Why do u spend thousands on a bag?!

[phoebe.bqueen]

Yeah why?
My wife can spend $2K US on a handbag, but she complains I spend $1K pair of speakers.

The more expensive speakers, the sound is better. $50 handbag look the same like $2K handbag to me.

So you have different interestDo you complain about the money she spent on bags too?

 

[vink]

Well, coz I'm the fashion victim.

I like nice things in life. The best is always better. I want top of the line, if that's possible, in the way that I can find it and that I can afford it. Above all, I have to love it. Some of my bags are cheap and I don't mind carrying them everyday coz I like them. But if I like an expensive bag and I get a chance to have the money at that time, I get it, too.

 

[shoppaholic]

Coz I'm materialistic

 

[stcn]

good design and wearable~

 

[Geena1999]

I don't

And for the buy cheap get cheap crowd...........plunking down a few thousand on a contemporary bag is no guarantee of quality craftsmanship. Not any more. There are numerous threads on the Premier forums bemoaning the quality control (or lack thereof) on new bags that have just gone through another price raise.

I consider myself on the more snobby side when it comes to bags but I have to aggree with the above poster. I have found Fossil bags which are beautiful, I consider them to be pretty cheap, most are in the $200 range. They are excellent quality, beautiful and probably one of the most under-rated bags out there.

I buy what I like cuz I like it and if it happens to be kind of on the expensive side...so be it! It's one of th reasons why I work!

 

[Serina]

Because carrying designer bags reminds me not to settle... ever

 

[upawn]

I love the luxurious feel of them on my hands and shoulder plus the envious looks I get from others!

 

[jools28]

I work hard and think a treat for myself is no bad thing and who knows when my daughters are old enough maybe they will want my bags

 

[nchid2700]

Honest Opinion-----I am a bag snob simple as that ! I deffo think a good well made bag doesn't slip off your shoulder like a cheap one does,this is a tried and tested method of mine.Also there is something about a designer bag hung over your shoulder or sat on it's own chair next to you in the pub.My eyes are always drawn to the name on a bag and the owner soars way up on my credibility list immediately.I HATE CHEAP BAGS ! Sorry to be awful but if you were a cheapo baggo you would be unlikely to be reading this would you ? Please bear with me this is only my second post and I so want to be joining in all your discussions.x

I hear ya! I'm a total bag snob too. Not that it matters in my little hole-in-the-wall town. No one knows designer here, anyway, but I still can't help it. I CHECK out the name on EVERYONE'S bag, and get so bummed out at how many junk bags and fakes I see... The sad part is, everyone assumes my bags are fake, just because of the area I live in... You have no idea how excited I get when I see someone w/ a great bag! As it usually turns out, they are usually from out of the area, but I always make sure to compliment that person on their bag!

And, it may also be awful of me to say this, but when I see someone w/ a cheap bag, I think it totally kills their whole look altogether! They could have the cutesy outfit on, but the pleather bag just screams CHEAP! And ruins any look of sophistication they were going for. I don't mean to offend anyone, that's just my opinion... I think accessories MAKE an outfit!

 

[nchid2700]

First I so feel your pain. You sound so much like me only that you have been out of control a bit longer. I can see I was headed in the same direction. Already I was branching out from just bags as well. Let me share with you
something that a poster said on here that hit me WHAM... my aha moment. I wish I could remember the poster or the exact quote but she said people like us are not really wanting the bags or the other things but that we are
searching to fill some void in our lives. Maybe love or marriage or wealth or a life style, or kids or something else that we feel we deserve and that is missing. Well I knew immediately! For me it was the loss of a beloved pet who
shared my life for 18 glorious years. I loved him so much more than anything
in this world. That was 18 months ago and corresponded exactly to the subsequent purchase of my first Prada. And it escalated from there. I was
trying to fill the emptiness, ease the pain, get momentary solace with bag highs. And it worked, for just awhile I could get out of the pain by shopping
therapy. Realizing that was such a freeing thing. It didn't fix it but it was the start. And people on here were so kind and generous with their condolences
and encouragement (and didn't even complain that I'd deviated from the thread big time) That helped, really helped! I realized that I had a weak
support system in my real life. My husband and family cared but just didn't seem to "get it" what I had lost. A lot of them DID get it and oh, it so helped. I will be forever in their debt. I have since joined a grief counseling group and
am on a bag ban. The ban thread here has been good help there.
It was the statement you made that "somewhere, somehow, things spiraled
out of control" that shook me. Try to think back to when that occured and you may find the cause. Be prepared for tears, when you start to cry you will know
you've hit upon the truth.
Now I am not through with bags or other nice things. That is part of my personality, but it flamed out of control when my crisis hit. For someone else it might have been alcohol or drugs. luckily I was a "shopper" by nature and so it just escalated.
So I urge you to examine your life and what you feel in your gut is going on
You may need counseling to get to the bottom of it, but I'm betting somewhere in your heart you know the missing piece. Once you acknowledge it there is an instant relief. Then you may need counciling to overcome. You say
you live in a hick town. I do to and there are not counciling services on every
corner but there is usually one and the Internet has wonderful support groups for almost everything that plagues us humans.
I just had to speak up because you sound so much like me. And someone helped me. I would love to pay it forward.

Hi babe!

