Teenagers and younger girls with designer handbags
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The need for explanation is weird to me, not the justification, which I don't care about. Especially the need to explain it to someone on the Purse forum, the place where people discuss their interest in luxury designers, that "people purchase luxury products to show off" is not true.
I guess there is always someone to judge a teen with LV, a student with MacBook and me with Hermes. I love Hermes, and someone loves to judge. To each their own.
In case you didn't read the title, the thread is about TEENAGERS carrying designer bags, not adults. I am comparing TEENAGERS who use Macbooks because they are trendy and expensive to TEENAGERS who carry designer bags because they are trendy and expensive.
So, yes my analogy is completely appropriate thank you very much.
I realize that adults find the function of Macbook's reason to purchase, I am sure there are also professional women who think the same about designer bags, however this topic is not about working adults spending their own (or company) money on nice things
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I will first find it inappropriate but who knows, maybe they earn it by having good marks and earn the money by part time work
I agree. And my parents always said and still say that if kids are given everything when they are young, then what do they have to look forward to when they are older? And yes, a right of passage one works for, not an entitlement.
Yes, I did read the title, and also OP's first post, which says she was asking about teenagers and young women, ages 16-21, carrying handbags. The first part of my post was responding to that question.
The second part was specifically about your post. The OP said maybe some parents choose macbooks because they are useful and educational and you said no, they are just for show. I (and a few other posters here) just wanted to point out that no, they are not just for show. There are plenty of design, fashion, or art students who might possibly need a specific type of laptop for their schoolwork. There might be others who simply prefer the OX platform to Windows.
On topic with the OP's original question, I just don't see the point in judging or assuming the reasons why another person chooses to carry or use what she does. If there is a 16-yr. old sitting next to me, who has never worked for anything, carrying a Birkin that her daddy bought her for her sweet 16... well, it really doesn't affect me, so it really wouldn't matter to me at all.
Would I buy my own daughter expensive purses when she's a teenager? Not without her earning them in some way! Time to get a job, kid!
Yes, I did read the title, and also OP's first post, which says she was asking about teenagers and young women, ages 16-21, carrying handbags. The first part of my post was responding to that question.
The second part was specifically about your post. The OP said maybe some parents choose macbooks because they are useful and educational and you said no, they are just for show. I (and a few other posters here) just wanted to point out that no, they are not just for show. There are plenty of design, fashion, or art students who might possibly need a specific type of laptop for their schoolwork. There might be others who simply prefer the OX platform to Windows.
On topic with the OP's original question, I just don't see the point in judging or assuming the reasons why another person chooses to carry or use what she does. If there is a 16-yr. old sitting next to me, who has never worked for anything, carrying a Birkin that her daddy bought her for her sweet 16... well, it really doesn't affect me, so it really wouldn't matter to me at all.
Would I buy my own daughter expensive purses when she's a teenager? Not without her earning them in some way! Time to get a job, kid!
exactly, but 99.9% of 16-20 year olds own macbook's because they are expensive and cool (and this is from my very own personal very large sample size) the "poor" kids had PC laptops, and god forbid you give off the impression that your family is poor. It's shallow and silly, but its a personal choice between parent and child.
for comparisons sake it is a completely valid comparison
Thought this was an interesting enough topic. I'm a younger girl at 24 (okay, not THAT young but i was hoping i would qualify somehow) and own a few designer bags, 4 of which are not high-end designer (lonchamp totes battered from years of use in college, coach hobo and a chanel that was a gift from an old aunt - it's so battered i'm ashamed to take it back to the store to get it fixed).
I've lived both in London and in Asia, and it doesn't seem as common in London for that many girls of ages 18 - early 20s to be totting around with designer bags on their shoulders, but in Asia these bags are ubiquitous. Of course it being Asia there are probably a lot of fakes, but the number of authentic balenciagas and chanels (and more recently a huge surge of authentic hermes birkins) have been spotted especially in Singapore and HongKong. I don't know where these kids get the money to pay for these things.
Personally i've just recently started work in a fairly well paying job, and so have saved up a little here and there to buy my own. Even then, i've started off with what i feel are on the more "affordable" end of the practical spectrum - mulberry and philip lim. But i do have friends and know of plenty of people who own at least 5 designer "it" bags, and continue to purchase at least 2 each year. A lot of them get their bags paid for by very generous weel-heeled parents, which is really their prerogative i suppose, but my parents would have never allowed it. What it does make me think though is that although i still love the "it" bags, i'm starting to get turned off buying any of them by the sheer fact that they are EVERYWHERE! Might be sticking to the Alex Wangs and Philip Lims and Proenzas as my next buys....
