Does anyone find it hard to use a non-designer bag after having designer bags...?

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#211
Not at all, my 2 recent bag purchases have been a Chanel tote - a tick the box kind of purchase - and a bag from an obscure New Zealand made brand with the most awesome thick deeply-coloured cobalt deer leather. Leather like the old-school Pradas used to have.

I've been buying Balenciagas for the colours, but this anonymous bag beats them all.
 
#212
MissFluffyCat said:
Not at all, my 2 recent bag purchases have been a Chanel tote - a tick the box kind of purchase - and a bag from an obscure New Zealand made brand with the most awesome thick deeply-coloured cobalt deer leather. Leather like the old-school Pradas used to have.

I've been buying Balenciagas for the colours, but this anonymous bag beats them all.
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Sometimes I think those bags are the best. Great workmanship, unique, and quality. I think of those as more an obscure designer. I'm not a label lover; I love quality, but won't buy faux leather, mass manufactured goods anymore.
 
#213
leechiyong said:
Sometimes I think those bags are the best. Great workmanship, unique, and quality. I think of those as more an obscure designer. I'm not a label lover; I love quality, but won't buy faux leather, mass manufactured goods anymore.
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Yes! Cannot do faux leather at all anymore. Whether its designer or not, just can't do it. It's all about quality of leather for me. I don't really care about the name.
 
#215
Like many others here, after I bought my first LV, I couldn't buy a contemporary brand or a no designer bag.
I feel like I'm wasting my money cause the time I would spend using that bag, a nicer bag would be sitting in its dust bag.
 
#216
slowlikehoney said:
Yes! Cannot do faux leather at all anymore. Whether its designer or not, just can't do it. It's all about quality of leather for me. I don't really care about the name.
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Exactly ! I'm changing my bags often and figured out,that I'm using my Non-Designers more often.
And I'm thinking I'm wasting my money buying senstive, more nonpractical Designer bags
 
#219
I have and use both. But the more designer bags I get, I think I am using the non-designer ones less. Probably because I have gotten something similar in a designer brand so the non-designer ones are getting replaced.
 
#220
YES!!!! As a matter of fact I went to my storage unit and had a box full of Guess, Nine West and Kathy Van Zeeland bags. Donated them all to a charity. I remember loving them all at some time but could not even considerate these purchases now. I did save a couple which I like and use during bad weather situations or if I am going to an area where carrying a designer bag is too dangerous and garners unwanted attention
 
#221
my non designer bag is actually a fake leather bag which i bought in hk for 40 hkd

its my travelling bag.. hhahaha

i dont use it for work or to go out with.. just for travelling.. it can handle scratches
 
#222
It's silly, but it hurts me teeny bit inside, lol. I have been traveling a lot recently and using a Claire Vivier satchel--which is a perfectly nice bag, objectively speaking!--but I'm longing to go back to my LV or Miu Miu or Fendi or... :) They just give me a happy little feeling.
 
#224
I pretty much have a strict policy of only buying vintage bags - pretty much only bonnie cashin and bottega veneta, but I also have a morris moskowitz evening bag from the '50s, and a Roberta di Camerino purse.

The other day though I saw some very cute bags by an independent designer in a local boutique - I've forgotten the designer name - but the bags were very good quality and well priced! I still didn't take the plunge and buy one though - instead I splurged on another vintage BV yesterday.

On the other hand I am not a fan of some premium designers - don't like Chanel, LV or Prada bags.

Would I buy a bag from say, jcrew, roots, gap or something like that? Unfortunately..... I am too snobby for that, which is completely my problem - and I sometimes also worry about the workers/manufacturing conditions in the places where those bags are made.
 
#225
I don't own any non-designer bags, I just don't seem to find any that I really love. However, I don't buy designer bags very often either. I use those that I have and love/enjoy them a lot!!
 
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