It depends on me. Sometime I never get tired but then I would feel burn out. Or sometime I would feel nothing special to feel it was worth it to warrant to splurge the item.
Tired of luxury
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I put the brakes on spending whenever I take out all my bags and slgs and look at them. I’ve collected enough and have no intentions on selling any nor do I have an interest in acquiring more. After a bit, I ask myself “what’s the point?” and then put my $$$ in the stock market, and that’s what I’m concentrating on now. More fun to watch money grow.
I’m not tired of luxury. I’m tired of not wearing what I own. I don’t sell my bags either. I bought because I liked them. I’ve begun wearing things accumulated over the years. They are timeless classics. It’s like a mental ‘no more’ strategy. Hope the feeling continues.
This resonates with me except I’m managing to use my bags but my slg buying got out of control. I’m never going to use them all, particularly since I have a set few items I use daily and just move them from bag to bag. The bags can stay but the accessories will have to go.
Blame social media and trends for this. I used to have this excitement with makeup where I would treasure every single piece released but ever since they kept releasing more and more often and just releasing for the sake of releasing and not really considering the thought of what consumer wants, I stopped loving. It's getting overwhelming and hard to cope up with trends. I guess the same goes with luxury.
Wild how the pendulum swings! I still totally appreciate the sentiment behind this post, but I do have to warn you about my experience with Mon Purse as it stands currently. I LOVED the concept behind the company, but the one bag I ended up getting from them was really not worth the money. For $500, you can get a much better quality bag from Coach.
I posted this update on corner wear here: https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/mon-purse-has-anybody-bought-from-them.966010/page-2 It’s only deteriorated since and I no longer carry the bag. Maybe their quality has improved since, but I wouldn’t buy from again.
Ironically, I recently reverted to buying a “premier” brand with a YSL toy Loulou bag, and ABSOLUTELY FRIGGING LOVE it. Been using it every day for over three months and still looks brand new.
Hi. I’m going through this right now. I have approximately 35 luxury handbags and a handful of contemporary bags. I had about 4 luxury bags up until about 4 years ago ( I’m 55) when I started buying more because I started watching YouTube out of boredom. That’s when I created my own YouTube luxury channel. Mainly handbags. You all know, unboxings, reviews etc.. well it gets to a point that I’m finding myself looking to buy just to have content. Something I said I would never do. It also is definitely addicting. Once you open the bag, the thrill is gone and I’m waiting for the next bag to come. I don’t have unlimited money so I can’t unbox a Louis Vuitton every week and I dont have enough followers yet to easily sell bags so I can buy more. That seems to be the trend on YouTube. Luxury YouTubers sell bags to buy more to keep their channel fresh and keep viewers subscribing. So since I can’t afford to buy weekly and I don’t want to sell and lose a ton of money, I’m getting bored. The thrill is just not there. I almost feel like selling most of my bags and keeping just the ones that make my heart sing which is probably only about 10 bags. So I know how you feel. I feel like I’ve wasted lots of money and I barely have room to breathe in my closet. Which is not huge, by the way.
I didn't start buying purses either until I started watching youtube late in life. I only had about 3 handbags and at one point I got up to 40 bags. I am now down to 15 and enjoying what I have. I am on ban island. I am a little late in realizing this but youtube videos are all on extreme levels. Lots of shopping and unboxings or exact opposite extreme minimalism. I put a limit on myself on what I watch on youtube. It can be too influencing to want to shop. I only use youtube for the news, my reddit stories, I am school so to understand some type of research technique.
Some luxury YouTubers are just bananas—I can’t wrap my head around 3+ unboxing a week (believe me they’re out there). I went from watching YouTube videos to see if a bag will work for me to letting myself get brainwashed into thinking it is normal to buy new $$$ bags all the time. I’ve got to take a break for a while!
Watching YouTube and scrolling IG can definitely lead to cravings, and it’s interesting a few of you mentioned this ramped up for you in the past few years….maybe something to do with covid and being sequestered inside - ??? Especially with online shopping being the only option for a long time! I assume many YouTubers just unbox and return items.
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I wouldn't be surprised if this is what was happening...unboxing, then returning.
The only thing I might look at is a specific bag I'm interested in, in order to see more close up details about it and what the thoughts are on the bag. I don't watch or subscribe to any of these bag influencers/unboxing videos....just doesn't interest me. I do love influencers for fashion, like Lydia Tomlinson, who posts outfits and different ways of wearing them, and how not to style them with the wrong shoes, etc. So you learn how to style your own things. She never brags about things like some others that I won't name...so she's never like, look at me in my new Celine bag!! She's a breath of fresh air!!