Is the bag wearing me?

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#91
sparks1007 said:
Super helpful thanks! I have a VN B35 and it is quite heavy. I use it during the day at weekends and love it but I would like something a little lighter for the shoulder option. I've looked at Chapman's and they have a strap that would be a wonderful match for the VO K35. They look like great pieces. I do think larger bags need to be worn on shorter straps to look good. The other Hermes styles are not quite "me" although I do like the Halzan I was looking for a dark barenia - black or VO - and it only comes in the brown.
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I love my Chapman strap. I ordered a different striped strap from Mautto which I am also happy with, but the Chapman strap you see on my bag is really really wonderful for what I wanted to achieve with my K35 Barenia....I wanted a strap that completed the "out-in-the-field"/safari vibe and the Chapman straps do that well. The canvas is also the same width as the canvas H straps, whereas the widest Mautto is still a bit narrower (or at least they used to be). I think the width may strike some as being masculine looking, but I like how it reads and feels. Vert Olive is so lovely in Barenia....I've had natural barenia, black barenia and ebene barenia birkins but never VO. If it makes your heart sing, you should go for it! And if it doesn't work for you in the end, at least you know that it would be an easy bag to re-sell/re-home.
 
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#93
I would absolutely let a Vert Olive Barenia Kelly “wear” me! That’s one bag I wouldn’t be able to walk away from no matter how poorly it goes with my style or body size. For what you carry, you’ll need a bigger bag. The 32cm will be a tight squeeze with a water bottle and book. I don’t normally like Kellys larger than 28cm on a shoulder strap, but because the bag will definitely get super heavy, I’d wear it exactly the way Psaseattle wears hers. For what it’s worth, I think the 35cm Kelly looks just fine on you, and it’ll look even more casual in Barenia.
 
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ouija board said:
I would absolutely let a Vert Olive Barenia Kelly “wear” me! That’s one bag I wouldn’t be able to walk away from no matter how poorly it goes with my style or body size. For what you carry, you’ll need a bigger bag. The 32cm will be a tight squeeze with a water bottle and book. I don’t normally like Kellys larger than 28cm on a shoulder strap, but because the bag will definitely get super heavy, I’d wear it exactly the way Psaseattle wears hers. For what it’s worth, I think the 35cm Kelly looks just fine on you, and it’ll look even more casual in Barenia.
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I agree Ouija Board! I would let a Vert Olive Barenia Kelly "wear" me too! Anytime :P
 
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Sparks107 - I went back and looked at your original post and the photos you included of you trying on the red K35 as a proxy for the actual Barenia bag you're considering. I wanted to just add that IMO, I dont think those specific photos give you the best indication of how a VO Barenia K35 with a wide canvas strap will actually look or feel on you. I went back and looked at them and for what it's worth, I think

1) the thinner standard K strap reads completely differently than a wide canvas strap and on a K35 I feel it is relatively dainty and actually not comfortable enough for dealing with the bag's weight
2) as worn in those photos, the K35 with the standard strap hits you at the wrong place on your body. Adjusting that hang length will dramatically affect how that bag appears on you (it will still be big/wide but it will look very different)
3) all bags have a purpose. so if this is a daily "workhorse" consideration....if you want to carry the things you say, a K32 or a K28 will be a tight squeeze. I know lots of women here are very happy with the K32 or K28 capacity...but as someone who tends to carry A LOT for work and play, for ME the K32 capacity and dimensions are tight for a workhorse bag. On a daily basis, I typically carry large-ish ziparound wallet, sunglasses, reading glasses, make up bag, water bottle, moleskin notebook, occasionally an ipad pro, pens, scarf, earbuds, iphone 8, extra charger/brick. I'm typically on the go throughout the week, moving around alot (I don't work at a desk all day every day).

So for me, the other daily workhorse bag choices I'll use if not my K35 are a 32 Plume VN, a Picotin TGM, a Paris Bombay 37, or actually a Fjallraven Kanken laptop backpack :) That's how much utility I need! I'm relatively casual in my day to day life including work meetings.

