My five sisters and I have a tradition of every christmas pooling our money together to get one really nice, expensive give for our mom and dad. this year we thought we'd get mom a really nice designer(ish) handbag, and I have been delegated the leader of this because I'm closest to her. problem is, she's really picky, and everything I've seen that she'd love is over our budget, $300.
here are some bag "rules:"
neutralish colors, but we are shooting for black or white because she has neither
NO zip tops, she hates it and it will stay in the back of the closet
plain, solid leather; no hardware, logos, etc.
very structured and work-friendly, but still workable for casual occasions
mid-sized or smaller, she has complained about things "swimming" in her purses
here is a pic similar to one of her favoritest bags evar:
(in dark brown; she takes the long strap off)
she likes Coach, Dooney&Burke(logo-free bags only, thank god), and Fossil. we are thinking of adding maybe Cole Haan or Kate Spade to that collection, but everything is over priced, so any other brand suggestions or sale info on these $$ brands?
thanks guys! this is hard to do on my own, I'm more of a sloucy, HH/AC/LP kind of girl and she would hate all of those bags...
here are some bag "rules:"
neutralish colors, but we are shooting for black or white because she has neither
NO zip tops, she hates it and it will stay in the back of the closet
plain, solid leather; no hardware, logos, etc.
very structured and work-friendly, but still workable for casual occasions
mid-sized or smaller, she has complained about things "swimming" in her purses
here is a pic similar to one of her favoritest bags evar:
(in dark brown; she takes the long strap off)
she likes Coach, Dooney&Burke(logo-free bags only, thank god), and Fossil. we are thinking of adding maybe Cole Haan or Kate Spade to that collection, but everything is over priced, so any other brand suggestions or sale info on these $$ brands?
thanks guys! this is hard to do on my own, I'm more of a sloucy, HH/AC/LP kind of girl and she would hate all of those bags...