Hello lovely tPFers, and Happy New Year to each and every one of you!
We just purchased a new home and will take possession on Valentine's Day. I am also 27 weeks pregnant, and so am trying to cull my belongings as much as possible in order to simplify our move as much as possible, and in order to meet my new year's resolution of paring down to items that I either use a lot or really, really love.
I have been collecting LV for several years. In the last year or two I have branched out a bit to Chanel and Hermes, but my daily go-to brand remains LV. I have amassed quite a collection, but many items, I'm sorry to say, don't see the light of day very often. Also, I now have a two-year-old daughter and will soon have a new son, so my lifestyle has changed a lot. I have become quite anti-vachetta (just too stressful to carry with sticky little fingers around), and I now prefer very user-friendly bags. That said, I realize that one day when my babies aren't babies any more my lifestyle might change again. This makes it difficult for me to figure out what I might regret parting with.
Another issue is that I'm kind of adamant about where my bags are made and, these days, about avoiding the cloth tag. My entire collection is Made in France and I realize that if I parted with an item and ever went to repurchase Made in France bags might be hard to come by.
What I was hoping is that if I posted the items in my collection, you might be able to provide feedback as to what I should keep and what I should endeavor to sell. I will try to post everything that I have, as I realize that whether to part with an item sort of depends on what else is in one's collection.
So, here it goes...
Louis Vuitton
Items that I definitely will hold onto for the time being:
- Amarante Sunset Blvd
- Sprouse Roses Neverfull
- Mon Monogram Neverfull GM (pink / ivory)
- Monogram Beaubourg
- Azur Totally GM
- Damier Ebene Evora PM
- Black Neo-Cabby GM
- Brown Watercolor Speedy 30 (never carried)
- White Watercolor Speedy 30 (never carried)
- Bloomsbury PM
- Sprouse Roses pochette
- Mono Poche cosmetique
- Rose Pop nameplate cles
- Pomme d'Amour nameplate cles
- Amarante zippy compact
- Amarante French Purse
- Rouge Fauviste Zippy wallet
- Violette Zippy Organizer
- Illustrated mono agenda PM
- Violette agenda PM
- Illustrated mono mini-pochette
- Damier Ebene carryall
Items that I am considering parting with:
- Sherwood PM in Blanc Corail
- Trevi PM (I find this hard to get in and out of, although I love the bag)
- Delightful GM (wide vachetta strap freaks me out)
- Tivoli GM (love the bag, but vachetta
- Amarante Roxbury Drive
- Damier Ebene Eva
- Monogram Eva
- Amarante heart coin purse
- Rose Pop nameplate cosmetic pouch
I have three Chanel flaps (black and beige ghw caviar jumbos, silver shw 2.55), three Chanel wallet on a chains (beige ghw and red shw halfmoons, black shw quilted caviar), a pearly beige gwh Chanel mini, and a black caviar shw Chanel timeless clutch. I also have an Hermes Evelyn III GM in blue jean clemence. I don't plan to part with any of these right now, but would like to use them more than I currently do.
Any feedback / advice would be greatly appreciated. Have you ever parted with a bag and then later regretted it? Since I have never parted with anything previously I am nervous that I might let something go and then kick myself later. That said, it makes me feel bad to have bags in my closet that never see the light of day!!
Thank you so much for reading through this loooong post!
ETA: Reminder about selling/buying/trading is not permitted.
We just purchased a new home and will take possession on Valentine's Day. I am also 27 weeks pregnant, and so am trying to cull my belongings as much as possible in order to simplify our move as much as possible, and in order to meet my new year's resolution of paring down to items that I either use a lot or really, really love.
I have been collecting LV for several years. In the last year or two I have branched out a bit to Chanel and Hermes, but my daily go-to brand remains LV. I have amassed quite a collection, but many items, I'm sorry to say, don't see the light of day very often. Also, I now have a two-year-old daughter and will soon have a new son, so my lifestyle has changed a lot. I have become quite anti-vachetta (just too stressful to carry with sticky little fingers around), and I now prefer very user-friendly bags. That said, I realize that one day when my babies aren't babies any more my lifestyle might change again. This makes it difficult for me to figure out what I might regret parting with.
Another issue is that I'm kind of adamant about where my bags are made and, these days, about avoiding the cloth tag. My entire collection is Made in France and I realize that if I parted with an item and ever went to repurchase Made in France bags might be hard to come by.
What I was hoping is that if I posted the items in my collection, you might be able to provide feedback as to what I should keep and what I should endeavor to sell. I will try to post everything that I have, as I realize that whether to part with an item sort of depends on what else is in one's collection.
So, here it goes...
Louis Vuitton
Items that I definitely will hold onto for the time being:
- Amarante Sunset Blvd
- Sprouse Roses Neverfull
- Mon Monogram Neverfull GM (pink / ivory)
- Monogram Beaubourg
- Azur Totally GM
- Damier Ebene Evora PM
- Black Neo-Cabby GM
- Brown Watercolor Speedy 30 (never carried)
- White Watercolor Speedy 30 (never carried)
- Bloomsbury PM
- Sprouse Roses pochette
- Mono Poche cosmetique
- Rose Pop nameplate cles
- Pomme d'Amour nameplate cles
- Amarante zippy compact
- Amarante French Purse
- Rouge Fauviste Zippy wallet
- Violette Zippy Organizer
- Illustrated mono agenda PM
- Violette agenda PM
- Illustrated mono mini-pochette
- Damier Ebene carryall
Items that I am considering parting with:
- Sherwood PM in Blanc Corail
- Trevi PM (I find this hard to get in and out of, although I love the bag)
- Delightful GM (wide vachetta strap freaks me out)
- Tivoli GM (love the bag, but vachetta
- Amarante Roxbury Drive
- Damier Ebene Eva
- Monogram Eva
- Amarante heart coin purse
- Rose Pop nameplate cosmetic pouch
I have three Chanel flaps (black and beige ghw caviar jumbos, silver shw 2.55), three Chanel wallet on a chains (beige ghw and red shw halfmoons, black shw quilted caviar), a pearly beige gwh Chanel mini, and a black caviar shw Chanel timeless clutch. I also have an Hermes Evelyn III GM in blue jean clemence. I don't plan to part with any of these right now, but would like to use them more than I currently do.
Any feedback / advice would be greatly appreciated. Have you ever parted with a bag and then later regretted it? Since I have never parted with anything previously I am nervous that I might let something go and then kick myself later. That said, it makes me feel bad to have bags in my closet that never see the light of day!!
Thank you so much for reading through this loooong post!
ETA: Reminder about selling/buying/trading is not permitted.
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