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Three bags - which to choose? Please help!

43 replies

polyhymnia · 30/04/2018 17:29

Have been wanting a new, not too formal and structured everyday bag for ages and, after exhaustive study of the brands I usually like, am now dithering between these three:
www.mintvelvet.co.uk/product/katrina-tan-tassel-saddle-bag/14818
www.mintvelvet.co.uk/product/granite-zip-detail-saddle-bag/13450
www.johnlewis.com/mint-velvet-lola-leather-double-zip-hobo-bag/dark-grey/p3392701

Please let me have votes/ comments to help make up my mind. My present everyday bag is falling to pieces!
TIA.

OP posts:
zippyswife · 30/04/2018 22:33

They are lovely bags. Either first or second.

Doobigetta · 30/04/2018 22:57

Love no 2. No 1 is nice, I just always go for cool rather than warm colours. Don't like 3, the zips make it very 80s naff to my eye.

pangolina · 30/04/2018 23:01

2nd one

goose1964 · 30/04/2018 23:06

I prefer the latter one, the first two remind me of bags I had in the 80s

polyhymnia · 01/05/2018 13:12

Oh dear, one poster thinks 3 is too 1980s and another that 1 and 2 are. Perhaps I’m harking back to more youthful days! Though, as far as saddle bags go, I’d assumed they were a bit of a ‘classic’, as there seem to be quite a lot around now.

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DickTERFin · 01/05/2018 13:17

Third one.

I like the first ones colour and shape but I hate the tassel (but then I have an irrational hatred of tassels, so make of that what you will).

polyhymnia · 01/05/2018 13:18

I have a guilty love for them!

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McWeedie · 01/05/2018 13:40

I actually bought the third one....and sent it back. Its not very soft, a bit too large and doesn’t sit right. I think the second one is much nicer.

CanIBuffalo · 01/05/2018 13:43

Tan. We must be over grey by now?
Not the third one.

Mercurial123 · 01/05/2018 14:50

The third one is very much like a bag I owned in the 90's it looks dated.

fishonabicycle · 01/05/2018 18:06

First one! By miles!

lucy101101 · 01/05/2018 18:44

First one!

JessiCake · 01/05/2018 20:06

A vote for Bag number 1! Ideally in tan but the black is nice too.

I love the shape of Bag 2 but have a personal thing about 2 colours of leather on a bag, it just reminds me too much of ghastly patchwork-type ones I used to love when I was about 17.

Not a huge fan of 3.

I love a cross-body saddle bag and number 1's a beauty. Get it OP!

ShmooBooMoo · 02/05/2018 01:38

First. Also, nice colour for warmer months.

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Dreamscomingtrue · 02/05/2018 01:48

I like the first one best. Like other people have said 2 and 3 are too fussy and dated. Have you looked in TK Max? I’ve bought some fantastic leather bags in there recently for around £50. I know it’s hit and miss depending on when you go, but they do have really do have some lovely bags for great prices.

Kirta · 02/05/2018 01:57

First one is my favourite! I love a tan bag!

ForSaleChesterDraws · 02/05/2018 06:36

First or second one.

Really dislike the zips one the third.

Cupoteap · 02/05/2018 06:49

Love the first one - adding it to my list!

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