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I adore the bright blue bays, colour always catches my attention and sets my pulse racing
Hehe. Electric blue is gorgeous!

What a gorgeous and versatile collection CP! Delicious colours, well, I'm such a sucker for purple, petrol and electric blue. Love the oxblood Daria as well.

But the black nickel Bays and black medium Lily tick all the boxes.

Thanks for sharing the photos of your fab collection. :smile1:

Thank you. :smile1: to be honest if I had A capsule collection of 5 bags, those two would be included as follows:
One work bag-black nickel bays
One day to night-black nickel medium lily
Satchel-Daria satchel
One small dressy bag/clutch-regular lily black buffalo shine with gold.
One tote-LV Neverfull

I told DH this and he said well why don't you sell all the others then? as if....:p
 
Great collection, love the Lilly's, then the Darias next fav. I don't think Lily would be for me, but as you say great bags for both day and night and formal/informal use.

Who knows, I May even dabble in a bit if colour myself other than black!

Well done also for not buying anything in the Mulberry sale for the sake of thinking you are getting a bargain.
Thank you. I shall shop my closet instead!


You have a fabulous collection CP !!
Thank you :-)

Beautiful, CP!! Family pic?
Thank you. ;) too lazy to get them all out again.
 
Oops I realised I posted oxblood Daria instead of black forest Bayswater so will add that again. I also forgot my handy longchamps.

edit how odd, the wrong pic shows up on my iPad i.e. oxblood daria instead of bf bays, but the correct one shows up on my PC.

Anyways here is another black forest bayswater pic. You can see there is definitely more red in the black forest compared to the burgundy of the oxblood daria.

 
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Another favourite style of mine is the Mulberry Lily. It is rather Chanel- esque but more user friendly in my opinion. These bags can go for day to night. I own both sizes, the medium lily which is of similar size to a Chanel Jumbo and the regular size which is quite roomy for a small handbag. I have removed the hanging clochettes from the bags as they annoy me!

Without further ado, I introduce

Black grainy print medium lily with nickel hardware


Black buffalo shine regular lily with soft gold hardware.


My two lily babies


I will definitely add another medium lily/medium cecily to my collection.
Amazing Mulberry bags! I have been thinking about buying a Lily, but not sure if i should get the regular or medium sized. What do you recommend? :D
 
Amazing Mulberry bags! I have been thinking about buying a Lily, but not sure if i should get the regular or medium sized. What do you recommend? :D
Hi MikaelaSophie. Thank you. I would recommend the medium sized over the regular as I get so much more use out of that size compared to the smaller one.

The medium lily is my favourite bag. Once you don't need to carry A4 documents or extra stuff like cardigans etc it is a perfect size and can be taken from day to night.

I realised how useful it was when I was away at a conference 2 weeks ago. I travelled with my bays as well but ended up using the medium lily almost ALL the time. :smile1:
 
Hi MikaelaSophie. Thank you. I would recommend the medium sized over the regular as I get so much more use out of that size compared to the smaller one.

The medium lily is my favourite bag. Once you don't need to carry A4 documents or extra stuff like cardigans etc it is a perfect size and can be taken from day to night.

I realised how useful it was when I was away at a conference 2 weeks ago. I travelled with my bays as well but ended up using the medium lily almost ALL the time. :smile1:
Thank you CPrincessUK for the reply!

I think a medium lily would definitely be my next purchase. I love how matte the black color looked in your picture, is it the same in real life?
 
I was late in the game regarding longchamp. I did NOT consider the canvas totes designer and the sight of them EVERYWHERE used to really annoy me. 'Why are women walking around with these bags' I thought, "We can be such sheep".....

Then I went to Paris again for my 4th wedding anniversary.

And the Parisiennes all looked so chic..... from those carrying their longchamps to the owners of canvas LVs, chanels and birkins.

And there was a longchamp store in Charles De Gaulle airport.........

And I succumbed.... and bought this....after eating my own words of course.
Black le pliage long handled shopper



And within a week of getting that one I ordered this from selfridges

Small Black longchamp le pliage short handles..... (just perfect when I needed a lunch bag only)



As I use my bayswaters every day I eventually decided I needed a tote with shorter handles to carry my stuff

Black longchamp cabas tote, short handles
 
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I would recommend longchamp to everyone. They really do last and I don't mind putting them on the floor. Also if there is spillage it is so easy to wipe it clean and it is really hassle free. Best of all I love the fact that they can be folded up so neatly and placed in my main bag when not required.

so overall I LOVE longchamp. I have become a sheep. hahaha.



And folded up
 
What a stunning collection! I love the Black Forest bays...gorgeous colour. Such a 'useable' collection as well... I can understand why you use every bag.
Thanks CP, this has cheered me up today no end!
 
What a stunning collection! I love the Black Forest bays...gorgeous colour. Such a 'useable' collection as well... I can understand why you use every bag.
Thanks CP, this has cheered me up today no end!
Thank you Kingla. I did this yesterday as I needed a bit of cheering up too. So I am glad I cheered you up.
 
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