What started your bag addiction

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#16
I've always liked handbags, but my obsession truly took off when I started reading tPF. :p I don't even remember what was my first tPF inspired purchase -- it was so many bags ago! :D
 
#17
actually my bag obsession started when I was eleven ( that was back on the beginning of the 90s) and baught an yellow fake-fur bag at h&m . . . totally girly-tank-girl-style:girlwhack: like i said that was 1993 from that moment on I realised what a great accessoire bags are and how they can completly change an outfit. . . so I started to collect strange and vintage bags and of course Ialso bought lots of crap. . . no wonder I was in my teens and fashion was very "crappy" back than ;)

with 16 I started to "invest" in quality pieces, not designer bags but well-known-bag-brands or no-name items made out of high-quallity leather and good craftmenship.

with twenty I gave loads of my bags to charity and sold some to vintage-shops. . . now I don't own so many bags but am as obsessed as ever. . .
 
#18
I am really happy to find other people who consider themselves obsessed with bags. For me it started with a Ferragamo that I bought in NYC over 10 years ago. There was no going back after that even though Ferragamo didn't turn out to be my designer of choice.
 
#19
oh my god. i remembered it was a few years ago when i was 17 i think. i saw these pretty girls around my age with a small chanel classic flap bag.. n i was like oh my god, i wanna get that bag so much! after then, i kept collecting designer bags!
 
#20
Mine started slowly. Back in 2004/2005 I bought a Cole Haan bag (which back then seemed designer to me, LOL) and that started it. My first actual designer bag was a LV Speedy in 2005 or 2006 and my price tolerance has kept climbing ever since then.
 
#22
About a year ago. I loved many bags, but tPF kicked it up to a whole other level. I just love them, even if they aren't my style. I get a kick out of the joy everyone takes in reveals.
 
#23
I've always liked bags, but my obsession didn't actually start until November of last year when I joined the The Purse Forum, and it was a combination of the Purse Forum and just my spontaneous thinking of what bags I needed for work, parties, being hands-free on short trips to adventures, etc. to what bags I simply wanted. Yeah, that's not even a year ago.
 
#24
I love this thread! I love reading how other bag-obsessions begin & what started it, I'm defitnitely hooked now! & I agree with those who say TPF fuels their love for bags & collecting, I feel this too! LOL, we are abunch of enablers, no? :D
 
#26
i never liked purses when i was growing up, but i always loved bags (backpacks, messenger bags, cases) and organizing stuff. i didn't start liking also purses until about a year ago. i think it's b/c cheap purses are a lot grosser than cheap backpacks.
 
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