So who has an expensive...

[Sazisi]

..handbag?
If you do, what kind?
Are thye worth it?
If you don't, would you get one if you could afford it, or if someone wanted to buy you one as a gift?

[wastingmyeducation]

I have a Radley, was around £80, which I got for Christmas off me Ma last year. Don't use it now though. I have a Boots/Pampers Baby club changing bag.
I had a look at the Tula bags, VERY nice.
I'm afraid I don't like most of the handbags you've all linked to. But then I hate shoes. I like make-up though.

xx

[georgimama]

I have a picture Radley bag which was about £200. Don't use it everyday though. Need to use it more.

[twinsetandpearls]

I never let pens leak in my bags and rarely put them on a toilet floor.

[mrsmaidamess]

My bags get too much of a battering for me to spend a lot. Lets face it, they all get put on toilet floors, and have pens leak in them, so whats the point?

[twinsetandpearls]

A crocodile is more likely to eat you!

[twinsetandpearls]

I have a few, have a prada evening bag that I have had for about ten years and is still as good as new, Have a few LV that are about eight years old and still perfect. So I think they are worth the money as other cheaper bags have come and gone. Although I also have a russell and bromley bag that has lasted ten years.

[Sazisi]

Caitlin Moran article is very very funny

Shucks, maybe I'm going of the whole expensive handbag thing.. a bit..

'I have noticed that people no longer said 'handbag' or 'blouse' or 'moisteriser' without naming the make. Why?' I think it's because some of the brightest brains in the world are being piad lots and lots of money to convince us all it matters.

[needmorecoffee]

bet the fridge is slightly more useful. Still laughing at Cailtins potato comments.

[KatieDD]

I would love a Mulberry but bought a fridge instead, kind of puts it in prospective.

[needmorecoffee]

£50 is a weeks food for 5 people!
I reckon I must be missing part of my X chromosone or something .
I have noticed that people no longer said 'handbag' or 'blouse' or 'moisteriser' without naming the make. Why?

[Umlellala]

Oh my gosh, I am on the quest for perfect bag (which dh doesn't get) but £50 is a LOT to me (thought my £25 Accessorize bag was an extravagant purchase)

But I haveto say lulumama, that marc jacobs one (faridah) is gorgeous. will haveto keep my eye out for a high street copy version.

[Tn0g]

Very funny article.

My most prized possession, as a very poor art student, was a beautiful Longchamp satchel my parents bought me.

It was completely fabulous and I loved it more than life itself.

I very generously let a boyfriend at the time borrow the bag [don't ask] and the feckin' eejit managed to leave it behind on a Dublin Bus.

Bag and boyfriend have not been since since.

[CantSleepWontSleep]

I have a pale blue Lambertson Truex one that we bought in Sweden a few years ago for the bargain price of about £600. It is gorgeous and used to be used every day (pre-children).

[needmorecoffee]

hahahahaha, she is me

'?They will all be made of butter-soft leather,? I told myself, not really knowing what that meant. ?You can always tell the difference close up. People who come near me and feel the bag will know my true nature.? I went to Liberty and walked around, touching the handbags, waiting for the enchantment to overwhelm me. They all just felt like handbags. I did, however, see a silvery purse that I liked. For £225.'

I'm with Caitlin. Its just a bag. You put stuff in it. You are all being conned to part with large quantities of cash for a bag!!!

[RoseOfTheOrient]

sorry its the first one on the list - silk purse etc. in title

[RoseOfTheOrient]

I take it you all haven't read this by St. Caitlin of Moran in the Times. Tis v. funny

[needmorecoffee]

ok, what book have you all got? 'How to talk knowledgely about handbags'?
I've never heard of half this stuff. I must read the wrong magazines.

[Sazisi]

Lol Quattro, it goes to show: if someone wants to buy you a bag they should get you to choose it first my Grandad did a clever thing: he got his best friend to help him choose a nice hand-selected case of wine as a "gift for someone with excellent taste", then presented her with it

I don't much like the Miu Miu expat linked to, but I do like the Miu Miu patchwork in purpley hues which is similar.. here

[Grammaticus]

I have mulberry one. Just one. My others are in the £100 - £120 range (oh and one from gap!)

[expatinscotland]

that mui mui one is classic because it doesn't scream 'i'm a mui mui bag' in that certain sort of way that a white LV bag would advertise itself, IYKWIM.

i love the coat it's paired with .

[Quattrocento]

Oh you are so right. I did gush, to my shame. I also thought "You have known me for 20 years and you have NEVER seen me carry anything like that". Maybe there was a message in there that I need to liven up my act. Which is of course true.

That Mui Mui bag though. That's lively yet tasteful, don't you think?