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Bags to die for (or just save up for)

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Nuffaluff · 30/09/2021 21:01

My friend turned up for a night out with a gorgeous handbag. It was a Mulberry one. Lovely, but not quite the one I would like. But I don’t know what I would like.
She said she’s been wanting it for five years and been saving up.
So what bag should I save up for five years for?
Please show me the bags you’re lusting after, or possibly the ones you already own.

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Sexnotgender · 09/10/2021 12:02

@saturning

I love it *@Sexnotgender*. it's going to go with loads of clothes and styles of outfits.
Thank you! Was a bit of a spur of the moment decision.
chocolatesaltyballs22 · 09/10/2021 12:31

Gorgeous Lily @Sexnotgender. I may have to take my red one out tonight after seeing that.

GingerBeverage · 09/10/2021 12:37

Timeless bag, enjoy! @Sexnotgender

Sexnotgender · 09/10/2021 17:37

Thanks ladies, I feel quite grown up with a Lily! I never thought I’d own one.

Chrysanthemum5 · 09/10/2021 17:57

@Mercurial123 I love that bag- very sculpted

Iheartbaby · 09/10/2021 18:35

Please help me, I really want a Chanel bag, I think I actually am in love with the brand. Followed by Louis vuitton. But like someone asked would you feel silly having a Chanel bag, I live in a small town and I feel I would just look stupid. I would feel better with a Louis vuitton bag and I feel I would stand out less, but if I was paying that amount of money for a Louis Vuitton then I might as way go all the way and get a Chanel which is my true love, but then I know I would use it less.

Sorry for not making sense

Lykia · 09/10/2021 18:54

I have this bag. Goyard St.Louis. I like it because it's not as ubiquitous as the LV Neverfull. It's super capacious and is a very versatile bag.

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chocolatesaltyballs22 · 09/10/2021 18:58

@Iheartbaby

Please help me, I really want a Chanel bag, I think I actually am in love with the brand. Followed by Louis vuitton. But like someone asked would you feel silly having a Chanel bag, I live in a small town and I feel I would just look stupid. I would feel better with a Louis vuitton bag and I feel I would stand out less, but if I was paying that amount of money for a Louis Vuitton then I might as way go all the way and get a Chanel which is my true love, but then I know I would use it less.

Sorry for not making sense

You should buy a bag that you know you're going to get the use out of, whatever brand that might be.

I have LV, Mulberry, Gucci, Aspinall. Love Chanel but couldn't bring myself to pay that kind of money.

Sexnotgender · 09/10/2021 20:18

@Iheartbaby

Please help me, I really want a Chanel bag, I think I actually am in love with the brand. Followed by Louis vuitton. But like someone asked would you feel silly having a Chanel bag, I live in a small town and I feel I would just look stupid. I would feel better with a Louis vuitton bag and I feel I would stand out less, but if I was paying that amount of money for a Louis Vuitton then I might as way go all the way and get a Chanel which is my true love, but then I know I would use it less.

Sorry for not making sense

Buy what works for your lifestyle.
Wagsandclaws · 09/10/2021 21:22

I have a few Chanel and I love them. You can buy a Chanel and just use it as your every day bag, the totes are a good idea especially if you can buy one in caviar leather. I have goatskin, lambskin and caviar and prefer the lambskin but you have to be so careful with it, caviar is pretty robust.

I have been coveting the Bottega cassette bags but they are quite fashionable at the moment and I don't feel that I can part with 3k on a 'bag of the moment' much like a Dior saddle bag .

I've found a gorgeous bag that has the look that I'm after and it arrived yesterday and I've used it today, the leather is utterly gorgeous, Italian buttery leather and it's so stylish I'm super pleased! I bought it in Ecru ( Cream ) it comes with the cream crossbody strap and also the interchangeable gold Metis chain which I used today. It's amazing and under £200!

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queenofarles · 09/10/2021 21:41

Please help me, I really want a Chanel bag, I think I actually am in love with the brand. Followed by Louis vuitton. But like someone asked would you feel silly having a Chanel bag, I live in a small town and I feel I would just look stupid. I would feel better with a Louis vuitton bag and I feel I would stand out less, but if I was paying that amount of money for a Louis Vuitton then I might as way go all the way and get a Chanel which is my true love, but then I know I would use it less.

Would never pay that much for a Vuitton,
A Chanel is a safer choice

ElspethFlashman · 09/10/2021 23:58

I have a LV Speedy and whilst it is a useful bag in terms of design (I have the bandolier, the crossbody - and it's a big size), I live rurally and so it doesn't get much of an airing.

Pre-Covid I'd use it going around town but tbh you just don't see them in my rather sleepy city so I was always a bit aware of it. Though the crossbody strap does make it look more casual. But I simply don't live in a part of the world where people wear this sort of stuff.

