I Bought a Gorgeous, Expensive, and Completely Impractical Bag - Wanna See?

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I have always had a weakness for unusual and impractical bags even though my lifestyle does not support this fetish.


It happened to me again! I was at the outlet to do a couple of returns. There wasn't much there and if I had just done my returns and left it would have been better. But then I saw this beautiful bag at less than a third of the original cost and I just had to have it - even though I won't have many opportunities to carry it.


Here are a few hints about my purchase; any guesses?
Very nice , I love this clutch ! I have this pattern on a borough and goes with a lot of my wardrobe. I wanted it because it was so different from my other bags and this pattern has "purse-onality", so I would consider it to be very practical.:D Great find ! Enjoy it .
 
This is gorgeous! I would get it tho impractical for me too. :smile1:

Wowza!! Congrats! I think clutches are impractical in general but it hasn't stopped me from buying too many [emoji6] Coach has made a lot of great ones.

Very nice , I love this clutch ! I have this pattern on a borough and goes with a lot of my wardrobe. I wanted it because it was so different from my other bags and this pattern has "purse-onality", so I would consider it to be very practical.:D Great find ! Enjoy it .


Thanks, I love the texture and the patchwork, and just the impracticality of this bag!
 
Congrats!! I just bought the haircalf foldover crossbody bag with a leopard print from the semi-annual sale and feel EXACTLY the same as you! It's expensive totally impractical but I LOVE it!! Wear in good health!
 
Congrats!! I just bought the haircalf foldover crossbody bag with a leopard print from the semi-annual sale and feel EXACTLY the same as you! It's expensive totally impractical but I LOVE it!! Wear in good health!


Thanks, I have a lot of bags but nothing like this so I really fell for it. Congrats on your new bag; please show some pics!
 
Here is my latest indulgence.

I bought a Top Zip Clutch Haircalf Patchwork bag with Light Gold Hardware 32360 LI D3P. The original retail price was $798 and I got it at the outlet on clearance for $239.

It is a very large clutch and really beautiful; but I will probably only carry it 2 or 3 times a year. I take the train into the city to go to work and this just isn't an "Every Day Bag". I keep telling myself to return it but I love it so much, that may not happen!

OMG that's just a great beauty. One of Coach's very, very special ones. Soooo katev ... take a tote into the city and put it inside with your daily items in it and run out for lunch or shopping or coffee or whatever you do. We the people get pleasure from seeing others' interesting, pretty, beautiful bags… even when that experience seems below our radar. I would have a slightly better day because of seeing that gorgeous clutch. Congratulations!
 
It's so pretty, congrats!

OMG that's just a great beauty. One of Coach's very, very special ones. Soooo katev ... take a tote into the city and put it inside with your daily items in it and run out for lunch or shopping or coffee or whatever you do. We the people get pleasure from seeing others' interesting, pretty, beautiful bags… even when that experience seems below our radar. I would have a slightly better day because of seeing that gorgeous clutch. Congratulations!

Absolutely gorgeous! This is definitely a head turner. Enjoy your great find.

Thank you, I know that I will feel very special when carrying that bag.
 
Here is my latest indulgence.

I bought a Top Zip Clutch Haircalf Patchwork bag with Light Gold Hardware 32360 LI D3P. The original retail price was $798 and I got it at the outlet on clearance for $239.

It is a very large clutch and really beautiful; but I will probably only carry it 2 or 3 times a year. I take the train into the city to go to work and this just isn't an "Every Day Bag". I keep telling myself to return it but I love it so much, that may not happen!


I would have so bought this :p- enjoy!
 
Katev-
I think it was a bargain, because it's timeless. That bag is beautiful today, and will still be gorgeous thirty years from now. No offense meant to anyone, but when I see the splashier prints ( Even the ones I think are pretty, like the purple snaphead or the kaleidoscope), I know that they are instantly date-able. They are trendy at one time, and even though I think people should carry whatever they darn well please, even if it's "old"... they don't have the agelessness of the Coach vintage bags. This bag is, IMO, an instant classic. Beautiful, and unique. Honestly, I'm selling a good bit of my collection to pay my divorce lawyer, or I would be sorely tempted to try and hunt one down.
 
Here is my latest indulgence.

I bought a Top Zip Clutch Haircalf Patchwork bag with Light Gold Hardware 32360 LI D3P. The original retail price was $798 and I got it at the outlet on clearance for $239.

It is a very large clutch and really beautiful; but I will probably only carry it 2 or 3 times a year. I take the train into the city to go to work and this just isn't an "Every Day Bag". I keep telling myself to return it but I love it so much, that may not happen!

So pretty! Congratulations!
 
Katev-
I think it was a bargain, because it's timeless. That bag is beautiful today, and will still be gorgeous thirty years from now. No offense meant to anyone, but when I see the splashier prints ( Even the ones I think are pretty, like the purple snaphead or the kaleidoscope), I know that they are instantly date-able. They are trendy at one time, and even though I think people should carry whatever they darn well please, even if it's "old"... they don't have the agelessness of the Coach vintage bags. This bag is, IMO, an instant classic. Beautiful, and unique. Honestly, I'm selling a good bit of my collection to pay my divorce lawyer, or I would be sorely tempted to try and hunt one down.


Sorry about your divorce but good luck!


You are right, I am sometimes attracted to "trendy bags" but it is the classic beauties that capture my heart and would be difficult to give up!
 
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