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[Genie27]

Fizzy, I loved your story....especially the not-neutral-as-my-store-only-has-brown.

And omg...mumble...mumble...that's really cool to be offered one. And you have a card for when you are ready. Kudos to you for staying strong - walk-in offers of B/K would be hard to say no to.

Those horses are so cute.

I love grommets and these look like so much fun to wear.

I have about a thousand of these kicking about my office. Want me to mail you some, for DIY?

 

[Mindi B]

I am identifying with so much of the ongoing conversation(s) that I can't even comment specifically.
Except to say that I appreciate Genie's invocation of "Grande Dame" and "Jeune Fille." Can I be a Grande Fille or a Jeune Dame? And which is preferable? I think I'm leaning Jeune Dame. A Grande Fille sounds like she could be insufferable.

 

[Genie27]

Here is my meagre collection of H. I also have several Gucci shawls - navy, teal, mint blue/green that get a lot of use in winter.

I have an old 90 moussie coming to me soon - also bright...I'm curious about the format as I find the 140 to be a lot of fabric if left floaty.

 

[Mindi B]

Oy. I have been "collecting" H scarves (in all formats, but largely 90s with a gerous side of CSGMs) for about 10 years. I refuse to actually count them, but conservatively, including all sizes and materials, I probably have. . .
Okay, to be completely honest. . .
If I were to realistically assess what I have in my closet. . .
I mean, not pulling any punches and really looking this thing in the face. . .


400.

 

[EmileH]

Mindi you are a collector. That's legitimate. Obviously you can't use 400 very often but if it's your hobby to collect more power to you. I'll bet you have an amazing collection.

When I started creeping up to 130-140 I had to make a decision: am I collecting for the sake of collecting or am I buying to wear? I decided that I wanted to buy to wear.

BBC don't you find it painful to sell them? I mean it's definitely feasible but an annoyance and loss of money so I really would rather not buy in the first place at this point. I'm becoming much more careful about purchases at this point.

 

[EmileH]

Genie your collection is lovely. Add slowly!

 

[Genie27]

I am most definitely not a collector. Of anything other than clutter. So I'm fine with an imperfect old item that I can use with abandon, rather than the latest must-have. My wallet can't handle the must have prices.

My favourite is the Iris!!!

The C&L is a stopgap until I find the turquoise one, but on the red one, I love the pink border with the grey and green showing when I wear it a very specific way. I get a lot of use from csgms in winter so I should buy more.

The orange/cream Grande Roue was a birthday gift from my mom to go with her rust coloured Akris coat. When she retired she figured she would not use either. I wear it with navy, pinks and greys. The central cream/taupe is very bland near my face but it does work if I ever pull together a neutral outfit. But then the orange is too loud.

The turquoise Maison des carres - souvenir of FSH - I kept going back to that beautiful blue border with the green edge but the orange and dark green corners are not my favourite feature and neither is the lavenderish centre.

My Twillys are absolutely useless until I get a hat or grow my hair long enough to tie.

Mousseline - I love it for summer. Here is how I wore it to work today. It does not stay on in the office. Also a useful format for me.

 

[eagle1002us]

Hi, I need to babble. I apologize for wall-o-text, but there's a picture at the end!

So... I took the train up to Copenhagen this weekend. Saturday I thought I'd stop at H as I'm really not fond of the local store. The web site showed me 2 stores downtown, which seemed surprising, but I wandered my way toward the nearest.

Here is where I note that I am completely oblivious. I chatted with a nice SA for, what, an hour? before she told me that the store had opened THAT DAY. I had been wondering why she obviously knew the products but kept having to ask where specific things were...

So I'd picked out a perfume set, a Calvi (in not-neutral! because my store only has brown), a Space Shopping 45, and a Behapi (in not-neutral! because my store only has brown), and she asked, "Are you interested in bags, a mumble-mumble, mumble-mumble..."

And I was surprised, because my store has never shown the slightest interest in showing me a bag. And I had been thinking just to ask what color and size the Halzan on the shelf was, just to improve my H knowledge! It turned out to be a a Rouge Casaque 31 in Clemence, and I tried it on, and she burbled about how wonderful it was, which it was, and I agreed to buy it, and then their system wasn't accepting AmEx, which was secretly a relief because I hadn't really budgeted for a 4000 Euro bag. But I am still sad because I've been drooling over this bag for months.

And then. And then, ten hours later as I was getting ready for bed, my brain replayed that "mumble mumble" and I realized she had said, "mumble Kelly mumble". SHE OFFERED ME A KELLY and my stupid brain fixated on questions about a Halzan. Please talk me down from beating my head against my desk. Or point and laugh, that's a valid option too.

Also, the new Copenhagen H at 4 Højbro Plads has Kellys, apparently.

