Do you own any non-designer/non high-end bags?
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I own a few "rough-to-do" bags
heck - are we all going to take fendi and balenciaga to the beacH?? No!
I love country road (aussie brand) duffel bags - they're so durable (although everyone in australia has one, no one in the US does, so that's were I'm happy)
I also like picking up bags when I go to different countries. Like a few other ladies have said , its more about the craftsmanship, and design.
I'm not going to buy a knockoff or half assed excuse for a handbag from el cheapo for $50. I'd rather spend it on something with a unique design and is durable.
heck - are we all going to take fendi and balenciaga to the beacH?? No!
I love country road (aussie brand) duffel bags - they're so durable (although everyone in australia has one, no one in the US does, so that's were I'm happy)
I also like picking up bags when I go to different countries. Like a few other ladies have said , its more about the craftsmanship, and design.
I'm not going to buy a knockoff or half assed excuse for a handbag from el cheapo for $50. I'd rather spend it on something with a unique design and is durable.
Some of my most durable bags are from H&M (do you have H&M in the US?). If I go to H&M and spot a bag that is made of nice leather, i get it .
I have a brown suede hobo from them which is 10 years old and looks great. And a camel buttery soft leather shoulder bag with a front pocket and buckles that looks like a million! Everyone compliments on it and asks where its from. :tispy: I also bought my sister a beautiful coral bag from Zara (does Zara exists where you are? a Spanish department store) that is made of very thick leather. None of these bags exceeded 100 $ and they'll last for a lifetime. I also have vintage bags I paid 10 $, but they are beautiful leather and good quality.
So, no, i am definitely not limited to Balenciagas or Hermes. It is more a matter of spotting quality and style wherever it is.
I have a brown suede hobo from them which is 10 years old and looks great. And a camel buttery soft leather shoulder bag with a front pocket and buckles that looks like a million! Everyone compliments on it and asks where its from. :tispy: I also bought my sister a beautiful coral bag from Zara (does Zara exists where you are? a Spanish department store) that is made of very thick leather. None of these bags exceeded 100 $ and they'll last for a lifetime. I also have vintage bags I paid 10 $, but they are beautiful leather and good quality.
So, no, i am definitely not limited to Balenciagas or Hermes. It is more a matter of spotting quality and style wherever it is.
it's very understandable that you go to college, and can't really kneel before the goddess of high-end bags. On the Jay Leno show the other night, he was doing his "headlines" bit, and someone had put a lost-n-found ad in the paper. They were looking for a Coach purse, which had $350 in food stamps, left in the back seat of a Mercedes. Someone was on FS, yet could afford a Coach purse, AND a Mercedes. Perhaps it was a borrowed or used Coach purse, and a borrowed or used Mercedes? 
Merry X-Mas!
Merry X-Mas!
^ Or maybe, she had a good job and then lost it, or had to give it up due to ill health, or pregnancy, or her (or her husband's) business collapsed and/or she might have been through a marriage break up...
In fact, I'd have thought the possible reasons for someone having plenty of money/credit and then very little, or none, were almost endless.
In fact, I'd have thought the possible reasons for someone having plenty of money/credit and then very little, or none, were almost endless.
I adore my kathy Van Zeeland leopard print big tote with the dangly heart charms.........$80.........get as many compliments on it as i do my Chanels, Balenciaga, Dior Gaucho, etc. Also, there is an adorable tote for $20 that is microfiber and actually a messenger bag with a big silkscreened picture of Tinkerbelle on it...at one of our better flea markets. its quirky and adorable and one of the cutest bags ever......very individualistic. I also have a vintage Lily Pulitzer bag I bought for around $24 at a local antique show................its nice to own high end AND regular bags! (and love them all)
although i do have a few expensive designer bags, as a college student, nothing beats the great $20-$50 find of a really cute yet non designer bag on ebay or 2nd hand store, etc. 
I also really adore bags from aldo, h&m, etc, too bad said stores dont really make any great bags for men
which is another problem, i love messenger bags, but A LOT of the good ones (by good i mean quality + nice design) are super expensive. But that also makes those less expensive gems all the more worthwhile 
I also really adore bags from aldo, h&m, etc, too bad said stores dont really make any great bags for men
which is another problem, i love messenger bags, but A LOT of the good ones (by good i mean quality + nice design) are super expensive. But that also makes those less expensive gems all the more worthwhile 
i love my bright yellow paul frank bag that i got for 50-60$
i also got one from paul frank that's tweed that's around the same price.
br suede 90$ bag
um...that's it. all the other bags are designer..
i also got one from paul frank that's tweed that's around the same price.
br suede 90$ bag
um...that's it. all the other bags are designer..
Most of the bags I buy cost no more than $100.I would like to buy more expensive bags, but I won't spend any more than $200 dollars. It would be a waste of money for me to buy a expensive handbags because I like to change up so frequently.I'm more interested in buy handbags from indie designers than from well know handbag designers.
I do.. I have a non-designer denim satchel that I've used for years...now I adore this bag for school days to hold my keys, wallets, etc...(it's made in Italy, made with glossy leather). And it's in cheerful red =D I don't change bag frequently...I try to avoid changing bags, coz i always forget to bring my keys