I've lived both in London and in Asia, and it doesn't seem as common in London for that many girls of ages 18 - early 20s to be totting around with designer bags on their shoulders, but in Asia these bags are ubiquitous. Of course it being Asia there are probably a lot of fakes, but the number of authentic balenciagas and chanels (and more recently a huge surge of authentic hermes birkins) have been spotted especially in Singapore and HongKong. I don't know where these kids get the money to pay for these things.
Personally i've just recently started work in a fairly well paying job, and so have saved up a little here and there to buy my own. Even then, i've started off with what i feel are on the more "affordable" end of the practical spectrum - mulberry and philip lim. But i do have friends and know of plenty of people who own at least 5 designer "it" bags, and continue to purchase at least 2 each year. A lot of them get their bags paid for by very generous weel-heeled parents, which is really their prerogative i suppose, but my parents would have never allowed it. What it does make me think though is that although i still love the "it" bags, i'm starting to get turned off buying any of them by the sheer fact that they are EVERYWHERE! Might be sticking to the Alex Wangs and Philip Lims and Proenzas as my next buys....
Lol, you are definitely not in that age group...but you are not old either. And in response to girls in Asia having expensive handbags, the Asian culture is pretty superficial, we love our designer stuff.
I always lend my bags to my two little sisters (17&18) so I know not to judge. They just want to look pretty! They have a couple from me (the ones i no longer use) and got a couple more from my parents but nothing over the top kinda price. I think it motivates them to do better in school and also boost their confidence.
What's 'older'?...anyway...if someone's carrying a $50 or $5000 handbag, if they bought it for themselves or if daddy bought it for them, isn't it all relative?
Relative to what you have, what you earn, what you were given and your sense of style?
Best not to judge and let others enjoy the pleasure of handbags.
Relative to what you have, what you earn, what you were given and your sense of style?
Best not to judge and let others enjoy the pleasure of handbags.
i think it is difficult to have a parent who loves designer clothing and handbags and not love it yourself.
my 11 year old sister shares emails with her friend about LV and Louboutin. why? bc i wear Louboutin and her friends mother also loves designer clothing. i buy her coach and d&b. usually for cheap at the thrift store bc as a child she might damage it. idk i was thinking about getting her a multicolor LV in hs.
i honestly think there are so many designs that are very JUVENILE and are appropriate for young girls.
my 11 year old sister shares emails with her friend about LV and Louboutin. why? bc i wear Louboutin and her friends mother also loves designer clothing. i buy her coach and d&b. usually for cheap at the thrift store bc as a child she might damage it. idk i was thinking about getting her a multicolor LV in hs.
i honestly think there are so many designs that are very JUVENILE and are appropriate for young girls.
I'll admit it. My first judgement is that a teenager with a real designer bag (meaning hundreds or thousands of dollars) is a spoiled brat with rich (or in debt) parents.
I'm a transplant to the Northern VA area, and it's very weird to see teenagers in new cars and wearing designer clothing and carrying designer bags. Their parents can definitely afford it. But I think it would be difficult for the lower to middle class families that also live in the area to compete. And you know how teenagers are..
As someone who grew up in a lower to straight middle class family, my parents never bought me anything expensive. I only started to buy designer clothing, bags, and shoes when I made my own money (after college). So it's something I didn't grow up with.
I'm a transplant to the Northern VA area, and it's very weird to see teenagers in new cars and wearing designer clothing and carrying designer bags. Their parents can definitely afford it. But I think it would be difficult for the lower to middle class families that also live in the area to compete. And you know how teenagers are..
As someone who grew up in a lower to straight middle class family, my parents never bought me anything expensive. I only started to buy designer clothing, bags, and shoes when I made my own money (after college). So it's something I didn't grow up with.
I've always needed real backpacks that I can carry on my back for school (even in college). Textbooks are heavy as heck, and I don't know how they do it with a little tote bag. I just got rid of my LLBean backpack that lasted for 15+ years (including high school and college).
^ I can answer the textbook question, most schools give you a copy for home and one for school or they have an online version of the textbook, so really you never have to bring the book home or have an excuse of why you couldn't do you homework
As for young girls or teenagers with expensive purse - no comment, just don't look in my daughters closet
As for young girls or teenagers with expensive purse - no comment, just don't look in my daughters closet
I try not to judge younger girls with expensive purses. I received my first designer purse as a high school graduation present. I was lucky enough to find it at the outlets, but you'd never know that unless you asked. I could have easily afforded it myself at that point in time. I also know that high schoolers and college age girls with lots of coach, michael kors, and other brands. If they have 5 or 10 coach bags, how is that different than one designer bag?
I also think that there are quite a few women who want to pass their bags on to their daughters or let them borrow them for occasions. I can't tell how they received their bag so I won't judge them for carrying it.
I also think that there are quite a few women who want to pass their bags on to their daughters or let them borrow them for occasions. I can't tell how they received their bag so I won't judge them for carrying it.