Maybe you're the same?
 
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Tonimichelle said:
View attachment 4040827 I think the 35 looks ok on you as you are wearing it, but would look far better worn casually, straps undone, slung over the shoulder with a strap or hand held.
I’ve borrowed a photo from the wildlife thread (thank you Minuit for posting it!) and I have no idea what size the Kelly or lady carrying it is but it kind of depicts what I mean!
I think a barenia 35 would be gorgeous though and more casual looking anyway. I have a fauve barenia 32 and the existing shoulder strap makes it look a little large on me as it hangs too low, a wider shorter strap on the shoulder looks better, cross body doesn’t really work as the bag feels too structured and wide even in a 32 to my mind but I am only 5’2” and about 108 pounds.
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After perusing this thread, I am now really keen on a bigger Kelly! Thank you for all the inspiration!
 
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psaseattle said:
Sparks107 - I went back and looked at your original post and the photos you included of you trying on the red K35 as a proxy for the actual Barenia bag you're considering. I wanted to just add that IMO, I dont think those specific photos give you the best indication of how a VO Barenia K35 with a wide canvas strap will actually look or feel on you. I went back and looked at them and for what it's worth, I think

1) the thinner standard K strap reads completely differently than a wide canvas strap and on a K35 I feel it is relatively dainty and actually not comfortable enough for dealing with the bag's weight
2) as worn in those photos, the K35 with the standard strap hits you at the wrong place on your body. Adjusting that hang length will dramatically affect how that bag appears on you (it will still be big/wide but it will look very different)
3) all bags have a purpose. so if this is a daily "workhorse" consideration....if you want to carry the things you say, a K32 or a K28 will be a tight squeeze. I know lots of women here are very happy with the K32 or K28 capacity...but as someone who tends to carry A LOT for work and play, for ME the K32 capacity and dimensions are tight for a workhorse bag. On a daily basis, I typically carry large-ish ziparound wallet, sunglasses, reading glasses, make up bag, water bottle, moleskin notebook, occasionally an ipad pro, pens, scarf, earbuds, iphone 8, extra charger/brick. I'm typically on the go throughout the week, moving around alot (I don't work at a desk all day every day).

So for me, the other daily workhorse bag choices I'll use if not my K35 are a 32 Plume VN, a Picotin TGM, a Paris Bombay 37, or actually a Fjallraven Kanken laptop backpack :smile: That's how much utility I need! I'm relatively casual in my day to day life including work meetings.

Maybe you're the same?
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I agree here - 28s and 32s are not great for this kind of daily carry. 28 is pretty much impossible. If I carry a K28 I also have a backpack or at least a laptop bag with me.

Unfortunately we have seven pages of subjective opinion, from a forum that overwhelmingly prefers smaller bags, that only the OP can weed through to make a decision.
 
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I think: Trust your gut instinct. Since you had the thought in the first place, serious enough to post here and asking for advice, then you will always feel like a 35 is wearing you. It's too much money, to not feel 100 per cent sure. Go for the 32, I say! And good luck!
 
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QuelleFromage said:
I agree here - 28s and 32s are not great for this kind of daily carry. 28 is pretty much impossible. If I carry a K28 I also have a backpack or at least a laptop bag with me.

Unfortunately we have seven pages of subjective opinion, from a forum that overwhelmingly prefers smaller bags, that only the OP can weed through to make a decision.
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I agreed majorities on this forum prefer smaller sizes (B30, K32 and K28) and I think that is because everyone can easily wearing these sizes and look good, but not everyone can style and rock bigger sizes like few members on this thread with their chic K35 modeling shots :love:. Personally I feel it’s not about how it looks (K35 is a bigger size bag indeed), it’s all about the attitude that comes wearing the bigger bag. I have a LV XXL Mahina and I carry it when I am wearing my Rick Owens outfits, not so much with any of my H bags :P.
 
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