It's offical! I am a Balenciaga owner!
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loren said:
I'm so glad I checked this forum today and saw this (and other) posts from the over-40 set...My brand new black city bag arrived today and I was having second thoughts--feeling like at 45, I'm too old to "work" this bag. You all made me feel so much better! I think I just may do something I never do when I get a new bag...that is, load it up and take it out for a spin (without sleeping on it for a few days)...Will I chicken out? Stay tuned...
You made a great choice! I would love a cornflower City--I saw one when I was out shopping today, and it took everything in me not to buy it!!! (I just got a new bag on Monday, so I could not justify another one!) Still pining for it, though!
Oh--and most of the people I see with REAL Balenciagas are in their late twenties and older. (As am I!) I think they are for all ages.
Oh--and most of the people I see with REAL Balenciagas are in their late twenties and older. (As am I!) I think they are for all ages.
So glad to hear from the others who are "over 40"! I now have a Bordeaux Medium and a Magenta Small and I am thrilled--even though I do still feel a little weird about the age thing. (Not weird enough to return the bags though...)
I was thinking the same thing!english_girl_900 said:Slightly (okay, completely) OT, but how do you manage that? On the cities I've seen the shoulder strap barely looks big enough to fit on my shoulder - can you lengthen it? Or are you just waaaaaaaayyyy skinnier than me?
I think these bags actually look better on women than they do on young to mid teenagers. The reason I say this is because they tend to look overly trendy on younger generation vice women (mid twenties to late fifties). As though they are trying to mimic a style vice create their own. Typically by mid-life, women have a better sense of style, individuality, so the bag is carried with much more individualistic style and comfort (let's face it, we grow more comfortable with our bodies as we get a little older). This doesn't mean that some 16-17 year olds do not have a great sense of individual style, some of them really do and much better than mine! I just mean that many of them do not!
So, I would completely carry it with pride and rock on if I were you! That being said, I think I may be a little weirded out if my 90+ year old grandmother started toting around a B-bag, but I am sure I would get over that too!
So, I would completely carry it with pride and rock on if I were you! That being said, I think I may be a little weirded out if my 90+ year old grandmother started toting around a B-bag, but I am sure I would get over that too!
BalenciagaLove said:I think I may be a little weirded out if my 90+ year old grandmother started toting around a B-bag, but I am sure I would get over that too!
That's funny! My 95 year old grandmother is still the most stylish person I know, but I couldn't even imagine her with a B-bag! I have a feeling she won't be too impressed with mine--she prefers "ladylike" bags...
congrats! don't worry. I think bbags look great at any age, as long as you carry it with pride. My mom has nagged me several times about borrowing mine. 
