Kate Spade Share your very FIRST Kate Spade bag story

[Eru]

Ohh i love this thread! Im from the UK and got my first Kate spade bag when i went to Vegas for my 21st birthday last april, i spent hours looking at all different designers before i went out and trawled the shopping centres! On the second to last day i visited Kate spade in Caesars and fell in love with a gorgeous bag,

after trying it on and walking round the store i decided to have lunch to decide between the KS bag and another RM id seen earlier. The SA put the bag to one side for me, i told her to put it under Penny and she replied but i need your name not the name of the bag,, to which i repeated no my name is Penny and she said well the bag is also called Penny!

Needles to say i brought my namesake bag there and them no more thinking required and i LOVE her!! My cobble hill Penny
Ps- sorry for rambling that was a very long story

Awww, I love that story,

 

[pandorabox]

Ohh i love this thread! Im from the UK and got my first Kate spade bag when i went to Vegas for my 21st birthday last april, i spent hours looking at all different designers before i went out and trawled the shopping centres! On the second to last day i visited Kate spade in Caesars and fell in love with a gorgeous bag,

after trying it on and walking round the store i decided to have lunch to decide between the KS bag and another RM id seen earlier. The SA put the bag to one side for me, i told her to put it under Penny and she replied but i need your name not the name of the bag,, to which i repeated no my name is Penny and she said well the bag is also called Penny!

Needles to say i brought my namesake bag there and them no more thinking required and i LOVE her!! My cobble hill Penny
Ps- sorry for rambling that was a very long story

That is very sweet! I saw that KS has a bag called Kori and that is what my sons name is. So I hear ya!

 

[MNyarai]

My first and only Kate Spade was a gift from my husband when I was pregnant. It's the Stevie diaper bag. I ADORED it and always got complimented on it, especially because we were living in a part of the world where they'd never heard of Kate Spade.
I still have it - 4 years later. It's a little worn and has taken a lot of abuse over the years. I would like to continue to use it, but I find it a little too big to use as a regular bag.

 

[ginnyshh]

Not terribly great photos, but here we go. It is so bright, it's hard to photograph it well.

My god. It looks soo good. I already have a Leslie . But I really want this one. Is it secure?

 

[Eru]

My god. It looks soo good. I already have a Leslie . But I really want this one. Is it secure?

The flap fastens with a magnet! It isn't a CRAZY strong magnet (which is good, in my opinion, because I had one like that and it started to stretch and rip the purse's leather), but it definitely stays closed. I've only used it five or six times, but nothing has come close to falling out at any point (and I dropped it once).

 

[prettymonkey26]

Not terribly great photos, but here we go. It is so bright, it's hard to photograph it well.

thats a gorgeous aqua(?) color! has a nice slouch to it as well

 

[prettymonkey26]

My first and only Kate Spade was a gift from my husband when I was pregnant. It's the Stevie diaper bag. I ADORED it and always got complimented on it, especially because we were living in a part of the world where they'd never heard of Kate Spade.
I still have it - 4 years later. It's a little worn and has taken a lot of abuse over the years. I would like to continue to use it, but I find it a little too big to use as a regular bag.

i have a stevie too! its my first bag ever. omg...i just realized that i have been carrying a designer diaper bag all this time! LOL

 

[Eru]

thats a gorgeous aqua(?) color! has a nice slouch to it as well

It's called "Jenkins Blue," whatever that means. It's aqua/turquoise, somewhere in that spectrum, And yes, super slouchy. Mine is way slouchier than the one my friend got in African violet...probably because mine was a return? Doesn't matter because I love the look.

i have a stevie too! its my first bag ever. omg...i just realized that i have been carrying a designer diaper bag all this time! LOL

Had no idea that was a diaper bag! I was admiring it a week ago at a KS store. Still want it,

 

[KCeboKing]

Not terribly great photos, but here we go. It is so bright, it's hard to photograph it well.

Can I just say how gorgeous this bag is??! Wow! LOVE the color and the style!!! I'm so glad you found her! I would have kept looking over and over for her as well! BEAUTIFUL!! And what a great deal! I might have to start looking for one like her as well!!

 

[Eru]

Can I just say how gorgeous this bag is??! Wow! LOVE the color and the style!!! I'm so glad you found her! I would have kept looking over and over for her as well! BEAUTIFUL!! And what a great deal! I might have to start looking for one like her as well!!

