What started your bag addiction
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I dress very plainly (mostly grey and black!) so i think thats why I like bags too as it finishes the look off better!
My mum got me started on designer bags because she worked in fashion and never bought anything but branded bags for me during my teens 
I know this is going to sound awful but. . . . it was a Foach that got me into Coach bags. A friend of mine had gone to NYC and bought a black siggy fake Carly. I actually wanted to book a trip to NYC just so I could buy one. In the intermin I found tPF and thankfully learned about fakes and ended up buying my first two Coach bags from the outlet and haven't looked back since - now I have 4 Kors and 11 Coach - all real of course!!
My mum got me started on designer bags because she worked in fashion and never bought anything but branded bags for me during my teens
aw that's so nice! what was your first bag?
This is a fun thread. I am not sure if this is when my purse obsession started but here it goes... I was in grade school and i wanted this black bag (not designer) and begged my mom and dad to buy it for me. They bought it for me but did not let me have it right away. I had to give them part of my allowance till I payed for the purse. 
Mine started when I was 2 years old!
I have got a photo in which I carry a small plastic blue bag....
Where does the addiction come from, then?
I really don't know...
But.....my sister and one of my nieces are purse addicts too...
Could it be genetics?
I have got a photo in which I carry a small plastic blue bag....
Where does the addiction come from, then?
I really don't know...
But.....my sister and one of my nieces are purse addicts too...
Could it be genetics?
I'm not really addicted, just building a wardrobe of purses. For me it was the fashion blogs. The outfits really made the purses look nice. When I saw that purple Balenciaga, I started my search for the perfect purple bag. (I don't even like purple that much.) Haven't found the perfect purple bag yet, don't know if I ever will, but it's fun to look.
For me, it started about a year ago. I moved to the capital of Norway (Oslo), and one of my soon-to-be best friends there was - of course - very interested in expensive designerstuff. Not only bags, but clothes, shoes and so on (and we were both 19 years old at the time!). When she and I go out shopping, we both know it's going to be an expensive trip, but that' part of the thrill for us both (supposedly being "poor" students, but still allowing ourselves to spend ridiculous amounts of money on nice things every now and then - the feeling is priceless!). I have worked (in addition to going to school, of course) since I was 15, but I have always spent what little money I made on clothes, or just wasted it all on something stupid (like most teenagers, I suppose). Now, being older and earning a lot more money, I feel that being able to buy a beautiful designerhandbag is a great motivation for working hard, both at my job and studywise (I currently study with a progression of about 180% and hold a 40% job). I have not been on summer vacation for the last two years, but I have worked my *** off instead, and now - like last year - after paying the rent, increased deposit on my apartment, books for this semester etc., I still have the money to buy a nice, new bag (or three). Being able to award myself like this makes it all worth it, and it keeps me going towards my ultimate goals 
It started with the Balenciaga City. I purchased it in 2009, when I was in college. I got a decent paying job during the summer and I bought the City as a treat. I never owned any handbags before then and I always eyed my friends' Coach bags and one had a speedy that I was lusting for. I love the Balenciaga style and I haven't had any regrets since! I've dipped my toe into the Prozena waters, but I still prefer Balenciaga. More recently, I purchased a Day bag and now I have my eyes set on a Twiggy!
As a kid, my mother had a sickening Chanel, Hermes & Versace collection with the scarves to tie onto them - the medusa and all that gold hypnotized me! Every time I sat in the car with her she would hand it off for me to hold.
These days, I'm ready to die and be buried in a Celine.
It's one hell of a conspiracy project to buy just ONE designer bag though...my whole rent (x2).
These days, I'm ready to die and be buried in a Celine.
It's one hell of a conspiracy project to buy just ONE designer bag though...my whole rent (x2).