In conclusion, here are golden horse balloons that they were handing out. I ambushed a couple of German tourist girls on Sunday to let me take a picture of their balloons. (I thought they'd stay in the picture as well, but they just dropped their bags on the ground and scooted out of the way.)
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What an adventure! Love the balloons. A new store stocked with kellys. That makes perfect sense. On the other hand, I appreciate your restraint in not popping a card to get a bag just like that. That is so hard to do and you did it! I know that if I popped for everything I like I'd be the most impressive bag lady you ever saw! It's so hard to draw the line and you did it!

 

[Notorious Pink]

BBC don't you find it painful to sell them? I mean it's definitely feasible but an annoyance and loss of money so I really would rather not buy in the first place at this point. I'm becoming much more careful about purchases at this point.

Actually, not at all. I enjoy letting go as much as I enjoy acquiring. Sometimes it's almost a relief.

Also, my taste and style has changed quite a lot over the years - I really started with H about 20 years ago (!!!) - DH and I had a thing where he thought the scarves were a bit pretentious and I decided to "prove" how much I loved them by wearing one every day....which I did....for at least ten years (way to win an argument and prove my point! [emoji28]) so after that, *maybe* I'm just a little tired of them?

So I buy because I love them, and because I bought for so long and maybe I'll wear it a few times, but mostly the scarves just sit there. and seeing as how I dont have unlimited funds (and DH already bought me two Bs this year so I'm not asking for anything) if I want to splurge elsewhere something has got to go.

I'm not a fan of losing the money but it's not much of a loss and again every once in a while I will find a true love like the Route 24 - great size, great colors, goes with a ton of my clothing and H leathers, etc. and in fact what few pieces I do have left in my collection are all from within the last three years or so - which makes sense as most of my bags are now "keepers" and I would like the scarves to complement them.

 

[eagle1002us]

Fizzy, I loved your story....especially the not-neutral-as-my-store-only-has-brown.

And omg...mumble...mumble...that's really cool to be offered one. And you have a card for when you are ready. Kudos to you for staying strong - walk-in offers of B/K would be hard to say no to.

Those horses are so cute.


I have about a thousand of these kicking about my office. Want me to mail you some, for DIY?

Mail away, Genie! I have a Mitsook black cardi with grommets from like 6 years ago (they were just coming in) which I wear a Robert Lee Morris necklace that looks like a bunch of grommets strung together in a reverse triangle drop; and an H black leather bracelet from 10 years ago that has grommets (It's called, "Something new").

 

[eagle1002us]

Here is my meagre collection of H. I also have several Gucci shawls - navy, teal, mint blue/green that get a lot of use in winter.

I have an old 90 moussie coming to me soon - also bright...I'm curious about the format as I find the 140 to be a lot of fabric if left floaty.

The Iris is TDF.

 

[momasaurus]

Like Dharma said, Tohu Bohu was hot in 2012. The thread has a 3 year gap of inactivity between 2009 and 2012. I read backwards to 2012 and then started going forward at the front from 2007. Haven't read 2008 or 2009 yet, but in 2007 Grands Fond, Rencontre Oceane, and Axis Mundi were big. I have all three of those. Tohu Bohu was my first scarf in 2013.

this is so interesting!

 

[EmileH]

Makes sense BBC. Over 20 years! I guess you take the long view. Who knows of what appeals to us now will be the same in 20 years.

 

[eagle1002us]

Oy. I have been "collecting" H scarves (in all formats, but largely 90s with a gerous side of CSGMs) for about 10 years. I refuse to actually count them, but conservatively, including all sizes and materials, I probably have. . .
Okay, to be completely honest. . .
If I were to realistically assess what I have in my closet. . .
I mean, not pulling any punches and really looking this thing in the face. . .


400.

Hey Mindi, rather than falling to the ground stunned by your number, I'm pleased to know that you get these scarves. You have been very very low key about your acquisitions. I was wondering whether you even got Grr from last fall. I'm real pleased that you're "one of us." Welcome.

 

[FizzyWater]

Fizzy, I loved your story....especially the not-neutral-as-my-store-only-has-brown.

And omg...mumble...mumble...that's really cool to be offered one. And you have a card for when you are ready. Kudos to you for staying strong - walk-in offers of B/K would be hard to say no to.

Those horses are so cute.

They are! I was seeing them everywhere once I realized what they were.

What an adventure! Love the balloons. A new store stocked with kellys. That makes perfect sense. On the other hand, I appreciate your restraint in not popping a card to get a bag just like that. That is so hard to do and you did it! I know that if I popped for everything I like I'd be the most impressive bag lady you ever saw! It's so hard to draw the line and you did it!

I was only saved by them not taking AmEx and my emergency Visa having a tiny credit limit. They actually suggested that I call the bank to transfer money to my checking account so I could use my bank card, and I was like, "Reach a German bank on the phone? On a Saturday???"