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Handbags question...

30 replies

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 07/09/2012 20:38

How many do you own?
How many do you actually use
How many do you really need?

Wink

(And what's the most you've ever paid for a handbag- be honest)

OP posts:
omletta · 07/09/2012 20:40

C.30
1 mostly perhaps 4 regularly
1 or even 0, most of the time I'm at work with a briefcase

£££££s far too much .

Drywhiteplease · 07/09/2012 21:00

I own loads but actually only use 3 regularly;

This summer I was lucky enough to be given a Mulberry Sommerset in tan.......have worn it every day since May,goes with everything.(about £400 but excellent cost per wear).
In winter I have a big slouchy black bag, but will probably use my tan still.
These two do me most days.
For evening I have a mock crock black patent clutch which goes with most.

But I have lots of others (cheap...TKMaxx is too tempting) that I use rarely if I'm honest.
Love handbags they make me happy Smile and I think if you invest in a decent bag it will make an outfit look expensive and chic.

CeeceeBloomingdale · 07/09/2012 21:11

I own erm many.

I use 4 or 5 most of the time on rotation.

I need more, I need them all!

CeeceeBloomingdale · 07/09/2012 21:19

I didn't answer the money thing - not much really, about £50 or £60. I tend to buy bags when they are heavily discounted so some were around the £200 mark originally

bunionscomingsoon · 07/09/2012 21:38

Lots -
All of them at some time or another -
None -- but when did Need ever come into it? Grin
£280.00

Why all the silly questions -- handbags are an essential part of a girls life - Q.E.D.!Smile

scottishmummy · 07/09/2012 21:40

loads
loads
loads
£££££. love em all.my money.I am answerable to no one how I spend it

gregssausageroll · 07/09/2012 22:02

I am too scared to count

crazyaccountant · 07/09/2012 22:06

I own well over 70
Use about 10, I try and rotate them!
I can't imagine a time I will ever have enough handbags (or shoes!)
I have spent well over £1000 on a single bag and don't regret it one bit!

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 07/09/2012 22:16

I have three.
Well truth be known two and a half.
One is a very petite security bag to wear when I go Up Larndan on the Tube. It's got a cut-proof strap and security mesh stuff in the material.It would hold a small purse, a phone and some cash.Can also fasten onto a belt.

And 2 Kipling bags. One black. One brown.

I did consider buying a new brown one but the size was the same as my present one so no point.
I've had them 2 years and the most expensive was £45 ish.

OP posts:
Drywhiteplease · 07/09/2012 22:30

Your security bag sounds extreme!a "cut proof" strap....never heard of that!!!!if I had one of those I'd have to carry another bag for non valuable crap that I carry around all day....and to complete my outfit too!Grin

PeriPathetic · 07/09/2012 22:51

Own about twenty good ones, probably more. A few cheapish ones for holidays. And one very cheap one for dog poo!
Use them all, but have favourites I go to all the time. One comes out at Xmas as it's a clutch.
Need them all, of course! At least half of them are investment pieces.
And ££££s.

BrandyAlexander · 07/09/2012 22:53

Just had a major cull so I own about 50 now. £2k is most I have spent on a bag or been given as a present. I prob use about 5 of them at least once a month. I need them all Grin

crazyaccountant · 07/09/2012 23:06

high five Noris! You do indeed NEED them all!

crazyaccountant · 07/09/2012 23:07

Or Novis even fucking iphone and it's I know what you want to say before you even say it autocorrect

PropertyNightmare · 07/09/2012 23:41

I own many bags. Some of them are used infrequently (as too delicate). I have spent obscene amounts. I fucking love them all though so its ok.

BoerWarKids · 07/09/2012 23:52

I own two.

I only really use one. It's an Oushka bag which I love Smile hadn't heard of them before I became an MNer. The other one is a much smaller evening bag.

My two seem to do fine for me.

The Oushka bag was the most I've ever paid. £75, reduced from £150. That's a lot for me. I'd rather have one good quality bag than lots of cheap ones.

ThePieWhoLovedMe · 08/09/2012 08:46

I own about 15 bags.

12 are cheap bags (under £50) ...and then I discovered REAL bags (on mumsnet!!) ...now I am the proud owner of 3 super lovely bags (£200 ish each)

BrandyAlexander · 08/09/2012 18:27

Blush @ crazyaccountant. I have a slight girl crush on you from reading about your bag collection on a previous post (am rubbish at remembering posters! But this was very important Grin).

turkeyboots · 08/09/2012 18:35

I have about 15 I think. Use 4 regularly. Need 2, one for work (papers laptop etc) and one for home (spare clothes for potty training DS, drinks, suncream or gloves and hats)

Most expensive was £400. Which lives unused for years as too heavy to carry.
It's a luella Gisele, so rather outdated. But v lovely!

ScooseIsLoose · 08/09/2012 18:41

I own at least 30 Blush I only really use 3 of them regularly (two Russell and Bromley and my mulberry Alexa) the most spent was £925.00 (the mulberry)

tak1ngchances · 08/09/2012 18:48

I have 2 large bags for work, one black Marc Jacobs one brown mulberry bayswater.
Then I have a few medium-sized bags for day to day, maybe 4 or 5
I also have 8 clutch bags for evening. So around 15 total
Mulberry & Jacobs were most expensive but I use them 3 or 4 times a week each so it's good CPW

Itsgottabebags · 08/09/2012 18:49

I have, erm, quite a few including Mulberry, Balenciaga and Anya Hindmarch.

I love them all!

chickydoo · 08/09/2012 18:52

I have about 10-15
4 Mulberry. One very very well used, & loved!! 3 black 1 tan
1 Longchamp in mauve
1 next
1 oasis
2 evening clutches.
A cheap beach bag
A rucksack
A briefcase
2 Boden 1 silver 1 cream.

fedupofnamechanging · 08/09/2012 21:18

I only have 8!

Most expensive are a Blondie Mania and a Fossil one, which were around £180.

The rest were around £50 - £60.

I do have a couple of cheapy ones, for days out to the beach or if I'm going somewhere where it will be dumped on the floor!

Itsgottabebags · 08/09/2012 22:41

Mine range from charity shops, Top Shop and Balenciaga. I change them regularly and if they haven't been out for a while I will bring them out to make me feel like I have a new bag.

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