If you are a fan of oyster or orange, Kate Spade actually has this purse on sale: http://www.katespade.com/cobble-hil...RU3677-1_color=074&start=1&cgid=sale-handbags

I think the black one (never on sale) is so lovely and classy, but just a bit too expensive for my I-work-to-save-the-environment salary. Maybe someday though,

I do love this bag, it's a fantastic size and is a cute handbag and a really nice messenger bag. Also, the color,

 

[HavPlenty]

Pretty simple for me. I love fashion and handbags and don't have one particular designer that I'm loyal to. For the right price I can be had, lol. I've always liked Kate Spade from afar but never took the plunge before now. I was looking for a specific bag. I was inspired by the Jen crossbody by Tom Ford. That thing was out of my reach so I just went for the next best thing in my price range. I wanted a crossbody with a flap and big zipper. I narrowed my picks down to Marc by Marc Jacobs Natasha and the Kate Spade little Minka. They are similar and size and both have the flap with the zipper. To make a long story short I got the Little Minka in Oyster. It was on sale on the Kate Spade website. I opened the box today and was overcome with how beautiful the bag is. Leather so soft I just want to go to sleep with it. Let's just say I'm really happy right now. And there is nothing little about "Little Minka". I wonder how big the regular size is. It must be huge.


I'll post some pics soon.

 

[HavPlenty]

If you are a fan of oyster or orange, Kate Spade actually has this purse on sale: http://www.katespade.com/cobble-hil...RU3677-1_color=074&start=1&cgid=sale-handbags

I think the black one (never on sale) is so lovely and classy, but just a bit too expensive for my I-work-to-save-the-environment salary. Maybe someday though,

I do love this bag, it's a fantastic size and is a cute handbag and a really nice messenger bag. Also, the color,

I love the black too. I watched the website to see if it would ever go on sale.

Man the blue one you have is a knockout.

 

[Eru]

Pretty simple for me. I love fashion and handbags and don't have one particular designer that I'm loyal to. For the right price I can be had, lol. I've always liked Kate Spade from afar but never took the plunge before now. I was looking for a specific bag. I was inspired by the Jen crossbody by Tom Ford. That thing was out of my reach so I just went for the next best thing in my price range. I wanted a crossbody with a flap and big zipper. I narrowed my picks down to Marc by Marc Jacobs Natasha and the Kate Spade little Minka. They are similar and size and both have the flap with the zipper. To make a long story short I got the Little Minka in Oyster. It was on sale on the Kate Spade website. I opened the box today and was overcome with how beautiful the bag is. Leather so soft I just want to go to sleep with it. Let's just say I'm really happy right now. And there is nothing little about "Little Minka". I wonder how big the regular size is. It must be huge.

This is basically 100% me. I'd love to see pictures because I *nearly* bought the oyster but couldn't tell whether it was a creamy off-white, or gray, because I saw photos where it looked like both.

I love the black too. I watched the website to see if it would ever go on sale.

Man the blue one you have is a knockout.

Never, But I love it so. I'm thinking some day I will splurge and get the littler version of it in black (right now $285 or something at department stores--more than we paid for the "little" minka), for when I want a smaller bag.

And thank you! I can't wait to see your oyster one! Probably significantly more practical than an electric blue bag, haha. Like I said, nearly nearly got that one.

 

[JCinwrppingppr]

I was in high school, and it was Thanksgiving day. I had a second thanksgiving dinner at my best friend's house and we planned on taking a nap after dinner and then goign to the outlets at midnight for Black Friday. We were really only going because there was a brand new Juicy Couture outlet. This is how you know we were really in high school...we were still in the velour tracksuit phase!! Anyways when we got there there was a loooong line to get into JC and it was freezing cold. Our toes and fingers were numb! Then someone from Kate Spade stopped us and handed us coupons for the store. We ahd no real interest in KS but we were soo cold we decided to go inside anyways. Lo and behold, we fell for the bags. I ended up buying a beige leather wristlet. This was almost 10 years ago and I still use the bag almost EVERY time I go out to bars/clubs to this day. It's so durable and the bag looks like its in mint condition. I get so many compliments on this wristlet too, everyone loves the color and size. Plus it was only $40 with the discounts!

 

[prettymonkey26]

I was in high school, and it was Thanksgiving day. I had a second thanksgiving dinner at my best friend's house and we planned on taking a nap after dinner and then goign to the outlets at midnight for Black Friday. We were really only going because there was a brand new Juicy Couture outlet. This is how you know we were really in high school...we were still in the velour tracksuit phase!! Anyways when we got there there was a loooong line to get into JC and it was freezing cold. Our toes and fingers were numb! Then someone from Kate Spade stopped us and handed us coupons for the store. We ahd no real interest in KS but we were soo cold we decided to go inside anyways. Lo and behold, we fell for the bags. I ended up buying a beige leather wristlet. This was almost 10 years ago and I still use the bag almost EVERY time I go out to bars/clubs to this day. It's so durable and the bag looks like its in mint condition. I get so many compliments on this wristlet too, everyone loves the color and size. Plus it was only $40 with the discounts!

wow $40! 10 years and still in use! perfect example of the cost per wear equation