I hope that title fits, lol! This is going to be long, and I apologize for the nonsensical rant! I thought about not posting this, because I'm probably just repeating earlier concerns, but you guys are the only ones I can get good advice from!
I suppose a lot of you know (lol) I'm waiting on my 31cm Rose Shocking Chevre Bolide...supposed to be bought in September!
But I made a mistake the other day :s I brought my sister with me to Hermes for the first time. She goes to FSU, and was visiting. I had to pick up my new Ulysse, so I wanted her to tag along. Big mistake. I excitedly showed her the Bolide I plan on purchasing, not the RS one, but the same one in in Turquoise Chevre. She said "that's what you're spending your $$ on??? Not worth it babe"
My sister is younger than I am, by 17 months, and is a fashion merchandising major. She's heavily into trendy clothing, so she only shops at Forever 21, because the clothing is trendy/cheap and she can buy tons of it and pitch it all in a week if she wants to. I'm not the same way; I buy expensive pieces and use them season after season. My wardrobe has logic to it, while she can barely remember what she bought yesterday.
Her comment really hurt my feelings. She told me later she said it because I'm only 22 and I have a long time to buy really nice bags, and that I should start out with more "reasonable" items, like the LV Azur Speedy I had bought that day as my throw-around bag. Hell she didn't even like that, she thought I was a fool for not buying regular monogram because it's "classic", but I don't like labels!
I hate it when Erin talks like that, because she has a pretty heavy influence on me and is the only one out of my entire family/friends that can talk me down from something. In a way I want to agree with her, that being 22 and in college isn't as normal a way to start the Hermes bag lifestyle. But I've seen plenty of people do it! That it would be more reasonable to start it when I'm out of college. But at the same time, I have the funds to do it, so I think, why not? I guess her point was that I could be more productive with my funds and buy multiple good bags now and buy the super good ones later on.
I don't know now I'm so mad at her for saying that stuff!!! I just don't know what to do.
Part of me is saying I'm crazy if I don't get my Bolide, because I know I like it (even though Miss Speedy and I aren't getting along in the hand-held department right now) and part of me is saying I'm being an idiot, why am I laboring so much over a bag, and why don't I compromise and not blow so much on a single bag at 22. I know I could easily just get a Trim as my first bag (a shoulder bag, my usual type of bag, the original one I had desired when I first walked into Hermes) for a good price and love it just as much, and a wallet in Oct. and be pretty content. But I don't even think a Rose Shocking Trim exists!! But then I'd have room left to buy other bags that would be useful. I'd be able to combat my doubt with more ease about purchasing the Bolide if I hadn't stumbled onto the conclusion that the design has been around for years, and it's not going anywhere.
But what other bags would I get with leftover funds??? Erin says I need to have a variety, have some LV, some Chanel, some Fendi. LV is fine with me, if it's in damier azur, because the label thing just gets to me, but there aren't a ton of bags in that line in the first place. I need to get a tote or two for casual days and university, but Hermes takes priority with me. Sure I'd love one of the classic Chanel bags, but they aren't very practical for me, not a lot of space inside of them. I'm not sure when those are appropriate I think she threw in the Fendi thing for herself, because she loves B bags, but I can't carry a bag like that, they're too screaming-ly detailed for my wardrobe. The solid color of Hermes bags works far more for me!
My family isn't into high end luxury goods, outside of jewelry. They really just do not see the point. My Dad has his own company and earns a lot, but he's a southern boy and spends his funds on buying property in the mountains, antiques, new trucks, and tractors/farm equipment He bought my LV bag for me the other day and thought I was a sucker, asked why I just didn't add on to my ring collection instead. Mom doesn't care anyway around, she just spends most of her funds on jewelry, shoes and self-pampering. She's never been a style maven. My sister's style changes so rapidly she can't keep anything around long (from clothing to cell phones), short of her jewelry, her LV's, and her massive sunglass collection. So I'm coming from a family that completely fails to understand why I would rather spend major $ on ONE bag than save it or use some it on a lot of smaller items, which makes my life that bit more difficult when it comes to purchasing.
I need advice What do you, my fellow kind Hermes lovers, think that I should do? I know I rambled a lot, and I hope it all makes sense, but I was just thrown for a loop after being so sure for so long, and am trying to mentally recover, even it is a trivial issue.
Should I follow my original desire for the Bolide, or should I build up a wardrobe of bags that can be used for different occasions, including some lighter Hermes bags, before making the big jump to the Bolide/Kelly/Birkin? I guess it's different for me because it seems as though most people that collect Hermes have other bags that they collected before, and therefore had a true starting point. But I don't, I just now have that one LV bag, lol. I never collected luxury bags before this year! What did you girls do to get to the Hermes point? It seems as though most of you had a good, solid, logical progression into Hermes and I just kind of ran to the edge of the cliff and nose-dived gearless, at times
I suppose a lot of you know (lol) I'm waiting on my 31cm Rose Shocking Chevre Bolide...supposed to be bought in September!
