Buying designer purse for my daughter

[kyce]

Hi all! I have a silly question here.

I feel like this Prada re-edition bag is suitable for my daughter to use for at least 10 years. It’s nylon and 2 ways of carrying. She’s 11 now and tbh I think it’s a bit early to gift one to her. However i’m considering the factor of inflation. Will the price be outrageous in 5 years so that I better buy it now, Or should I consider the “space” factor that things left unused is waste of space?

I have looked at the pre-loved market and the one I saw was beaten up so much and still pricy considering the condition.

Please be kind. I’d appreciate your thoughts!

 

[A bottle of Red]

Would you be upset if she doesn't end up liking it in the future or if styles change so much that it's totally out of fashion?
It would need to be stored carefully too so as not to deteriorate over time as well.

 

[Misha333]

I would wait, it's really hard to predict what she'll like or hate in 5 years. The bag is already expensive and it will be a shame if she doesn't love it when the time comes. I think it's better to pay an additional $1k later than potentially waste $2k now.

 

[papertiger]

I would just let her choose an age appropriate bag she wanted now. Could be Prada inspired. It's too much responsibility for an 11 year old to carry around a bag of that price as she's going about her daily life. In 5 years fashion will have moved on and so will she.

 

[stacy_natalie]

Agree with others. Does your daughter show any interest in carrying a handbag at her age? At what age are you assuming she will want to use this? My youngest daughter is 17 about to turn 18 and she refuses to carry a purse, no matter how much I encourage it. Her friends are all the same way, none of them ever carry handbags, regardless of the occasion. Not sure where you live, but here, they all just carry their phones, car keys, etc.

The bag doesn't appear age appropriate or a style a young girl would select and with styles constantly changing, who knows what will be "in" or what her style/taste might be like by the time she wants to carry a bag. The gold hardware alone is so prominent, it makes me wonder, what if she ends up preferring silver hardware (I have one daughter who wears all gold or rose gold jewelry and one who wears only silver jewelry). Just going off my experience but unless she's specifically asked for it, I'd suggest don't bother. If you love the bag and want to use it yourself and perhaps eventually offer it to her as a "hand me down" in several years, then that's another story. If you're interested in a designer handbag for a young girl, dolce and gabanna and gucci both make children's bags.

 

[stacy_natalie]

P.S. not handbag related but if you're looking to spend the money on her now, I believe an experience will be more appreciated and remembered than any material item. Taking my daughter traveling has been the best use of money as she still talks about all the memories from our trips and experiences, even several years later. The majority of material things I have purchased her go unused and most girls prefer to choose what they want themselves.

 

[Amazona]

Agree with others. It's a lot of responsibility for a small child to have a bag as expensive as the Prada. If you don't mind the bag being misplaced, damaged or just not being to your daughter's taste in a couple of years, get her the Prada if that's what she wants.
My choice would be a similar bag but from a different price group. Kurt Geiger does one, it's called Recycled Cross Body Bag and it comes in 2 sizes and both sizes come in 2 color schemes.

 

[lill_canele]

Agree with everyone's posts. I would wait.

My mother would buy me bags and said they were for me when I grew up. (not designer, all contemporary, think Kate Spade, Dooney and Bourke).
Well, I was a tomboy and didn't care about fashion or bags for years. lol

I only started getting interested in bags in my early to mid-20s. Didn't like the bags my mom "bought for me" before then.
My mom would still buy me bags and I told her I didn't like them. She said, you will like them when you get older.

Fast forward a decade later...nope, still don't like them. (but she finally stopped buying me bags )

 

[jellyv]

Are you aiming to instill a passion for designer goods? That seems to me to be worth thinking about: what is the lesson here?

You may well be better off financially in five years, so buying now "preventatively" isn't particularly logical.

And yes, entrusting something relatively valuable to a child means you can't complain or be disappointed if she paints it neon green or leaves it somewhere.

 

[songofthesea]

I agree with everyone here. Does she want a bag or would you like her to share your bag passion? Kids change their minds so often that by the time she’s established her own taste she’ll know what she wants to carry!

