Do purse brands have reputations?

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guccidiva said:
I tend to stereotype a lot and not sure why :) D&G, Balenciaga - young and hip, Chanel & Hermes - old lady, LV speedy - borrrrrring, haha, and so on. Not that I am proud of stereotyping but I tend to categorize a lot with bag brands and even styles within individual brand.
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this is why it's silly to me. . .
Chanel makes her, and others I'm sure, think old lady.
I see Mischa Barton, Rachel Bilson and Kim Kardashian carrying Chanel almost exclusively. There's a 14-17 yr old in the Chanel Forum every week asking which bag is right for them.
I see cute 16 yr old girls everywhere carrying fake Chanels, there are not only appealing to an older crowd anymore. . . at least not or the last 6-7 yrs.

:shrugs:
 
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Swanky Mama Of Three said:
this is why it's silly to me. . .
Chanel makes her, and others I'm sure, think old lady.
I see Mischa Barton, Rachel Bilson and Kim Kardashian carrying Chanel almost exclusively. There's a 14-17 yr old in the Chanel Forum every week asking which bag is right for them.
I see cute 16 yr old girls everywhere carrying fake Chanels, there are not only appealing to an older crowd anymore. . . at least not or the last 6-7 yrs.

:shrugs:
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personally I love chanel, but... maybe people generalize it as 'old lady' because it's quilted? and way back when vintage bags were exactly like the chanel ones-single compartment, simple, black, leather...

just a guess, as that's the only way I can picture it as 'old lady'
 
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A lot of different brands appeal to me, so I must have a lot of sides to me! :p

I love my Balenciaga bags because they are so gorgeous, yet rocker chic and very casual. I love my LV because its classic, yet causal as well. RM sort of falls into the same category, but can be dressed up beautifully. And I want a Chanel, which is classic yet chic and dressy, but can be dressed down to daytime.

Yay :yahoo:
 
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I am not really familiar with a lot of the different brands but when I think Chanel, classy, classic, timeless etc. I may me think about people from Sarah Jessica Parker to Jackie O. IMO Chanel is the classiet one, but like I said I know very little about the different brands.
 
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it's an unfortunate thing to typecast bags. if somebody is sticking to a brand or judging another because of the image/personality type it "sends" out, they could be missing out on something special simply because they're limiting their choices. i personally love Coach because of the variety of "looks" they offer. other brands have their signature bags (LV - Speedy, Chanel - 2.55 flap, Fendi - Spy), but you can't put your finger on just one with Coach and that's what i love. you should have your friend check out the Coach website, and then she can form opinions about the brand.
 
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onesharon said:
Okay, after talking with my friend again...I got her opinion of Coach out of her. I'm trying to figure out a nice way to say this...but she thinks of people that carry Coach (especially the ones with the logo all over them) as "high income wannabees" and actually used the word "trailer park".

Now again...I carry Coach bags and I like them, although the one I'm carrying now is the first one that actually has the logo on the outside. I'm totally opposite the description she gave (I have an MBA and did very well until I stopped working a few years ago, and my husband is a partner in a law firm) but she really made me wonder if I should be carrying another type of purse!
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Let me get this straight: she knows you carry Coach bags, yet she describes people who carry them as "high income wannabes" and "trailer park"? Personally, I'd be scratching this woman off the "friend" list. At the school which my younger daughter attends, many of the families have incomes in the high six-to-seven figure range, and I see an awful lot of these moms carrying Coach bags. I think you should wear the bags that please YOU the most, and the heck with everyone else.
 
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yes i would say that each brand has " reputation" I have had some people say i buy coach b/c i can not afford gucci. or say Dooney and Bourke that is just a fake LV. For most part i agree with what everyone else has said here. carry what you like and enjoy it . Many today have lost sight that . it is not the bag ; but the carrier of the bag who makes it chic .
 
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I think the customers of certain brands get stereotyped, but many brands themselves try to go for a certain image. For example, the image that Betsy Johnson or Thomas Wylde tries to convey is very different that the one Hermes or Tods tries to convey. However, I think the look of the person carrying the bag dictates the "image" of the bag, not the other way around.
 
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crowllb said:
Let me get this straight: she knows you carry Coach bags, yet she describes people who carry them as "high income wannabes" and "trailer park"? Personally, I'd be scratching this woman off the "friend" list. At the school which my younger daughter attends, many of the families have incomes in the high six-to-seven figure range, and I see an awful lot of these moms carrying Coach bags. I think you should wear the bags that please YOU the most, and the heck with everyone else.
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My friend lives on Long Island and I live in Connecticut...so it's possible that she doesn't really know that I have a lot of Coach bags. (And last time I saw her, I was actually carrying an Elliott Lucca bag.) So I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt. Also, I have to factor in that "Long Island" thing...lol.... I could have used the opportunity of the conversation to say, "Hey, I'm carrying a Coach bag right now!" but I really did want to know what she thought and she probably would have backtracked if I had said that, you know?
 
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boxermom said:
I searched for something I read a long time ago--this is just for fun and obviously a LOT of designers are omitted.http://forum.purseblog.com/handbags-and-purses/what-your-designer-bag-says-about-you-62056.html

Personally, I care more that a bag is real, whether from Chanel or Target, but I do think we may subconsciously develop ideas about certain brands. Not necessarily accurate. I have several different brands, so I'm a bundle of contradictions!
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Thanks for the link, that is a fun article.
 
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onesharon said:
My friend lives on Long Island and I live in Connecticut...so it's possible that she doesn't really know that I have a lot of Coach bags. (And last time I saw her, I was actually carrying an Elliott Lucca bag.) So I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt. Also, I have to factor in that "Long Island" thing...lol.... I could have used the opportunity of the conversation to say, "Hey, I'm carrying a Coach bag right now!" but I really did want to know what she thought and she probably would have backtracked if I had said that, you know?
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rofl, Long Island snobs. I wish you could have seen all the fake bags I saw while working (and being talked down to) in Setauket (about 10m from the ferry to CT), they all had a lot of real bags too but most Long Island women I've met are just so into the idea of a label that people can see... they'd carry garbage bags if it said LV on it.
 
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moi et mes sacs said:
I must be lots of people as I own so many different brands :p
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LOL, me too! I own bags from Hermes, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Coach, Cole Haan, Carlos Falchi, and countless others. Although I am guilty of 'stereotyping' bags: I usually think of the Chanel-carrying type as very put together, feminine women (with perfect hair, and in heels 24/7 lol) - I own 2 Chanels, though, and that DEFINITELY isn't me!
 
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