You have £1,500 to spend on a bag of your choice, what do you go for?

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As the title says. Give or take 10% either way. Looking for a really nice new luxury bag and in need of suggestions.

What size/shape is important to you?

£500 bag £1k holiday!

But a nice bag from M and S and keep the rest!

I'd go for a £50 bag and an amazing holiday.

No one cares what bag you've got and if I see LV bags ( or whatever designer bag ) I'd immediately think 'fake.'

i would personally get this if i had the money;

www.selfridges.com/GB/en/cat/saint-laurent-monogram-quilted-leather-shoulder-bag_118-2000644-377828BOW01/#colour=BLACK

or

www.selfridges.com/GB/en/cat/saint-laurent-logo-plaque-quilted-leather-wallet-on-chain_R04195029/#colour=BLANC%20VINTAGE

or

www.selfridges.com/GB/en/cat/mulberry-lana-leather-top-handle-bag_R04234798/#colour=EGGSHELL

however i don't so will stick to my turkish dupes 🤣🤣🤣

Good question @BritneyBookClubPresident ! On the smaller side. Possibly cross body.

@Optimistic66 those are beautiful!

I have this with gold hardware I love it

https://www.ysl.com/en-gb/toy-puffer-in-lambskin-813085672.html?gadsource=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwzN-vBhAkEiwAYiO7oKqtc9COqzqjU008v8ehemIwxbpyuKKZTufR6BjZDGR65MxWPlp6xoC4hkQAvDDBwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

It's gone up in price though ... I'm sure I "only" paid about £1300 a year or so ago.

Would go for a nice £100 bag and take it on holiday 😆

not sure the brand but a fancy business / air pilot type business trolley on wheels

I think that £1500 is a weird price point in the luxury bag market.
As insane as it is most high end brands eg Loewe, Bottega, Celine, Chanel, LV etc start at £2000 so £1500 will at best get a either a tiny nano sized bag or something that is basically overpriced for a small canvas / fabric bag.
Outside of the high end brands there is currently a big market for affordable luxury with brands making good quality bags in the £400-£600 range- such as Polene, Strathberry, De Millier, and personally I would look at these.

However two brands that could work are YSL and Ferragamo, and if I were to stick to the "rules" of your question would go for one of these:

www.net-a-porter.com/en-gb/shop/product/saint-laurent/bags/cross-body/lou-medium-quilted-leather-shoulder-bag/1647597321587277

www.net-a-porter.com/en-gb/shop/product/ferragamo/bags/cross-body/hug-small-embellished-textured-leather-shoulder-bag/1647597324970096

Actually I need to amend my answer! I forgot about Acne. I would get this one!!

www.net-a-porter.com/en-gb/shop/product/acne-studios/bags/cross-body/musubi-mini-knotted-leather-shoulder-bag/43769801095326598

Same here.

I'd get one of those massive blue bags from IKEA for 75p and spend the rest filling it with wine.

I'd probably get a Mulberry, or if I was feeling a bit fancy, a YSL.

YSL

An even better idea. 🍷

If I were forced (and I'd have to be forced) to spend this much on a bag, I'd buy a second-hand Loewe on ebay or Vinted. Bags are a bit like cars and depreciate rapidly from new. There's no point buying new when slightly used is so much cheaper.

Each very much to their own, but I'm so glad I'm clearly not the only one who would opt for a bin bag with £1,499.90 in cold, hard cash inside

I would buy sezane or Leo et Violette and save the rest of the cash for holidays. ( or beauty treatments!)

I still want a Loewe Gate bag (is that the name?) in the smallest size. That would be within budget, I think, and a nice practical cross-body bag for summer. I'd get it in the tan color.

Have you checked Vestiaire collective ?

https://www.loewe.com/eur/en/women/bags/puzzle/mini-puzzle-bag-in-classic-calfskin/A510P88X26-5959.html

In orange. I have nothing to go with it and it’s too small. But I love it.

For your budget I’d recommend a Gucci Marmont. The ‘small’ is surprisingly spacious. Different styles and colours to choose from but I’d say the black or cream are pretty timeless. Gucci has excellent customer service from their stores in comparison to other brands so if you’d like to feel a sense of occasion when spending this sum of money, I’d highly recommend The Sloane street branch in particular. Remember, if you are going abroad from a major airport such as Heathrow you can order in the one you fancy into an airside branch and save the VAT. You don’t have to take it with you, you can collect on your return.

https://www.gucci.com/uk/en_gb/pr/women/handbags/shoulder-bags-for-women/gg-marmont-small-shoulder-bag-p-447632DTD1T1000

I wear cross body bags!

Just browsing through Harrods (as a pipedream) and I quite like this one as ir has lots of compartments https://www.harrods.com/en-gb/shopping/christian-louboutin-zip-n-flap-cross-body-bag-22171048

However I shall be perfectly happy to keep my £26 bag from Next and take my family on holiday.

I’d buy a £40-£100 bag and give some of the rest of the money to charity,