What started your bag addiction

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#196
i think what REALLY kicked off for me was a balenciaga part time. it was went i set out to buy a botkier bag for mum's birthday and then suddenly came across the bals. the rest as they say, is history ;)
 
#198
My obsession with handbags started as a youngster - about 12yrs old maybe?
Designer obsession started when by BF - now DH bought me my first LV at 19 :love:
It was a pochette accessories and little did he know that after that little purchase I'd have a collection of over 30 LV's and other various designer bags.
I have only just recently gotten my first Hermes Birkin and I AM IN LOVE!!!
 
#199
My obsession with designer handbags began about 15 years ago when a good friend of mine took me into a Coach boutique. She bought two bags that day but I was a poor grad student and couldn't afford anything. I pined away for a bag for several months. Later that year, DH bought me my very first Coach bag as a combination birthday/graduation gift.

After that initial bag, I bought more Coach and then moved on to Prada and Burberry. Now I am hopelessly addicted to Hermes. And to think, before that first Coach bag my most expensive bag was from Liz Claiborne!
 
#200
Coach started my addiction. I collected pochettes in various colors (I love collecting stuff) and then became a total bag addict! Last year, I decided what is the point of having all of these bags bc I never wore them, so I sold many of them and bought myself my every day bag a LV Speedy 30. I feel like my bag collection is complete, so now I am working on my wardrobe. :)
 
#201
I had a bunch of Coach bags when I was in the 6th grade. My sister borrowed them for her vacation, and they were stolen out of her suitcase!!! When I got a check for them, I spent it at Louis on the Pochette Accessories (which back then was only $175!!!) and the rest is history....
 
#202
Back in high school, I had a good friend who would only buy Gucci and I would go to the store with her and wander how she could spend so much on a designer bag ($200-$400 back then). I wasn't really into high designer bags then and wore Liz Claiborne and Guess.......I know, funny. I had always liked Louis Vuitton, so Many years ago I decided to buy my first LV which was a mono Speedy 25 and now I could understand why my friend would spend that much......that started my serious bag collection and I never looked back.
 
#203
I'm not exactly sure what started my bag obsession. I also have it for sunglasses (maybe even more than bags! lol) but I'm really big on the feel of things like leather textures etc (I also chew on everything, pens, anything plastic etc and it sounds strange but I think that relates to my "how things feel" theory lol) and I've always loved fashion so for me designer bags combined two things I love- really nice feeling leather and the legacy/history of a design house. First actual bag though was a small Chanel Cambon messenger
 
#204
I never cared about bags till I met my now SIL at age 26. I carried a $30 Mervyn's bag!! At the time I clearly remember being so torn about buying a suede Guess bag for something like $65!! My SIL got me hooked on Coach and, ten years later, I have graduated to LV and Gucci. I have come a long way from that little black Mervyn's bag...
 
#205
Back in the beginning of high school, I thought guess bags were awesome. Then I started looking through fashion mags, and remember wishing I could own a chloe paddington. I tried saving up, but it kept going towards other things, like saving for a car and license. I thought I would never own a gorgeous designer purse. Harumph. :(

But two years into college, I've finally got a job where I can save a nice amount. I've grown out of love with the chloe paddington, and instead bought proenza schouler as my first designer purse. <3 I'm saving for an lv speedy or verona now.
 
#207
My first one was a Tommy Hilfiger i purchased from Hong Kong,then i used several GUESS and other high street brands before i settled for a Calvin Klein i bought from Bangkok.Then one day my bro got me a Vivienne Westwood and a Ferragamo...n i was a slave to designer bags...
 
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