Post-Covid I haven't used it at all. I haven't gone anywhere! I'm invited to a party soon but it's an informal thing so would it look knobby to bring a LV Speedy when people there will have bags from River Island? Probably! Confused

It's my all time favourite bag, but I freely admit it doesn't work for my lifestyle currently. But these expensive bags are meant to be lifelong essentially - so we hope that as our lives progress, our opportunities for wearing them will evolve.

Or maybe I'll give less of a shit!

I actually sometimes think a Chanel would be more camouflaged. Especially the ones without the 2 Cs at the front - I believe they're called the Reissue model? But then again I don't want to get a Chanel for everyone to just think it's from River Island!!!

My all time Chanel fantasy is the Business Affinity bag and if I won the Lotto tomorrow, I'd fucking buy it and just wait for the right opportunity to wear it.

And in the meantime just admire it in my wardrobe, like I do with my Speedy!

RussianSpy101 · 10/10/2021 08:26

I’d say you could use a speedy for an informal thing. It’s more of an everyday bag than an occasion bag. Certainly wouldn’t take one to a party or night out.

sammylady37 · 10/10/2021 08:39

I ordered an LV noeneo this week, in Damier ebene. Should be here tomorrow, can’t wait!

Sexnotgender · 10/10/2021 08:40

@RussianSpy101

I’d say you could use a speedy for an informal thing. It’s more of an everyday bag than an occasion bag. Certainly wouldn’t take one to a party or night out.
Definitely! It’s a casual bag for sure.
Sexnotgender · 10/10/2021 08:41

@sammylady37

I ordered an LV noeneo this week, in Damier ebene. Should be here tomorrow, can’t wait!
Oooh… please post pics when it arrives.
chocolatesaltyballs22 · 10/10/2021 08:49

Use the bag @ElspethFlashman - who gives a shit what other people think!

Thisbastardcomputer · 10/10/2021 09:03

@StrychnineInTheSandwiches

I just find Mulberry to be...cheeky. They used to be on a level with Aspinal and then they decided to double their prices. It's interesting though at a branding level to see that a company can just do this. 'We're currently a mid tier brand but we're going to become a top tier brand by charging twice or three times as much for the same product'.
This was the point I stopped buying Mulberry, to increase a handbag price by £400 in one move takes confidence that you will retain your customers. Here is one customer you lost.

I understand Mulberry lost millions when House of Fraser went down the pan.

Sexnotgender · 10/10/2021 09:54

I don’t really buy new mulberry anymore.

The price went up and the quality went down which is a shit combination! It’s still my brand of choice though and I buy preloved.

Wagsandclaws · 10/10/2021 10:02

@Thisbastardcomputer I'm with you. I started out on Mulberry and had some of their older stuff ( Alexa, small Bayswater crossbody Ect ) then they went a bit strange after Emma Hill left and ultra expensive. The quality just doesn't match the price so I gave up on Mulberry too.

I love about a 7 min drive from the Mulberry outlet in Shepton Mallet and used to pop in here and there but no more.

As an aside I do love Hill and Friends bags ( Emma Hill started her own label when she left Mulberry ) and have about 4 of the tweency ones ( not the ones with the silly ears ) I'm not mad keen on the Anya Hindmarch style smiley face lock but the quality far exceeds Mulberry.

RadioSixMusicLover · 10/10/2021 10:05

I have a Chloe Marcie & recently DH bought me a Large Aspinal London in smooth tan. Both beautiful.
I also have a Mulberry Alexa in snake tan, I use it as a cross body.

Howdidigetsoold · 10/10/2021 12:38

@Wagsandclaws I might get one of those as well. I am afraid the BV will date quickly. Though I do want a Jodie…

Wagsandclaws · 10/10/2021 13:42

@Howdidigetsoold I have Chanel, Dior Ect and the Apatchy is amazing for the price, I am coveting it in baby blue as well.

I was originally going to wear it as a squashy large clutch ( both the leather and chain straps are detachable obvs ) but it looks so good with the gold chain for an evening bag.

hoxtonbabe · 10/10/2021 21:48

I wish I didn’t see this thread.

I’ve been looking for a new fancy bag. I go extremes from a beyond retro £6 shopper to Valentino, YSL, mulberry and nothing in the middle however that Polene bag ( the entire range in fact) is beautiful and will get one as my happy medium.

However if this somehow miraculously goes down in the Harrods sale or something I am eyeing up the LV coussin but £2700 is eye watering for me, half of that I’m good with.

I usually detest LV, CD and Gucci but there’s something going on this season with LV that has me drooling outside the LV window in Westfield whenever I’m there, between the sneakers, ALL their boots and this bag I can feel myself caving in to buy some items from LV 🙈

myadhdusername · 11/10/2021 00:07

Opened this thread thinking I wasn’t a bag person but now have my eye on several YSL Nikis, Loulous and a few others!