I have been buying designer handbags for over 20 years now, the focus wasn‘t always on LV, in fact there were many years where I did not follow the new collections and had „just“ the classic handbags from LV. I got into LV more since the pandemic with the Escale collection and since then it has been a rollercoaster of new releases, limited collections, getting excited about „hard to find items“, putting things on wishlists etc. I gotta admit I am a bit tired of this game, always fearing I will miss out even on the stuff I am not 100% in love with (match collection being a good example) and not being able to enjoy the things I buy because I am already looking at the next release. The Stardust Speedy 20 I was so excited about already feels „old“ because I am eyeing the Garden Collection Speedy. I am at a point now where I need to slow down because it almost stresses me, always this feeling, is something better around the corner? Doing a major declutter of my closet at the moment, got rid of/sold so many items recently because they don‘t excite me anymore.
Sorry about the long post but I definitely agree about sitting out a new collection here and there. I realised I am not a collector, I find joy in using the handbags, and with decreased opportunities to wear them (for several reasons) I need to slow down.