Share Your Edited Bag Closet Journey......

[diane278]

oh the joys of travel! Have you looked at flight001.com? I love their spacepak system.

Well....I gave a lot of thought to my packing and decided not to take a tote of “stuff” and clutches. Instead, I used a clutch as my pak system. I could have used more clutches for other things but decided to take fewer things all around.
Here it is:

(I don’t know why this went sideways.) I rolled up a mid-weight shawl and a large losange scarf and packed them in this clutch. (I did put this into a dust bag in the suitcase).
I also used the antique silver BV Lauren but, since I was using it as a clutch, I didn’t use it for storage. Oddly, I’m pretty sure that it would have held a lot more than this one did, as its softer and more pliable.

 

[diane278]

Gorgeous bags and great thought process/analysis - a summer and winter bag for each functional need. Winter is long where I live and I have more winter colours than summer colours in my bag collection. I have more weighting towards shoulder bags/crossbody bags and fewer clutches. I carry my bags in all seasons. I look forward to your clutch analysis. Your pics really got me appreciating and admiring your Lauren clutches.

Thank you....but I did the easy part (for me). The clutches are my kryptonite. I find myself focusing on the aspects that are less challenging in order to avoid dealing with limiting my clutches. While it’s true that they don’t take up as much space as other styles, currently they own me, even though I really should own them. I’m not sure how I’m going to successfully deal with this situation. The Lauren clutches never fail me. Their softness and traditional intrecciato make me smile. I do know that this part of the editing won’t happen easily. I don’t want to make choices too quickly, regret them later, and go back to purchasing more.

 

[More bags]

Well....I gave a lot of thought to my packing and decided not to take a tote of “stuff” and clutches. Instead, I used a clutch as my pak system. I could have used more clutches for other things but decided to take fewer things all around.
Here it is:
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(I don’t know why this went sideways.) I rolled up a mid-weight shawl and a large losange scarf and packed them in this clutch. (I did put this into a dust bag in the suitcase).
View attachment 4623919I also used the antique silver BV Lauren but, since I was using it as a clutch, I didn’t use it for storage. Oddly, I’m pretty sure that it would have held a lot more than this one did, as its softer and more pliable.

Great idea for shawl and scarf packing!

Thank you....but I did the easy part (for me). The clutches are my kryptonite. I find myself focusing on the aspects that are less challenging in order to avoid dealing with limiting my clutches. While it’s true that they don’t take up as much space as other styles, currently they own me, even though I really should own them. I’m not sure how I’m going to successfully deal with this situation. The Lauren clutches never fail me. Their softness and traditional intrecciato make me smile. I do know that this part of the editing won’t happen easily. I don’t want to make choices too quickly, regret them later, and go back to purchasing more.

Your clutches are beautiful and they really seem to suit your style and lifestyle. Great plans to take it slow and enjoy what you have. I am trying to take the same approach. The Lauren style pulls at my long term bag collection list. I am glad to hear you find them so useful and aesthetically pleasing. Happy new year!

 

[diane278]

Great idea for shawl and scarf packing!
Your clutches are beautiful and they really seem to suit your style and lifestyle. Great plans to take it slow and enjoy what you have. I am trying to take the same approach. The Lauren style pulls at my long term bag collection list. I am glad to hear you find them so useful and aesthetically pleasing. Happy new year!

I’m coming to terms with the fact that I’m a clutch glutton. It’s a battle I’m not going to win right now....so I’m just going to coast along with the ones I have and wait for an epiphany that may never come. I currently have 8 in action (and 2 framed...which I conveniently don’t count in my tally). I’m pretty impulsive, so perhaps in a week or two, I’ll wake up one day and decide to thin things out. Stranger things have happened....but not to me....

 

[southernbelle43]

I’m coming to terms with the fact that I’m a clutch glutton. It’s a battle I’m not going to win right now....so I’m just going to coast along with the ones I have and wait for an epiphany that may never come. I currently have 8 in action (and 2 framed...which I conveniently don’t count in my tally). I’m pretty impulsive, so perhaps in a week or two, I’ll wake up one day and decide to thin things out. Stranger things have happened....but not to me....

No harm in that. I think we are all bag gluttons, so you are in good company. I have a poltergeist in my closet that won't allow me to get below 20 bags. I have 20, I sell 3 or 4 and when I count I still have 20? It is really strange.

 

[Joule]

I’m coming to terms with the fact that I’m a clutch glutton. It’s a battle I’m not going to win right now....so I’m just going to coast along with the ones I have and wait for an epiphany that may never come. I currently have 8 in action (and 2 framed...which I conveniently don’t count in my tally). I’m pretty impulsive, so perhaps in a week or two, I’ll wake up one day and decide to thin things out. Stranger things have happened....but not to me....

Would that be a “glutchon”?

 

[southernbelle43]

Would that be a “glutchon”?

Good one.

 

[diane278]

As the holidays wind down, I’m trying to get back on track with my “stuff”. I saw this yesterday:

I immediately recalled when I first thought about the possibility of adding a BV cabat to my bag collection. At the time, it seemed far fetched. Well...that happened and I still have the mini cabat, although the medium ones are rehomed.

 

[jbags07]

Wonderful. Imagine they had to exhibit our bags, they would take over the exhibition
Actually, maybe that is a way to think about it. If they did an exhibition about me, which bags would represent who am I?

Love this idea, you should start a thread on it! Would be a very fun exercise for us all to do

 

[jbags07]

Yes! I need to frame this too

+1

 

[Antonia]

OMG this thread has me wanting to sell my bags! I have multiples of RM and Balenciaga. I can see myself letting go of at least one or two of each which would help with organizing the rest of my bags so I can display them property rather than on top of each other.

 

[JenJBS]

I used my end of year bonus to buy two new purses and a wallet. So to keep my new 1 in-1 out rule, tonight I am getting rid of a very old MK wallet, and two old no-name purses.

 

[indiaink]

And I am thinking of which one of my BV Minis to frame. Have always loved this idea! And I have a coupon from a local trusted framing source. Win-win!

 

[diane278]

Back story: I give my great nieces (ages 6 & 8) “experiences” for gifts. This year I was told that the 8 year old was going to take riding lessons. I can’t even begin to explain how I almost exploded with happiness. I had hoped (years ago) that my niece (their mother) would be interested in riding but it never happened. So, now, I’m thrilled beyond words.

On the December BV (impromptu) Carmel trip, I saw the suede BV tote and, despite my years away from the stables, I have missed that lifestyle and can still recognize a tote that’s appropriate for a tack room/horse show life. I pre-ordered it. (It will replace something, although I don’t know what...yet. While I’ve already thinned out my bag collection, there’s always room for change.) Seeing that bag, and pre-ordering it, feels like fate....although at the time, I wasn’t yet aware of the level of interest in horses that my great niece had developed. Yes...I’m an enabler! And proud of it...in this case!

 

[J. Fisk]

Thank you....but I did the easy part (for me). The clutches are my kryptonite. I find myself focusing on the aspects that are less challenging in order to avoid dealing with limiting my clutches. While it’s true that they don’t take up as much space as other styles, currently they own me, even though I really should own them. I’m not sure how I’m going to successfully deal with this situation. The Lauren clutches never fail me. Their softness and traditional intrecciato make me smile. I do know that this part of the editing won’t happen easily. I don’t want to make choices too quickly, regret them later, and go back to purchasing more.

Do you think your clutches are already "edited"? It sounds like they all bring you joy (through use or as display pieces) right now; therefore, you have exactly the right ones, a perfect quantity. Please don't create a "situation" to "deal with" unnecessarily and at the expense of your purehearted happiness.