream bag, but not a fan of Sellier Birkins. Love a Sellier Kelly, though.

 

[Sferics]

I did not buy a black Metis empreinte because I have a lot of black bags that size and I don't need another...but how often do we buy bags because we need them? And 2023 is not for long... And I could get me one for my milestone birthday in January?
I'm doomed

Guess what I did...

 

[ParisBound]

Attaching pictures of bags I looked at in Paris but did not buy. They were all great, but just not exactly what I was looking for at the time. That said, may get one or two of them this year.

 

[poleneceline]

Bags I talked myself out of last year:

Demellier New York Tote - It looks cool and reminds me of a cooler Birkin, but totes look massive on me. They look good on skinny, tall models, but I am neither skinny nor tall.
YSL sac de jour, Celine Nano Luggage, Celine Belt Bag - I don't need heavy or medium to larger bags since I barely use the medium bags I have.