Do you wear your designer bag to work/interviews?

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#76
gitwenty5 said:
I find it's not ME who is judging them, it's them judging ME.

I head a mid-size agency's interactive design department. I am very careful with how I dress/accessories I carry, as I know what I wear is who I am superficially to those who don't know me. I'm perfectly happy wearing a paul frank t-shirt, shorts and flip flops on weekends, but I know that's totally impossible for me at work now even though my agency does not have a dress code. For if I walk into work in my weekend garbs:

1) those who have to get approval from me will think "who is this little girl bossing me around?"

2) my clients will think "who is this little girl telling me i need to spend half a million bucks on a website?"

And yes, like it or not, we're being judged all the time by those around us. When I see a jr. designer come in with a bag I wanted to buy, the bag is on immediate "no" list.
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I guess we can agree to disagree on this one. I don't let it bother me what people think of me or how they judge me. I developed a knack for nice designer bags when I was starting out as a jr. rep in the company i was working for. I started with coace and by ends year i was sporting 2 fendis and a prada. Till this day my collection has by far exceeded what i ever dreamed it would be. Did people talk? maybe? Did they snicker? possibly? do they still do it? i'm sure! life is short. enjoy what you like and what you spend your money on.

i'm sure alot of people i come across have that "who does this woman think she is" attitude about me, however its only made me more thick skinned. Those are the desks and offices that I pass holding my bag up higher. :tup:
 
#78
I would think that people with lockers might be more likely to carry them. I do not have a personal locker at work that I could lock my bag up in... Carrying a $1000+ bag and having no where secure to put it while I am running around at work (definitely cannot carry it while Im working) just does not make sense.
 
#79
I wear my bags to work, I have to wear suits and dress nice, so they 'go'. I also have a door that locks and a desk drawer that locks for them. If I was in a 'cube farm' I might leave some of them at home, I dunno. But I have lots of different bags around me - everything from inspired bags, to real Burberry's and Gucci's.
 
#82
Yes I take my designer bags to work. I love them. One of my co-workers also brings hers to work. One lady asked me, "Is that one of those expensive bags?" She looked shocked when I said yes, as if I was crazy to spend so much on a bag, but i don't care. That's my business.
 
#83
I don't have a job, but at school and everywhere I go, you can rest assured I have a designer bag on, and I really don't care how anyone feels about it, because designer bags are what make me happy:supacool:
 
#88
I have made a deliberate choice not to carry a MJ bag to an interview I am having this week (even though it would go PERFECTLY with my outfit!). It's more of an information interview than a job interview. I'll just carry something no name. I guess I'm trying to play it safe, since some people have attitudes about people who wear/carry designer items. Has anyone else ever done this??
 
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