Do you own any non-designer/non high-end bags?

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#317
I for one don't get they hype over having to have LV's, Gucci, Prada etc.. Yes they have nice bags and I own a couple, but I didn't buy them for the name, I bought them becaues I liked the design of the bag. I have many lesser known and non high-end bags and I think I actually like buying those more. For one with them being lesser known the chances of seeing my bag being carried by someone else is slim. People think because the higher end bags cost so much that makes them exclusive and less likely to be seen everywhere, WRONG!!! LV, Prada, Gucci, Hermes, Chole, YSL are getting knocked-off so often it is sometimes hard to tell the real from the fakes. The more popular the bag the more likely it is to have a knock-off made like it. Plus people keep equating quality with price, that is WRONG as well. I have had a Coach bag for like 5 years that I still carry often and it has held up better than my LV Speedy. My zipper in my LV tore up about 7 months after I got it and I hardly carried it, that was my occassional bag!! Shoot I'm still a little upset about it til this day, spending all that money to have the bag tear up so quick!!!! Anywho!!! It's fixed now, so that is all that matter!!!

But people need to really stop with this misconception that more money means better quality because it's not true!!!!! You are paying for a name and that is all!!!

I love all my bags, I buy what I like and the less expensive the better. As long as it looks good, is of great quality and I look good carrying it, I am all good no matter the price or whose name is stamped on it!!
 
#318
I dont own any high end bags yet but due to coming here if DH said here is £800 to spend I would be just as confused as I am in a store with £50 bags. I love the Gucci 'babouska' but that is never going to happen. I will stick to my high street designer bags and love them.
 
#319
I own all different kinds of bags (several Coach's, Dooney, Minkoff, and one LV). Last summer I got a LV knock-off (black canvas, multi-colored LV lettering, chain handle). . . I think I got it for $40.00 from a client who sells knock-offs. ANYWAYS, I can't tell you how many people stopped me to ask me where I got my bag!!!! I even went to the LV store when I was on vacation while I was using this knock-off and the sales clerk went nuts over it! If you like it, that's all that matters.
 
#320
You went into an LV store while using "The knock-off", isnt that like taking in a sexy lodger and snogging him infront of your husband? Couldnt you have had the bag taken off you to be destroyed there and then? The shame lol.
 
#321
Bag2beautyEvrae said:
You went into an LV store while using "The knock-off", isnt that like taking in a sexy lodger and snogging him infront of your husband? Couldnt you have had the bag taken off you to be destroyed there and then? The shame lol.
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LOL! Believe me. . . I was not comfortable walking through the door. It was an unplanned visit. I was at this great mall and the LV store called to me. . . had to go in!!!! On my latest trip to Los Angeles, I knocked over all the wallets at LV that they had displayed on their ends. I'm surprised I haven't been banned yet. :shame:
 
#322
Yes I have a whole drawerful of cheap handbags but honestly, I never use them and I should probably sell them.

UGH.....I never use these non designer bags they just sit in my drawer but they're like emotional baggage, i can't get myself to sell them. One my grandmother bought me when I was little. One is one of those bright red bags with the sequins sewed on so they're kind of hanging off, (yaa I don't use these bags), and I bought it at this little table summers ago one summer night when I had an awesome time with my friend at this place. I believe it was either a fair that still went on at night, or a party or someplace. I have a Vera Bradley that my other grandmother gave me for Christmas and I really don't like it...idkk i'm just not into vera bradley bags or this particular one anyways but I can't get myself to sell it because it was a gift. And my aunt gave me a Kathy Van Zeeland one last Christmas and again, I don't really like Kathy purses but it was a gift and I can't get myself to get rid of it.

There is purse (I'm sure you've seen these before) made almost entirely out of shells I bought when I was vacationing in Delaware, as well as one with palm trees on it I bought in Delaware, and there's one purse I bought in Florida.

I haven't used ANY of these purses at all. I just don't like them. Every year they sit in a drawer and that is where they stay the whole entire year, literally. But they have good memories in them, and for only that reason I just can't get rid of them.
 
#323
I used to use a couple non-designers for work, but I realized that even at work I wanted to carry around something nice, so I splurged on this amazing patent tote and donated all my old ones. I can totally relate to the poster before me... in that the non-designer handbags I still do have are never used by me, but for some reason I have kept them, albeit in my closet, for years & years. I guess I see it as throwing $ and my teen years into the garbage. I have been giving a lot away to my younger cousin lately, though. She is a mini-me and even she won't take the really low-end stuff. That is when I get a wake-up call ("If a 7th grader doesn't want them, it's time to let go") and donate the bags. No matter what, I would never throw them away. I need to know someone is getting use of them. Plus, less old crap = more closet space for incoming new, beautiful bags! :p
 
#324
No. not all my bags are expensive designer bags. I have several Balenciagas and LVs, Kate Spade, Prada and Gucci. For me it is not because they are expensive, it's about style and originality. Recently I bought 2 handmade bags by "local" designers (Vancouver designer Lemonade, and Ontario designer Jenna Rose) The JR was $72. I saw it in a magazine and it was love at first sight. The other I got for 50% of...just $35 (my best bag deal ever). I am crazy about both of them, and get compliments almost daily.

They are proudly part of my wonderful and much loved bag collection. My advice is to buy what your budget allows and bags that you love.

Enjoy!:yes:
 
#325
Now that I think about it, I only own 1 non-designer/non-high end bag...and it's a fabric tote from Banana Republic which I purchased to use when I went on a cruise. The rest of my bag collection are: LV, Valentino, Gucci, Bal, Anya Hindmarch, YSL and BV:shame:
 
#326
I am getting into hording already and I dont have any high end bags yet. Before I only used a bag for practicality and not design. It was either given to me or I purchased when there was a problem with an old 1. At the most cost me £20. Now I have over doubled my own bag allowance to £50 but Im finding it a struggle to find everything I want in that price. Fancy lining, multi pockets, hardware and a beautiful bag seems harder to find. If I up my own personal limit there will be no stopping me lol. I have already given a few of my less than £20 bags away to make room lol.
 
#327
I have too many from before I started designers. They are cute in their own ways. I unfortunately never carry them and should be thinking about selling them to others that would give them the attention they need.
 
#328
I own over 30 non-designer bags and 11 high end bags.

3 LV
1 Fendi
2 Juicy
5 Coach

Withing the last 3 years I got my 3LV bags (2 were gifts) and since then I have been neglecting allllll my other bags. The Higher end bags are so addictive..
 
#329
I have a nice mix.... what I carry on a particular day depends on my mood and where I am going. A child's birthday party in a park calls for one type of bag.. while a charity luncheon might call for another.

Olga :)
 
#330
I love my low end purses like Nine West, Target, etc. I do like my occasional designer purses but I make sure it's a bargain and they're usually pre-owned and still in great condition. It's actually half the cost too.:yahoo:
 
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