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If I walked into your office carrying this bag

435 replies

QuietBatPeople1 · 16/04/2021 15:03

What would your first thought be? Too loud? Too big? Great bag to fit everything in?

www.katespade.co.uk/en-gb/handbags/spade-flower-jacquard-everything-stripe-large-tote/PXRUB272.html?dwcolor=BLUE-MULTI#start=1

I’ve disabled voting- hope that works

OP posts:
Disfordarkchocolate · 16/04/2021 16:22

I got my 2 roomy workbags at www.bellandfox.com/ but I don't think they have any big enough at the moment.

DishingOutDone · 16/04/2021 16:23

I’d like it very much, then think “ we’re clearly paying her too much ... “ and then I’d hate you for your show off bag. So there.

Lulu1919 · 16/04/2021 16:24

I'd think...wow she must earn more than I do !

GreyhoundG1rl · 16/04/2021 16:24

@DishingOutDone

I’d like it very much, then think “ we’re clearly paying her too much ... “ and then I’d hate you for your show off bag. So there.
Wow.
SelkieIntegrated · 16/04/2021 16:26

That just takes me to the main page.

I love bags though, so I'd notice. Even if I wouldn't have chosen it myself, I'd think, good for you treating yourself to a bag you love.

ShirleyPhallus · 16/04/2021 16:26

@DishingOutDone

I’d like it very much, then think “ we’re clearly paying her too much ... “ and then I’d hate you for your show off bag. So there.
About a bag? About that bag?!!
Isthereaduckinthehouse · 16/04/2021 16:26

Sorry, I don't think my second link worked.

www.yoox.com/uk/45569288HN/item#dept=bagsaccwomenna&sts=sr_bagsaccwomenna80

I think of bags, scarves, hats, shoes as accessories. You can get away with random colours if you tend to wear plain clothing.

Chickychickydodah · 16/04/2021 16:27

Not keen to be honest. It’s old fashioned and too expensive . Sorry

Cherrypies · 16/04/2021 16:27

I'd thing you must have mug stamped on your forehead, for paying that amount for a not that great bag.

FelicityPike · 16/04/2021 16:28

I haven’t RTFT but who cares what anyone else thinks? If you like it, but it.

Alsohuman · 16/04/2021 16:30

It’s OK. I’d think you’d got more money than sense if I knew you’d paid £350 for it.

DianaT1969 · 16/04/2021 16:32

It's an ok bag. Not my style and I wouldn't notice. I'd definitely be shocked if you said you'd paid £350 for it! TKMAXX £50 would have been my guess.

MrsArchchancellorRidcully · 16/04/2021 16:32

I think it's lovely and very practical. I'd use it.

Cowbells · 16/04/2021 16:33

At a glance it looks a bit White Stuff/Monsoon-Accessorize/Seasalt. I'd be surprised to find out it cost that much and I might think it's a bit casual for office wear but it's OK.

LadyIsabellaWrotham · 16/04/2021 16:33

And this is why you need to ask handbag questions on S&B OP. I hope you’ve learned your lesson now Grin.

FWIW I rather like it (my fave work bag is Kate Spade) but it’s not formal enough for my office and the idea of taking something with no zip on the tube terrifies me.

Woodpecker22 · 16/04/2021 16:35

Are you male or female?

Reinventinganna · 16/04/2021 16:36

It’s neither amazing nor awful. It’s also not £350 worth!

DishingOutDone · 16/04/2021 16:37

Some posters really do need to look up the definition of irony ... 😁

DontBeRidiculous · 16/04/2021 16:38

If I noticed, I wouldn't have an opinion one way or the other. I don't care how big someone's bag is, so long as they're not hitting me with it or taking much more than their share of communal storage space.

If you told me how much it cost, I'd probably think you'd paid too much, but I don't like spending money on bags, so I'm not the target audience.

GreenSlide · 16/04/2021 16:40

I would give zero fucks about your bag. I don't think I've ever noticed someone else's handbag.

RaptorInaPorkPieHat · 16/04/2021 16:42

It's nice enough, but I know nothing about brands and prices etc so I wouldn't 'notice' it especially.

Mind you, my bag of choice is a Tardis rucksack so I'm not exactly known for having taste.

Joeblack066 · 16/04/2021 16:42

Do people actually care who has what bag?
Do people actually spend £350 on a bag?🤷‍♀️

Ireolu · 16/04/2021 16:43

Look at the aspinal of London handbags some totes there look professional and in the sale not to badly priced. I don't like the Kate Spade bag, it's non descript and costs to much.

NotMeNoNo · 16/04/2021 16:43

I wouldn't recognise it as any kind of designer bag.

I'd wonder why you weren't using a proper computer bag.
It looks impractical, no zip or internal dividers so your chargers/papers etc will be rolling about with packed lunch/water bottle /whatever else you are filling that giant bag with and will be on show to everyone walking past your desk.
Sorry style over substance.

Get a leather Knomo bag if you have all the laptop peripherals to tote around. Do you work in fashion or somewhere you have to show off designer labels?

I killed a laptop due to just carrying it around carelessly until the internals got tired of being bumped.

BackforGood · 16/04/2021 16:44

Like others, I probably wouldn't notice.
If you waved it about and asked me if I liked it, I'd say "very nice" as it is nice enough and no reason to hurt anyone's feelings.
If however, you then told me you'd spent £350 on it once I'd got my jaw off the floor I'd find it vert difficult to disguise the true reaction on my face.
I can't begin to imagine why you'd spend that much on a bag to carry your laptop to work when you could buy about 18 bags to do the same job, for that amount of money.