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So who has an expensive...

128 replies

Sazisi · 31/10/2008 17:36

..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?

OP posts:
krugerparkrules · 31/10/2008 18:54

my best friend used to work at marc jacobs and gave me a bag about 7 years ago - its still fabulous and gets comments! i dont think i could have spent that money myself but i am glad to have it, and am keeping it for my dd to have as a vintage bag oneday - if i buy myself i spend about £100 - theres a great canadian lable called matt and nat who do really fabulous bags, in great colours for about htat price.

expatinscotland · 31/10/2008 18:57

i think it's the price of a deposit on a house, lula.

you should have seen her engagement ring!

and their marital house (wisely sold before the crash).

and her divorce settlement .

Quattrocento · 31/10/2008 18:58

Expat, have you sprogged?

lulalullabye · 31/10/2008 18:59

Oh, well I would not say no .
I have just sold a mulberry one on ebay, good price !

expatinscotland · 31/10/2008 18:59

it's become a race between wishing for a lotto jackpot and wishing for labour, Quattro.

Quattrocento · 31/10/2008 19:00

Just get on with it woman!!!

expatinscotland · 31/10/2008 19:00

when i was working at the university there was one student who constantly gave me bag envy.

oooo, her Mulberries.

even the smell of the leatha'.

reminded me of a brand new, hand-tooled saddle.

RubyShivers · 31/10/2008 19:03

i have a Mulberry bag

it is gorgeous and will use it forever

i got a classic design and colour so it will last

expatinscotland · 31/10/2008 19:04

there's a Mulberry shop in Edinburgh.

when i was pregnant with DD2 i used to walk past it and just inhale.

mmmm.

smells like high quality tack.

lulumama · 31/10/2008 19:04

i have two louis vuitton bags. well worth the £££, chose classic designs in the brown leather monogram, not fashiony, the leather gets better with age, and i adore them. have a matching coin purse and make up bag . i feel very special when i go out all kitted out with my LV bits.

Quattrocento · 31/10/2008 19:05

bagporn

expatinscotland · 31/10/2008 19:05

i like those big, sack like LV bags.

i prefer a true 'sac', IYKWIM.

expatinscotland · 31/10/2008 19:09

ohyes

snickersnack · 31/10/2008 19:11

I have a semi-expensive Russel and Bromley bag which is lovely for every day use. And a v expensive and tiny Loewe handbag for very best occasions, which I will still be using when I'm 90 and intend to pass on to my daughter. It is absolutely the most beautiful thing in the world and still makes me happy every time I use it. I was going to Spain on business a lot at the time I bought it and used to walk past the Loewe shop in Madrid every day - and one day I got fed up of pressing my nose to the glass and went in and bought it. Never spent that much on anything apart from a house before or since.

lulumama · 31/10/2008 19:12

\link{http://www.net-a-porter.com/Shop/Bagsthat green one is amaaaazing!}

lulumama · 31/10/2008 19:13

that green one is amaaaazing!

expatinscotland · 31/10/2008 19:13

my mother has in her possession a vintage Whiting and David metal bag, passed down to from her mother, that i lust after.

lulumama · 31/10/2008 19:14

drooooooooool

megcleary · 31/10/2008 19:14

I have a brown leather Coccinelle bag Dh bought me about 5 years ago which i adore but in my ignorance i don't know if its considered by those who know posh?

lulumama · 31/10/2008 19:15

i recently came to possess a vintage bag, nbot sure of the make, with a beautiful bamboo handle...after my grandma passed away , mum gave it to me, as i had always lusted after it.. and a square leather boxy Tula one , in dark brown leather,. it still has a handkerchief and a sweetie in it from last time she used but also lovely

RubyShivers · 31/10/2008 19:16

bag heaven

cocoleBOO · 31/10/2008 19:16

I have a Marc Jacobs bag.

Admittedly it's a denim tote with a picture of Debbie Harry on it, but it's still a MJ bag .

lulumama · 31/10/2008 19:17

hi roooooby!

RubyShivers · 31/10/2008 19:17

lulu - i have a lovely patent bag from grandma and it also had sweeties in and

expatinscotland · 31/10/2008 19:18

not enough bag for me, ruby.