Hi everyone, I'm new here.
I'd really like some advice. I started off my designer collection this year - after the straps of my fake Longchamp Le Pliage tote that I bought as a teen in Thailand broke off, I realised that I really missed that bag so I hunted for the most similar colour and bought it. I feel like this kickstarted my love for bags.
For the past few months I've been looking at bags as a gift to myself for completing my Bachelor's degree. I'm still in uni and only work part-time, so I didn't have a huge budget. I'm also saving for a house deposit, and would rather spend money on travel than items. Honestly, I would feel sick if I bought a bag from Saint Laurent, LV, Gucci, etc because while I could afford it, spending so much of my money on something 'frivolous' and greatly detracting on my primary goal of saving for a house would make me feel awful. Houses are very very expensive here.
Anyway, I'd been browsing bags from Coach, Tory Burch, and Longchamp. I'd written a list of bags I liked from them, but I wasn't 100% convinced on any of them. I walked by a Furla store recently and their display looked promising, so I also checked out their site. You know when you just fall in love with a bag and it feels right? That's what I felt when I saw the mini Furla Miastella bucket bag in nero. I still spent some time deliberating (it's on the affordable side for designer, but it's not cheap!), and was going to purchase online but I thought it would be best to go into a boutique to try it on, see what it fits, and really see if I liked it on me/if it would work for my bag preferences. I ended up loving it and buying that bag, but I also tried on the smaller size, also confusingly called mini, in the cognac colour. I've been looking for a mini bag that can fit my phone, wallet, keys, lipstick, etc when I'm not going to be out for very long, or for when I'm out with my partner (who can carry my water bottle in his backpack).
Should I pull the trigger and get the smaller size in cognac too? I don't plan on having many bags in my collection in the future. Have others here regretted buying multiples of the same model in different sizes/colours? To me it kinda feels silly to have two of the same bag but I really love both, and they would both have different uses (the one I own can fit a lot like sunglasses and a water bottle, so it's more of a 'I'll be out all day but I still want my bag to be small and cute'.
I think I'm worried about missing out - it seems like Furla has a lot of seasonal styles that they discontinue fairly quickly.
I'd really like some advice. I started off my designer collection this year - after the straps of my fake Longchamp Le Pliage tote that I bought as a teen in Thailand broke off, I realised that I really missed that bag so I hunted for the most similar colour and bought it. I feel like this kickstarted my love for bags.
For the past few months I've been looking at bags as a gift to myself for completing my Bachelor's degree. I'm still in uni and only work part-time, so I didn't have a huge budget. I'm also saving for a house deposit, and would rather spend money on travel than items. Honestly, I would feel sick if I bought a bag from Saint Laurent, LV, Gucci, etc because while I could afford it, spending so much of my money on something 'frivolous' and greatly detracting on my primary goal of saving for a house would make me feel awful. Houses are very very expensive here.
Anyway, I'd been browsing bags from Coach, Tory Burch, and Longchamp. I'd written a list of bags I liked from them, but I wasn't 100% convinced on any of them. I walked by a Furla store recently and their display looked promising, so I also checked out their site. You know when you just fall in love with a bag and it feels right? That's what I felt when I saw the mini Furla Miastella bucket bag in nero. I still spent some time deliberating (it's on the affordable side for designer, but it's not cheap!), and was going to purchase online but I thought it would be best to go into a boutique to try it on, see what it fits, and really see if I liked it on me/if it would work for my bag preferences. I ended up loving it and buying that bag, but I also tried on the smaller size, also confusingly called mini, in the cognac colour. I've been looking for a mini bag that can fit my phone, wallet, keys, lipstick, etc when I'm not going to be out for very long, or for when I'm out with my partner (who can carry my water bottle in his backpack).
Should I pull the trigger and get the smaller size in cognac too? I don't plan on having many bags in my collection in the future. Have others here regretted buying multiples of the same model in different sizes/colours? To me it kinda feels silly to have two of the same bag but I really love both, and they would both have different uses (the one I own can fit a lot like sunglasses and a water bottle, so it's more of a 'I'll be out all day but I still want my bag to be small and cute'.
I think I'm worried about missing out - it seems like Furla has a lot of seasonal styles that they discontinue fairly quickly.
