Those two in the back perfectly exemplify that very 90s rich treaclely brown that is so due a come back.
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Those two in the back perfectly exemplify that very 90s rich treaclely brown that is so due a come back.
I love this thread so much.
Yesterday I took this for a walk.
Not in the woods, for that I had this little Ipanema belt bag on duty.
It should be apparent by now I love brown with black. 90% of my Winter wardrobe is these two colors plus blue. So needless to say I am delighted with my new Bazar:
Yesterday I took this for a walk.
Not in the woods, for that I had this little Ipanema belt bag on duty.
It should be apparent by now I love brown with black. 90% of my Winter wardrobe is these two colors plus blue. So needless to say I am delighted with my new Bazar:
Agreeing with everything recently said - there's nothing like an aged brown leather, and I would wear brown any day over black.
Here are my brown leather beauties (not including my straw bag and LV canvas). I'll keep both of these forever and ever.
The backpack is from a little shop in Sorrento, Italy. I bought it almost 10 years ago on a high school trip, and I felt guilty buying such an "expensive" item on my parents' dime, so I got the simplest shape with no pockets… for €40!!!! When I got home and showed it to them, they told me I should've bought more; bless them for always geing so generous with me. It has been through hell and back because I used to think you could wear leather in the rain and I always put it on the floor. Every inch is covered in scratches and discolorations and the brass is so tarnished, but the stitching has never come apart and the leather still smells as rich and amazing as the day bought it in that open-air shop down a street in Italy. I should have bought ten more bags based on how well this one has served me and how beautifully it aged.
Fast forward and my other brown bag is my Dooney alto Valentina, which was a far cry from the €40 I agonized over as a teen LOL. This is my baby that still makes me so excited when I see it and makes me feel like a queen when I wear it. The leather smells just like my backpack, and it's also made in Italy. It's on its way to collecting a lovely patina. The shape is so classic and pretty and timeless that I'm so excited to using it for years to come. I'm against buying myself duplicates when there are so many great bags and brands out there, but this is my one bag I really have to fight myself and not get it in all three sizes
Here are my brown leather beauties (not including my straw bag and LV canvas). I'll keep both of these forever and ever.
The backpack is from a little shop in Sorrento, Italy. I bought it almost 10 years ago on a high school trip, and I felt guilty buying such an "expensive" item on my parents' dime, so I got the simplest shape with no pockets… for €40!!!! When I got home and showed it to them, they told me I should've bought more; bless them for always geing so generous with me. It has been through hell and back because I used to think you could wear leather in the rain and I always put it on the floor. Every inch is covered in scratches and discolorations and the brass is so tarnished, but the stitching has never come apart and the leather still smells as rich and amazing as the day bought it in that open-air shop down a street in Italy. I should have bought ten more bags based on how well this one has served me and how beautifully it aged.
Fast forward and my other brown bag is my Dooney alto Valentina, which was a far cry from the €40 I agonized over as a teen LOL. This is my baby that still makes me so excited when I see it and makes me feel like a queen when I wear it. The leather smells just like my backpack, and it's also made in Italy. It's on its way to collecting a lovely patina. The shape is so classic and pretty and timeless that I'm so excited to using it for years to come. I'm against buying myself duplicates when there are so many great bags and brands out there, but this is my one bag I really have to fight myself and not get it in all three sizes
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Edged out by a hair, in my very biased opinion, by Coach British Tan
. But I will save that for another thread . . .
I think patina suits brown. Brown can have stains and variations and still look beautiful. Other colors, not so much. When I first bought leather purses, I always got brown because I felt that was the color leather was supposed to be. For the Coach bags I was buying in brown, you could still see the grain. On blacks, the grain was obliterated by the dye.
I loved reading your stories... that backpack is awesome and looks so rich... Ahhh, Dooney Altos...Agreeing with everything recently said - there's nothing like an aged brown leather, and I would wear brown any day over black.
Here are my brown leather beauties (not including my straw bag and LV canvas). I'll keep both of these forever and ever.
The backpack is from a little shop in Sorrento, Italy. I bought it almost 10 years ago on a high school trip, and I felt guilty buying such an "expensive" item on my parents' dime, so I got the simplest shape with no pockets… for €40!!!! When I got home and showed it to them, they told me I should've bought more; bless them for always geing so generous with me. It has been through hell and back because I used to think you could wear leather in the rain and I always put it on the floor. Every inch is covered in scratches and discolorations and the brass is so tarnished, but the stitching has never come apart and the leather still smells as rich and amazing as the day bought it in that open-air shop down a street in Italy. I should have bought ten more bags based on how well this one has served me and how beautifully it aged.
Fast forward and my other brown bag is my Dooney alto Valentina, which was a far cry from the €40 I agonized over as a teen LOL. This is my baby that still makes me so excited when I see it and makes me feel like a queen when I wear it. The leather smells just like my backpack, and it's also made in Italy. It's on its way to collecting a lovely patina. The shape is so classic and pretty and timeless that I'm so excited to using it for years to come. I'm against buying myself duplicates when there are so many great bags and brands out there, but this is my one bag I really have to fight myself and not get it in all three sizes
I know I have read an article, and I thought it was on Purseblog but I have done quite a few searches but couldn't find it there, about how leather looks best in brown because no color absorbs as well as that one. I wish I could find it...
Throughly enjoyed every page of this thread! I haven’t had a great amount of appreciation for Brown bags but now I see the error of my ways and fully understand that the beauty of the patina on a brown bag is like no other!
Here’s my contribution, a Rudsak in lovely brown.
Here’s my contribution, a Rudsak in lovely brown.
These two are very very pretty!Agreeing with everything recently said - there's nothing like an aged brown leather, and I would wear brown any day over black.
Here are my brown leather beauties (not including my straw bag and LV canvas). I'll keep both of these forever and ever.
The backpack is from a little shop in Sorrento, Italy. I bought it almost 10 years ago on a high school trip, and I felt guilty buying such an "expensive" item on my parents' dime, so I got the simplest shape with no pockets… for €40!!!! When I got home and showed it to them, they told me I should've bought more; bless them for always geing so generous with me. It has been through hell and back because I used to think you could wear leather in the rain and I always put it on the floor. Every inch is covered in scratches and discolorations and the brass is so tarnished, but the stitching has never come apart and the leather still smells as rich and amazing as the day bought it in that open-air shop down a street in Italy. I should have bought ten more bags based on how well this one has served me and how beautifully it aged.
Fast forward and my other brown bag is my Dooney alto Valentina, which was a far cry from the €40 I agonized over as a teen LOL. This is my baby that still makes me so excited when I see it and makes me feel like a queen when I wear it. The leather smells just like my backpack, and it's also made in Italy. It's on its way to collecting a lovely patina. The shape is so classic and pretty and timeless that I'm so excited to using it for years to come. I'm against buying myself duplicates when there are so many great bags and brands out there, but this is my one bag I really have to fight myself and not get it in all three sizes
I didn't realize I had quite a few brown bags until I saw this thread 
These are so great.
The only possible Chanel I'd be interested in would be a brown quilted flap (mine are all black, blue or cream). Very rare.