But I made a mistake the other day :s I brought my sister with me to Hermes for the first time. She goes to FSU, and was visiting. I had to pick up my new Ulysse, so I wanted her to tag along. Big mistake. I excitedly showed her the Bolide I plan on purchasing, not the RS one, but the same one in in Turquoise Chevre. She said "that's what you're spending your $$ on??? Not worth it babe"
My sister is younger than I am, by 17 months, and is a fashion merchandising major. She's heavily into trendy clothing, so she only shops at Forever 21, because the clothing is trendy/cheap and she can buy tons of it and pitch it all in a week if she wants to. I'm not the same way; I buy expensive pieces and use them season after season. My wardrobe has logic to it, while she can barely remember what she bought yesterday.
Her comment really hurt my feelings. She told me later she said it because I'm only 22 and I have a long time to buy really nice bags, and that I should start out with more "reasonable" items, like the LV Azur Speedy I had bought that day as my throw-around bag. Hell she didn't even like that, she thought I was a fool for not buying regular monogram because it's "classic", but I don't like labels!
I hate it when Erin talks like that, because she has a pretty heavy influence on me and is the only one out of my entire family/friends that can talk me down from something. In a way I want to agree with her, that being 22 and in college isn't as normal a way to start the Hermes bag lifestyle. But I've seen plenty of people do it! That it would be more reasonable to start it when I'm out of college. But at the same time, I have the funds to do it, so I think, why not? I guess her point was that I could be more productive with my funds and buy multiple good bags now and buy the super good ones later on.
I don't know now I'm so mad at her for saying that stuff!!! I just don't know what to do.
Part of me is saying I'm crazy if I don't get my Bolide, because I know I like it (even though Miss Speedy and I aren't getting along in the hand-held department right now) and part of me is saying I'm being an idiot, why am I laboring so much over a bag, and why don't I compromise and not blow so much on a single bag at 22. I know I could easily just get a Trim as my first bag (a shoulder bag, my usual type of bag, the original one I had desired when I first walked into Hermes) for a good price and love it just as much, and a wallet in Oct. and be pretty content. But I don't even think a Rose Shocking Trim exists!! But then I'd have room left to buy other bags that would be useful. I'd be able to combat my doubt with more ease about purchasing the Bolide if I hadn't stumbled onto the conclusion that the design has been around for years, and it's not going anywhere.
But what other bags would I get with leftover funds??? Erin says I need to have a variety, have some LV, some Chanel, some Fendi. LV is fine with me, if it's in damier azur, because the label thing just gets to me, but there aren't a ton of bags in that line in the first place. I need to get a tote or two for casual days and university, but Hermes takes priority with me. Sure I'd love one of the classic Chanel bags, but they aren't very practical for me, not a lot of space inside of them. I'm not sure when those are appropriate I think she threw in the Fendi thing for herself, because she loves B bags, but I can't carry a bag like that, they're too screaming-ly detailed for my wardrobe. The solid color of Hermes bags works far more for me!
My family isn't into high end luxury goods, outside of jewelry. They really just do not see the point. My Dad has his own company and earns a lot, but he's a southern boy and spends his funds on buying property in the mountains, antiques, new trucks, and tractors/farm equipment He bought my LV bag for me the other day and thought I was a sucker, asked why I just didn't add on to my ring collection instead. Mom doesn't care anyway around, she just spends most of her funds on jewelry, shoes and self-pampering. She's never been a style maven. My sister's style changes so rapidly she can't keep anything around long (from clothing to cell phones), short of her jewelry, her LV's, and her massive sunglass collection. So I'm coming from a family that completely fails to understand why I would rather spend major $ on ONE bag than save it or use some it on a lot of smaller items, which makes my life that bit more difficult when it comes to purchasing.
I need advice What do you, my fellow kind Hermes lovers, think that I should do? I know I rambled a lot, and I hope it all makes sense, but I was just thrown for a loop after being so sure for so long, and am trying to mentally recover, even it is a trivial issue.
Should I follow my original desire for the Bolide, or should I build up a wardrobe of bags that can be used for different occasions, including some lighter Hermes bags, before making the big jump to the Bolide/Kelly/Birkin? I guess it's different for me because it seems as though most people that collect Hermes have other bags that they collected before, and therefore had a true starting point. But I don't, I just now have that one LV bag, lol. I never collected luxury bags before this year! What did you girls do to get to the Hermes point? It seems as though most of you had a good, solid, logical progression into Hermes and I just kind of ran to the edge of the cliff and nose-dived gearless, at times