Did you get rid of your less designer items?
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I am an equal opportunity bag junkie!
Cute and well made is all I care about.
Over the years I have had everything but Chanel.
Cute and well made is my thing. Could care less about the NAME.
In fact, no name is preferable.
I never really had less designer handbags. I only buy and carry luxe bags. I have sold some Fendi and LV bags over the years as I've refined my collection but I only upgrade not downgrade. im not interested in contemporary bags as I feel they are not nice enough and therefore a waste of money for me. I can just keep saving and get something I really want instead of settling.
You're right. I'm as likely to carry a Faded Glory or George or something from Wal-Mart ( which have some really cute and elegant pieces) as I am my Louis Vuittons, Coaches, or Michael Kors. I'm also a Vera Bradley fanatic. I've never been really interested in Chanel either, but I've seen some cute ones since I joined tpf, and am considering a Boy bag. But honestly I really think it's the look ( how it goes with your outfit) over the name. Sorry, I rambled.
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I would love to have that kind of focus!
I see a shiny new bag and I'm like a magpie and tin foil.
I agree on the cute & well made front! I've been in purge mode for awhile so I've cut a lot of my closet clutter. Currently wearing everything that I have! My purse / SLG wardrobe includes accessories from Chanel, LV, Balenciaga, Gucci, Cuyana, Marc Jacobs, Coach, Longchamp, Vera Bradley & TOMS. Also a cute no-name pouch that I bought at Anthropologie that says "je ne sais quoi" in gold lettering & a clutch that I had made from a pair of my old license plates 
Someday I'll do a bag showcase thread! I always think it would be fun to make time for that
Someday I'll do a bag showcase thread! I always think it would be fun to make time for that
Respectfully, I don't think it's fair to characterize the comment as snobbish and disrespectful. And I didn't see comments in which anyone said contemporary brands can't be beautiful or functional.
However, TPF and retailers and the brands themselves make a distinction between premiere and contemporary brands. It's not a slight to acknowledge there is a purposeful difference in the positioning of the brands and offering of the products. Coach is not as high level a brand as Hermes. Coach's bags may be as well or more loved and cherished by any number of people, but it is factual to say it is a lower level brand than Hermes because of their positionings.
And it's perfectly ok for an individual to say they don't ever want a contemporary bag just like it's ok for someone else to say don't ever want a premiere bag. It isn't a statement on anyone or anything other than they like or don't like x. I know the bags I like are probably horrible to some because of the price point, brand, look, material.... And that's ok. So try not to take the comments about anything personally
No way. I have a lot of high-end bags (Chanel, Dior, LV, YSL, BV, etc.) but I definitely need and use my Coach, Rebecca Minkoff, and other lower-end bags sometimes. Why? I'll give you an example. When it's as hot as it's been this summer, I can't bear to wear my high-end stuff. Why? I wear sunblock, put sunblock on my kids, play in the water at the playground, sweat, and just feel gross. I don't want to worry about my bag. Plus I have a baby so she will try to "eat" my bag every chance she gets. When I am on my own time and it's not so hot out, I wear my nice stuff. Everything has its time and place.
Your post brought back memories!
I for years had an old black Fossil bucket bag that my youngest used as a teething toy (unbeknownst to me) on day at lunch with my mother.
I kept it for years.
No. Despite owning Hermes and Chanel, I have much love for my other bags because they serve a function. It doesn't bother me what strangers think of me when I'm carrying these lower end brands.
Inexpensive bags doesn't always mean poor quality.
Inexpensive bags doesn't always mean poor quality.
Great to see most of us all agree, we love bags of all price points, wear them for different reasons and all serve a purpose. In addition to loving all bags, I also wear certain bags when I don't want to give off the wrong impression when meeting people for the first time. My friends who don't know high end to low end anything know I love expensive bags and don't judge me. When going to school/work function and don't want to be judged I will wear my bags that have no logos or grabs attention. Totally agree price does not dictate designer or quality! Love the kid comments. Good thing I had my old but still good coach tote today as my kids threw melted gum in it and the chocolate croissant I had saved for later melted inside!
Yeah. Had the gum issue myself. Same Fossil mentioned in previous post.
That poor bag was abused.