I can relate to what you say. I also find that some of my bags are not practical for my lifestyle. Can I ask which bags you plan to keep in your collection for special occasions, vacations and dinner?
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No more slgs! Too small and too much money. Getting rid if Prada saffiano tote and Balenciaga work.
Will keep Lv neverfull and Eva clutch as well as my swarovski cluth for more formal events. Hoping to add a woc into the mix as well
Will keep Lv neverfull and Eva clutch as well as my swarovski cluth for more formal events. Hoping to add a woc into the mix as well
I am also holding onto my LV Neverfull mm de and also de pochette and Epi Pochette NM. I would also like to add a Woc or small evening bag for travel and dinners. I am also considering the LV Felicie in empreinte noir.
Felt like this last year. I stopped wearing bags, jewelry, and went bare. it's good to take a break!
Wow, no bags OR jewelry? That's truly minimalistic! Do you think you'll go back to them?
I went on a long break from buying anything luxury. Part of it was refraining from spending more money on things I didn't need, but part if it was tired on judgement from people who resented my spending on expensive things. The release of special edition Chanel Boy bag might end my luxury hiatus!
I feel you there, Bake. We are a family of five (dc are 17, 21 and 24yo) and it's hard to get everyone up to our lake home at the same time much less on a trip. In June we managed to get four of the five of us overseas for three weeks. It was like hitting the jackpot! However, the planning was very, um, arduous. I don't do guided trips, I like to create our own personal intinerary but the front end planning is extremely time consuming. We end up with a customized travel itinerary, flexibility and freedom but there are no guarantees, lol!
The title of this thread really intrigued me. I used to live in NY and saw tons of high end bags all the time, everyday. Balenciagas, Chanels, Gucci, even Hermes. I lusted after so many bags, but now I moved to Atlanta. Still a pretty big city, but I don't see much of these high end designers unless I go to a fancy mall like Lenox or Avalon. I got a new job and my co workers here think Coach is expensive. "$500 on a bag, are you nuts?" Meanwhile I have a $5000 boy sitting in my closet that I don't use until the weekend. Sometimes I wonder if I should sell it since I only use it a couple times a month.
Recently I started looking at old Balenciagas again. The early bags from 2003 and such. Maybe I'm pining for the olden days? I go through phases as well. But somehow I always manage to go back to Balenciaga. Just can't shake it off!
Oh I forgot to say, looking at all the fashion bloggers on instagram, it does get very repetitive. Everyone has a boy bag or a Gucci. Hermes galore. It gets boring after a bit seeing all this lavish luxury items... I want to say I'm almost desensitized by it all?
Recently I started looking at old Balenciagas again. The early bags from 2003 and such. Maybe I'm pining for the olden days? I go through phases as well. But somehow I always manage to go back to Balenciaga. Just can't shake it off!
Oh I forgot to say, looking at all the fashion bloggers on instagram, it does get very repetitive. Everyone has a boy bag or a Gucci. Hermes galore. It gets boring after a bit seeing all this lavish luxury items... I want to say I'm almost desensitized by it all?
I love Balenciaga...I also keep going back to Bals....no logo so most people won't even realize it's designer-that's probably what I love about it most!! And yes, you do get desensitized!!
Kind of like watching too much HGTV.
When a 40k powder room Reno doesn’t seem outrageous, it’s time to change the channel.
Desensitized is a good way to put it, I do see the occasional H or Chanel bag here, and lots and lots of LV, but overall Boston is not a showy place. There are people with money here, but many of them wear bags from Coach and Kate Space. I’m starting to feel conspicuous wearing my higher-end bags, at least in certain circumstances. Plus, between tpf and other online blogs, IG, etc, nothing seems *special* anymore. I recently ordered, and received, a custom Longchamp le Pliage. It’s a fraction of the cost of, say, an LV Neverfull, but it feels functional and lightweight and unique. For right now at least, it “fits.” Now I’m thinking of what to sell but also not wanting to jump the gun and sell bags I carefully decided on and may love again in the future.
[emoji1433][emoji1433][emoji1433][emoji1433] This is so me now. And I’m quite happy about it. For me, travel gives me more joy than any of my bags did, long term. Sure, that adrenaline rush when you finally buy the bag you’ve been lusting over for days/weeks/months....but for me, it started to only last a few weeks if that, then it was on to the next ‘acquisition.’
Burnout. And the realization that ‘bags’ weren’t fulfilling me in the way they once did. They weren’t really adding anything to my life and I ask myself, “so what have you *done?*
So I decided to live life and explore the world! Sold the very bags I said I’d never sell b/c I simply didn’t need nor want them anymore.
Do I miss them? No. I forget I have ever had ‘such and such’ a bag until I happen to see one on PF/RL/social media.
I actually even gave some away to charity. [emoji108]
(Yes, I kept the ones I actually use [emoji4]. The rest, gone!
I think usually, there are things (ie..bags, clothing, etc...) that we use consistently and we get soooo used to seeing them or using them that it becomes normal and looses its spark.. -----OR----- if we don't use something and it just sits there collecting dust, then we can wonder why we need to keep it just to have it sit there..... I am definitely guilty of buying clothes that I rarely rarely wear... I think the key is to have a mindset that.. yes it is nice to own things but that can't be a main source of ultimate fulfillment... just a fun hobby that brings enjoyment from time to time.