tell me what to do with this tedious handbag

[Cappuccino]

my mil has given me a small, square, incredibly soft and quite good quality black leather handbag

it is just the right size, is better quality than I can afford, feels so very nice and is in v v v good nick - like new

can I make it more exciting? or is boring black bag okay?

am bored by black bag. But like black bag. DYSWIM?

[mazzystartled]

simple bag allows flamboyance in shoe dept surely

also good for doing minimal preppy neat and tidy look

would keep in handbag repertoire

[Cappuccino]

I am not minimal or neat and tidy



nor can I afford flamboyant shoes

[LetThemEatCake]

Gok would add a corsage. Can you add a corsage?

[majeika]

sequins?

fake flower?

[RedOnHerBeheadedHead]

stick on crystals?

[PeaMcLean]

Yes, a corsage. there are some that are just fab and I would like an excuse to have one. I went shopping for corsages last week. Saw some gorgeous stuff in the little shops in the arcades (ie not the main department stores).

[mazzystartled]

it may just be useful with certain outfits though, no?

don't go putting a corsage or anything on it or it will look really shite

[mazzystartled]

pmsl at cross post

[Cappuccino]

this is what I am thinking

but I fear I would make it look like a child had bedazzled it

[Cappuccino]

okay

fab vs shite

let's choose

[mazzystartled]

what's your usual style like?

if you have one

[PeaMcLean]

We need to see the bag. It's the only way.

Can you find a link to something similar?

[MadBadandDangerousToKnow]

Perhaps a fairly minimalist corsage in shades of grey (like the make-it-yourself fascinators on last night's fashion prog)?

[snowleopard]

Not that I know anything about this, but can't you get bag charm thingies that you hand on your bag, like little tassels and beady bits? (I remember seeing them in Grazia or some such and thinking "how pointless are they?" but actually...) Or you could make something like that with a few beads from a bead shop.

[snowleopard]

hand = hang

[Cappuccino]

oh yes we have great bead shop

[LetThemEatCake]

please don't bedazzle.

buy a couple of corsages, diff colours - and don't attach too firmly, let them be interchangeable

[JackieNo]

I agree with letthemeatcake - don't do anything you can't undo, so to speak.

[Bobbiewickham]

Attach silk scarf to strap.

Can chop and change to suit different outfits then.

This is v trendy, am led to believe.

[NappiesLaGore]

bobbie is right - tie a silk scarf onto the handle.
you can change it any time you feel like it
is WAY WAY less...um....shitey (sorry!), then corsage or beads and blingy things.

scarf would even be cool. or trendy. or whatever the sodding word is these days.

[squeaver]

Just use it for evening with funky clothes that don't need anything else.

And WALK AWAY from the corsage.

[Cappuccino]

god really wow

because my first thought was scarf but thought would look weird

[MadBadandDangerousToKnow]

So are silk scarves tied to bag straps 'on trend'?

[Bobbiewickham]

Yeah, get a purple one.

Knock 'em dead, capp.

[NappiesLaGore]

i have a black and white skull print one, alexander mcqueen ripoff i believe... i am soooo cool.