 

[papertiger]

Agree with others. Does your daughter show any interest in carrying a handbag at her age? At what age are you assuming she will want to use this? My youngest daughter is 17 about to turn 18 and she refuses to carry a purse, no matter how much I encourage it. Her friends are all the same way, none of them ever carry handbags, regardless of the occasion. Not sure where you live, but here, they all just carry their phones, car keys, etc.

The bag doesn't appear age appropriate or a style a young girl would select and with styles constantly changing, who knows what will be "in" or what her style/taste might be like by the time she wants to carry a bag. The gold hardware alone is so prominent, it makes me wonder, what if she ends up preferring silver hardware (I have one daughter who wears all gold or rose gold jewelry and one who wears only silver jewelry). Just going off my experience but unless she's specifically asked for it, I'd suggest don't bother. If you love the bag and want to use it yourself and perhaps eventually offer it to her as a "hand me down" in several years, then that's another story. If you're interested in a designer handbag for a young girl, dolce and gabanna and gucci both make children's bags.

I actually like the idea of OP buying and wearing it and then passing it on in 5 years.

I love having some of my mother's things (although not all children do of course). I love them because they were my mother's

 

[papertiger]

Agree with everyone's posts. I would wait.

My mother would buy me bags and said they were for me when I grew up. (not designer, all contemporary, think Kate Spade, Dooney and Bourke).
Well, I was a tomboy and didn't care about fashion or bags for years. lol

I only started getting interested in bags in my early to mid-20s. Didn't like the bags my mom "bought for me" before then.
My mom would still buy me bags and I told her I didn't like them. She said, you will like them when you get older.

Fast forward a decade later...nope, still don't like them. (but she finally stopped buying me bags )

Yup. My parents bought me nice bags when they went on holiday to Italy. I liked them but they went in a draw and I carried on using my hidious cabin bags for school or hanging out

 

[880]

P.S. not handbag related but if you're looking to spend the money on her now, I believe an experience will be more appreciated and remembered than any material item. Taking my daughter traveling has been the best use of money as she still talks about all the memories from our trips and experiences, even several years later. The majority of material things I have purchased her go unused and most girls prefer to choose what they want themselves.

💯

 

[haute okole]

I have personal experience buying designer purses and RTW for my pre-teen and later teenage daughters. DO NOT BUY them bags or clothes that you would not wear yourself. In the end, I am the one who is wearing the expensive designer purses and RTW. My girls, now adults, have their own very individual style that is distinct from mine. I am very fortunate that we all wear the same size shoe, tops and outerwear. I bought them some Hermes Mini Evelyn’s and a Mini Bollide, which they wear occasionally, but very rarely. Maybe 4-5 times in the 5 years they have owned them. They do wear their Hermes RTW, but I wear the clothes more often than they do, although I bought it for them. My girls are just not that into the Hermes aesthetic, they are young, 19 and 22 now. They may come to appreciate the clothes eventually or never. In the meantime, I wear and enjoy all the clothes I bought thinking that they would wear them.

PS! Hahahaha @880, are we joined at the brain?! BTW, my girls enjoyed our girls trip to visit Auntie 880 more than any Hermes Birkin or Kelly they have ever received.

 

[880]

I have personal experience buying designer purses and RTW for my pre-teen and later teenage daughters. DO NOT BUY them bags or clothes that you would not wear yourself. In the end, I am the one who is wearing the expensive designer purses and RTW. My girls, now adults, have their own very individual style that is distinct from mine. I am very fortunate that we all wear the same size shoe, tops and outerwear. I bought them some Hermes Mini Evelyn’s and a Mini Bollide, which they wear occasionally, but very rarely. Maybe 4-5 times in the 5 years they have owned them. They do wear their Hermes RTW, but I wear the clothes more often than they do, although I bought it for them. My girls are just not that into the Hermes aesthetic, they are young, 19 and 22 now. They may come to appreciate the clothes eventually or never. In the meantime, I wear and enjoy all the clothes I bought thinking that they would wear them.

PS! Hahahaha @880, are we joined at the brain?! BTW, my girls enjoyed our girls trip to visit Auntie 880 more than any Hermes Birkin or Kelly they have ever received.

I enjoyed them too! And, their style is very different from ours lol