What is your opinion of this Vivienne Westwood bag?

[OneBadKitty]

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DD and I have differing opinions- what do you think? What would it say about the wearer?

I have a couple of dresses and was surprised to find that the drape and sculptural effects are achieved by using unbelievably cheap and thin jersey.

If you look at it the wrong way, it makes a hole in the fabric.

It says look at me, I have an ugly designer bag.

Tut!

Looks a bit vulgar

Totally agree. I was a teenager in the punk era, and lived very close to the King's Road. I grew up observing punk rebellion! But this bag is not rebellious. It's a big logo on an otherwise very ordinary bag.

There's nothing beautiful about it, just a huge brand name. Not for me

@SD1978 I need to know more about the potato sacks! Was it a conscious choice? Rejection of societal norms? Were you punks? VW's brand became, to me, too far from punk, ie it's now a mainstream brand endorsed by her eventual damehood, not very anti establishment, that, from a cultural provocateur).

It sometimes feels too far from her own tagline of "buy less, choose well, make it last".

I would want to know how much the Kenyan makers are paid out of that ridiculous price tag.

It's notable how much blurb is about how women can send their children to school thanks to the company - but nothing about what school costs. Yes, people will benefit from having an income that means even the government complaining that some 'rogue headteachers' are charging 'as much as 200,000KS a year in Secondary', but that is around £1200.

So VW could be paying those people £30 a week to make 100 of those £400 bags (and probably less, as that was the maximum school fee in the government quote I read, not the normal).

No wonder Vivienne Westwood revenue increased from £42m to £101m between 2020 and 2022.

Thousands of rebellious, non conforming teenagers are making a few adults extremely rich.

Hideous and screams ‘look at me’ Naff and tacky

Hideous.
It screams "I want everyone to know I bought contemporary designer so I need the most garish colour screaming the brand name so people think I'm loaded" when it's a horrible shape, horrible colour and hardly a brand you'd want to advertise...

Yes it was a bracelet. Put me off the brand completely.

I don’t mind it but the fact that most posters hate it makes me like it more. ( and I generally don’t care about branded luxury bags). It certainly beats a good percentage of bags I see being worn currently.

This. It's a fancy carrier bag. No design as such. And that much for any bag would be ridiculous anyway.

This is a bloody iconic bag. It’s 90’s inspo. It’s loud with reasons. It’s not an everyday bag. So I’d say it depends on what you’re looking for. Personally love it but I couldn’t carry it.

I don’t like it. Red and yellow are an awful combination. Maybe if the writing was in a different colour it might be okay (as far as okay goes)

Not my style at all. Garish colours and obvious branding.

This.
And paying silly amounts of money to advertise for a designer is definitely screaming more money than sense.

Ugly and try-hard!

you’re paying 400 bucks to serve as a Vivienne Westwood moving advertisement. I believe Vivienne Westwood should be paying you the 400 to wear this bag.

Well there doesn’t seem to be much love for it on here, but to put the other view - I have one. Love it and use it a lot. The strap is long enough to put over your shoulder, or not, depending on your mood. And it’s huge, and I love huge bags!

It's about as bad as bad can be - V tacky (sorry) 🤢

It's just a shopping bag- like a carrier bag promoting M and S. It's intended to say 'I have a bit of tat with Vivienne Westwood stamped on it that I paid a ridiculous amount if money for.' It's horrible in terms of colours and there is NOTHING stylish about it.

Not really my style.

Also, I really dislike leather totes. Totes are big and for throwing everything in, they have thin straps, they are heavy enough without being made of something heavy.