I understand where you and everyone else is coming from...but I honestly don't believe there was any "incident" or "incidents" that triggered my bag-buying addiction to be out of control. I just think I have an addictive personality... With everything I do...whether it be eating, sleeping, not sleeping, loving, shopping DO-ing...I DO everyrhing to the extreme. I've had relationship issues lately, yes...nothing is perfect...but I've been like this even BEFORE this relationship. Even when I was happily single. Or happily in other relationships. I was still like this. Only now it's getting worse. It's like I get a "high" or excitement when I get packages in the mail. But it's soooo short lived! I wait all week for THE anticipated package and then when I get it, its like, "ho hum...another BAG!". Like, I admit...I DO shop more when I'm sad or bummed out, but I'm generally a happy person. I don't get it. I just think I have an addictive personality, because whenever I get into something. I kinda get "obsessed" with it.

Not to change the subject, but I recently started cutting my own hair, and because Im a perfectionist, I have been working on my hair almost every DAY... It's a masterpiece in progress! It just keeps getting better and alot of my friends have now asked me to do their hair, too! My one friend said to me the other day, "boy...you really get obsessed with things! There's no "half-way" for you". So like I think I'm kinda OCD and have an addictive personality, but I'm honestly not sure what triggers my bag habit... Or does anything even HAVE to trigger it?? Like does there NEED to be a reason for my madness? DOes it really NEED to be from something my life that is LACKING? Or can I just be perfectly bag-crazy with no cause???

So confused...???

 

[nchid2700]

ME: Yes we have had our "DEEP" session, now on to fun
topic

ME: oh you are soooo right! Seriously I wonder if we are close geographically
as it is exact same here. Very irritating too that these rednecks here admire a trashy Dooney I may carry and not my Hermes ( I know they think it is a
Dollar store bag) It's no point in spending here to impress cause they haven't
got a clue! But it would be nice if they could appreciate a nice leather. To prove a point to my husband about how redneck his gallery are ( he is an
auctioneer) I once placed several bags in a box for him to sell " choice". They were all used in good condition. There were all no name leathers, such as Liz Claiborne, St Johns Bay, Flea market atrocities, and one Chloe Marcie. They
Never choose the Chloe!! Case closed!!!:lolots: (but I was holding my breath...

Where you from, dear? I'm from PA. Like near-NO-major-city PA! Like an hr North of Harrisburg. That's totally crazy though. People have NO clue!!! I scored a sh!t load of bags (coach/dooney) at a yard sale in my old "upper class" neighborhood. That was the extent of name brand bags obviously... But what AMAZED me was that $10 and $20 Coach and Dooney's didn't sell out immediately! I actually heard ppl talking about me, saying they couldn't believe someone would pay $20 for a USED handbag. Sorry, but those "used" bags racked up the bucks for me on eBay and got me a new LV! Ppl are soooo clueless around these parts of town, and I even found some AMAZING finds at local Sal Vals/Thrift Stores in the past...

Sorry to deviate from the topic...

 

[slowlikehoney]

I consider myself on the more snobby side when it comes to bags but I have to aggree with the above poster. I have found Fossil bags which are beautiful, I consider them to be pretty cheap, most are in the $200 range. They are excellent quality, beautiful and probably one of the most under-rated bags out there.

I buy what I like cuz I like it and if it happens to be kind of on the expensive side...so be it! It's one of th reasons why I work!

I love Fossil bags! One of my favorite bags is a Fossil and I still think it's one of the most beautiful bags I have and I've never seen another one like it. I always get compliments on that bag. I paid about $100 for it and at the time I considered that a LOT of money to spend, HAHA!

 

[slowlikehoney]

I don't spend thousands on a bag, or at least I haven't YET, heehee. But I don't judge people who do or even wonder why they do because I get it. Bags are a status symbol whether that makes sense or not. I, personally, get much more of a rush out of finding a beautiful bag for less money, either because it's marked down like crazy or 2nd hand, or just not that expensive to begin with. If it's beautiful to me, I like it and I don't care whether it's the it bag or not. I do demand that it be good quality because I just don't see the point in getting a bad quality bag when you can find some really nice ones for very little money if you're willing to do the leg work and be patient. The funny thing is that I get some of the most compliments and notice for some of my least expensive bags. But if I see something I like and it's in the thousands I just admire it a lot and then move on. God knows there will never be a shortage of bags for me to drool over.

 

[OlgaMUA]

Where you from, dear? I'm from PA. Like near-NO-major-city PA! Like an hr North of Harrisburg. That's totally crazy though. People have NO clue!!! I scored a sh!t load of bags (coach/dooney) at a yard sale in my old "upper class" neighborhood. That was the extent of name brand bags obviously... But what AMAZED me was that $10 and $20 Coach and Dooney's didn't sell out immediately! I actually heard ppl talking about me, saying they couldn't believe someone would pay $20 for a USED handbag. Sorry, but those "used" bags racked up the bucks for me on eBay and got me a new LV! Ppl are soooo clueless around these parts of town, and I even found some AMAZING finds at local Sal Vals/Thrift Stores in the past...

Sorry to deviate from the topic...

reminds me of an incident that happened to me when I lived in a small town.. Back in the 80's Pierre Cardin was huge (yes, I'm that old )

So I bought my first "designer" bag and it had the PC logo on it and carried it to a rather nice luncheon.. so a woman asked me "Since your name is Olga, why does your bag have P's all over it?"

answer: "The P's mean "Price"... it cost at least 10x more than it's worth"

I know.. but I couldn't help it!

 

[Surelyfunke]

I love Fossil bags! One of my favorite bags is a Fossil and I still think it's one of the most beautiful bags I have and I've never seen another one like it. I always get compliments on that bag. I paid about $100 for it and at the time I considered that a LOT of money to spend, HAHA!

Another Fossil fan here - their bags are so underrated!