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Yep, she has this Bag In, Bag Out Rule. She just posted some bag Q&A on her stories.
She sold a Chanel deauville, a Dior book tote and an LV Palm Springs mini. That will barely get her $10k. She bought 4 hermes bags and 2 Chanel 19s this year. I love her content, and I think she bought really great bags. But her spending is not realistic at all.
I believe she sold her Chanel jumbo and Loewe bag(s) too. She sold her tan Loewe bag, purchased another neutral Loewe, and then sold that one pretty quickly after. You're right in that she probably only gained about $10-15k from selling her bags and that the amount of bags rotating into her collection is pretty unrealistic. Didn't she just buy a Celine bag too?
I also saw AL did an Instagram live this week (link here) with some other luxury reseller account and in that she said she just got another Hermes from them that she’s going to post about in November… so that’s 5 hermes bags in less than a year! In a way I think it cheapens Hermes because, IMO part of the allure is that they are special and rare. To get 5 in a year makes them feel less special and makes her super unrelatable. I think she’s not transparent about her influencer privilege - to get offered an Hermes SO with such little spending history is wild to me and has to be influencer privilege. Reseller companies that she promotes (i.e. Redeluxe) are selling bags at such high premiums which is exactly what brands like Hermes DONT want so its also a turnoff to see her complain that resale market prices are getting crazy when her partnerships directly contribute to that. I was a big fan of her YT but this year I’ve been really turned off and don’t want to just see unboxing videos of more $11K bags when she’s not transparent about how she gets them. Even though she has a bag in, bag out policy, she’s not disclosing that she gets a lot of these bags at a discount and/or more easily because she’s an influencer so it’s just not realistic. For a normal person to get an Hermes quota bag you have to spend a 1:1 ratio to even be offered a quota bag and she certainly bypassed that requirement too. End rant lol
I’m sure she got a deep discount but I feel like 5 hermes quota bags in less than a year even if they are discounted is not healthy or at the very least not attainable for most normal people? I’m just getting weary of influencers promoting lifestyles and spending that only an influencer could actually afford but not being transparent about that fact.
Exactly! It’s so frustrating because she has videos about “how to save for bags” Or tells her followers on Instagram Q&A’s how to save but in reality…. She’s getting so many of these bags discounted and doesn’t say that. How can you tell people how they should save for these luxury bags when you won’t disclose the true nature of how you get these bags? Just seems so hypocritical. I mean… if you google her wedding planner she charges $375 an hour… who can afford that? Also seems like an influencer deal but of course she hasn’t disclosed that. Sorry I don’t want to hijack this thread I just was thrilled to see a thread with people who have opinions about luxury influencers because clearly I have a lot of opinions haha. I’ve learned a lot from influencer YT’s but I’m becoming disillusioned because I feel that AL (and others) are really promoting unrealistic and unhealthy buying habits. I have totally succumbed to it in the past and am now trying to unprogram that from my brain!
Totally guilty of becoming disillusioned, particularly with AL. I posted pages back that I don't think she necessarily did anything "wrong" but she just suddenly stopped being relatable to me and it seems others feel the same way too. I can totally admit to being jealous of how many beautiful bags she has acquired but it's just not realistic for me as someone who started following her because we are around the same age, have similar taste in fashion, and have a love for luxury bags. It's so weird feeling bitter (maybe bitter isn't the word I'm looking for here) about everything she has added this year, but perhaps the bitterness is because, like you mentioned, she isn't forthcoming or honest about how she pays for these bags or how much she actually pays for them.
