Dawn's small but well-loved collection

[Miss_Dawn]

My high end SLGs now.

And some colourful Longchamps. The most practical bags for travel. I have one leather equivalent of the classic Pliage, which I carry a lot for air travel because I'm not precious about ruining it. I may buy a LV Neverfull for that purpose, but I'm not sure about the opening without a zip. Anyways, I've been through several Pliage bags because I use them to death and then throw them away. I still have several colours on the go though. I also have a slightly fabulous gold Pliage which I bought in Paris several years ago. I've never found an occasion to use it, but it's a happy bag so it's staying.

 

[Miss_Dawn]

A pop of colour now. Here is my Burberry Hernville Small Leather Hobo in Military Red.

The mask next to it is another prop. I bought it either in Prague or Venice (I have 2 masks in this colour. I can't remember which is which.) Several of my props look strange (sorry! I'm not good at photography yet!) but I was pleased with this one.

The red of this bag is rich and deep. Satisfying.

 

[Miss_Dawn]

And finally the star of my collection, my HG for my 30th birthday last year: Chanel Classic Flap Bag in Black Caviar

Never say never, but I'm content and have no hankering for another Chanel at the moment. Maybe a neutral in a few years but I think I'd be quite content with just this one. I feel there's nothing more attractive to me than the black caviar with GHW, so I'm very satisfied and happy with it.

 

[Miss_Dawn]

Here are some pictures of my Chanel in action from a few weekends ago. I hardly ever carry it around and I really enjoyed organising and carrying it. Items I packed:

- Louis Vuitton Cles, Coin Purse and Cardholder in coordinating epi pink
- Glasses cleaning cloth covered in pictures of bags, sunglasses and shoes bought on trip to San Francisco
- Prettiest mini hand sanitiser ever bought on trip to New Zealand
- Givenchy lip balm in pink leather packaging
- Chanel Coco Mademoiselle purse spray & Chanel face powder
- Key pouch with a pink bow (unbranded)
- Montblanc Princess Grace pen, also a birthday present

 

[Miss_Dawn]

And that's it for now! I'm still hankering for a couple of bags but I'll try to be good for a few months, after being bad and buying my Givenchy Ant and YSL Cabbie in quick succession

I'll leave with a superbrand family portrait: Burberry, Chanel, Dior, Ferragamo, Givenchy, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Mulberry, Prada and YSL.

Thank you for letting me share x

 

[GeorginaLavender]

A marvelous collection, wonderfully presented [emoji122][emoji122][emoji122] I [emoji173]️[emoji173]️[emoji173]️ your collages!!!!!

 

[Miss_Dawn]

Oh thank you, that's very sweet of you

 

[Miss_Dawn]

Besides bags, another one of my happy places is my desk. I love stationery and pens. I was photographing some of my pens for a pen thread this morning and I thought I would add it here to my thread as another pop of colour.

I won't go into details (it is after all a bag thread ), but here are some pictures of different pen sets including Montblanc, Cross, Waterman, Parker, Shaeffer, Faber-Castell and Pelikan. A lot of them are kept in a clear set of drawers with velvet inserts, on my desk.

Thank you for indulging me and allowing me to share something a bit different x

 

[snibor]

[emoji106][emoji106] lovely collection.

 

[Miss_Dawn]

To buy or not to buy. That is the question.
Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous temptation
Or to take arms against a sea of desires
And by buying end them

Trying to work out whether to succumb to the temptation of this limited edition Gucci soho disco. I want a small weekend bag and I've been eyeing the soho disco for months. But I dislike tassels. So this one is tempting. So chic in duochrome.

However, not sure how it will fare in terms of colour transfer risk and scuffs.

Decisions, decisions.

 

[Miss_Dawn]

Ps. I ordered it...

 

[Miss_Dawn]

Ps. I ordered it...

Now I really will be good until July. Then I'm going on the hunt for a scarlet beauty, for my birthday!!

 

[Miss_Dawn]

Here she is. My beautiful brand new limited edition Gucci Soho Disco. She had her first outing today. I took her to the beach. Pretty Disco

 

[Miss_Dawn]

Just for kicks, here is an artistic collage of my 2017 purchases so far

 

[Miss_Dawn]

I think I forgot to mention on my bag thread that I had a problem with my Mulberry Lily Medium. The chain was squeaking when it moved so I took it back to Mulberry and instead of saying it was wear and tear (as I feared), or sending it for repair (as I hoped), they said I could have a brand new one!! So I traded in my 3-month old Lily for a new one. They brought out 8 pieces and let me pick the best one, so I felt very lucky. I still haven't used my new Lily, so she is sitting in all her new glory in my wardrobe. How nice when something nice happens