What bags did you carry before you developed your handbag fetish?

[aarti]

Before your interest in "designer" handbags what did you carry?
(Or before this site came into existance LOL).



I had a couple nine west & DKNY. Seems like a lifetime ago.

 

[seahorseinstripes]

guess and esprit

 

[Queen D]

I had one by Kenneth Cole. When I bought my Cole Haan, which was $400, that was the beginning of spending big money on purses, and that's now my cheapest bag I own.

 

[fendigal]

Back in the year 2000, I had a DKNY that I carried for about a year, then I had a black leather bag I had ordered from e-bags. I would pretty much carry the same thing everyday. OMG, how boring!

 

[mella]

I've always, since high school that is, carried Coach handbags. Then when I graduated from college and started working I added Dooney (but those are heavy) so went back to Coach. After becoming a SAHM I started buying Kate Spade (maybe it's the microfiber that I thought was so functional and I loved her diaper bag).

Now that I've found this forum I want an LV really bad. So I'm looking, just haven't decided on which one. I love this place!

 

[Compass Rose]

Aigner, Brighton and Stone Mountain

 

[powderpuff100]

Coach and Dooney and Burke when I was in high school and college.

 

[Pursegrrl]

Nine West,D&B, DKNY, Ann Taylor and BCBG.

 

[purplekitty]

Guess and Liz Claiborne.

 

[kahluamilk]

Nine West and Guess. Then I bought a Botkier Trigger .. and man that was the most I had ever spent on any one item!!!

And.... here we are today...

 

[tweetie]

^ me too - I had Nine West and Guess in early high school, but started buying Coach by the end of high school!

 

[LVgirly]

Nine West, Guess, Bebe. I remember a long time ago, Guess had higher end bags that were really good quality and made from real leather around the $200 mark. They were only available at select stores. That was my first taste of any nicer bag at the time.

 

[sprinkles]

basically cotton totes that were silk screened or cheapo bags from when I worked at hot topic

 

[LadyFran]

Whatever I saw and liked.

 

[MissThing]

I've always had a bag fetish with or without the designers!

I'd always be looking for something that looked good or had a certain something. I began with buying things form the market or high street stores with my pocket money. or saving for something in a department store.

once I started working I began to go bag crazy and I discovered Fiorelli who made some great bags...back in the day! then mandarina Duck. then I discovered vintage and now this forum.