Comments on: Age of first Designer Handbag?

By: Becky

Becky — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 05:24:24 +0000

In 7th grade I got my first Liz Claibourne bag and that was all I carried with maybe a Nine West or another cute bag I caught on sale until this year. I’ve bought well over 50 to 60 Liz Claibourne bags in the last 20 years. My mom gave me a Coach briefcase when I graduated college. I loved it but I wouldn’t have spent that much on myself. At 22 I looked all over town for Kate Spade (the bag was fairly new brand) and bought the classic black nylon bag. I felt guilty for spending nearly $200 on a hand bag, so I returned it. In ‘03 I went to Vegas and came this close () to buying a LV but yet again, I just couldn’t justify parting with $800 for a hand bag. This year I bought my first Coach. I’ve always admired Coach bags but couldn’t justify the price. I started out with a small signature wristlet and a large zoe signature wristlet to see how well I liked the brand. Later that month (in January) I bought a beautiful signature Zoe in burgandy for 1/2 off at Dillards. I fell in love with Coach after that purchase. I wouldn’t use it for 2 months after I bought it for fear of messing it up. I ended up buying a Heritage swingpack because I thought it would be great for concerts. Then in July I came across a tan leather Parker hobo for 1/2 off at the same Dillards I got my Zoe. I also got a op art leah small tote for $47 (reg $150)! I was obessed by this point. So in August I found a sabrina satchel op art IKAT in gold for 20% and a bonnie lurex wallet half off. So I justified having it. Then yesterday I justified getting yet another Coach bag in black and walked out of the Coach store with a beautiful Garnet black signature lurex bag and a tribeca hot pink wristlet. I also bought a Dooney sweetheart tote and a Dooney wristlet too this past summer. As cute as those bags are, I’m in LOVE with my Coach.

This year opened my eyes to why people buy designer bags. The quality is amazing compared to anything else I own. I’m already eyeing LV, Burberry, Prada and Chanel handbags to add to my collection sometime in the future. I think my next purchase will be a LV (preferrably a tote because I carry a lot of stuff). I’ve know people who have LV bags and LOVE the brand and have carried them for decades. My BFF lives near a great outlet and I told her we are so going to the Coach and Burberry outlet stores next year for my visit. The great thing about these bags that if you get tired of them you can always sell them on ebay and get some of your money back for that next great handbag find.

By: Baybee Piink

Baybee Piink — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:04:46 +0000

Well My Dad Loves Designer Things And When I Was Like In My Toddler Years He Would By Me Designer Dresses From Knightsbridge But I Didnt No Then Now I Have A Seperate Cupboard For All Of My Designer Bags I Have say 6 gucci walets 3 ppurses( gucci) I Have A Lot Of Emporio Armani ( I Mean Alot! I Luurve Armani) i also have both versions of armarni phone ..2 Multicolour LV. a bRIGHT rED fENDI sPY bAG 3 DKNY SIDE BAGS ( THE SAME THING BUT DIFFERENT COLOURZ) AND 2 DIOR TOTES AND 9 Marc Jacobs.. U Woyld Probabliie ThINK iM sPPOILT bUT sOMETIMES iF mY fRENDS rLLY lIKE A BAG i wILL GIVE IT AWAY FOR FREE I HAVE PURCHASED A FEW MY SELF BUT THE REST MY DAD BYS FROM SELFRIDGES (LONDON VERSION OF SAKS SOME FROM HARRODS ND OTHERS FROM KNIGHTSBRIDGE AND WESTFIELD WHICH IM GONG 2 2MORROW Sorry For the typing nd any spelling mistakes keey bords a bit odd i will get a new one 2daii.. 2 bad they dont sell designer keyboords ahahahaha

By: Nicole

Nicole — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:35:02 +0000

i didnt know liz claiborne counted sorry lol i have like a million of those. ooo maybe that means Guess counts too? lol

By: Nicole

Nicole — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:29:38 +0000

I was I think 14 when I got a Guess purse that i was just crazy about, and now I wouldnt carry it if you paid me lol. I still get jeans and clothes from Guess but the handbags seem so cheap…the couple I have were maybe $100-$200 and have been banashed to the back of the closet since I got my pink dooney when i was 17. I used to laugh at brand addicts but When i got my first pair of Uggs (mocha upsides) at age 16, it created a monster. I’m now the proud owner of a coach, a dooney, coach shoes, and 2 pairs of uggs, all promenently displayed in my room lol but what I REALLY want is a multicolor LV speedy and some burberry accessories…Oh and I have juicy perfume, a maxx new york bag, franklin covey bag, and suede wilson’s leather bag…but they dont really count, and i guess neither do the Aigners… oh and i have a huge Vera Bradley bag I use as a backpack (im 18 and a senior in high school) I’m SO jealous of some of you!!! lol I need to get some more modeling jobs so i can score my LV

By: holly

holly — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:45:30 +0000

My first was at 23 years old. I saved up and bought a huge loeffler randall bag. I love that bag.

By: bobbers

bobbers — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 07:01:34 +0000

I was 13 and got my first coach bag….I was so excited, now 28 i still have it and use it on occasion. I love designer bags, I am a nurse and i feel its the only fun non uniform thing to use, I love coach and lv . And i admit i do have a purse buying problem, but since my husbad contributes and buys me more I guess its ok- wish coach would stop coming out with such fun cute stuff, I want the lv neverfull and I keeping buying more coach:(

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:47:27 +0000

I was 14 and I got a green ostirch Hermes Birkin that my Grandma had bought me:)

By: Gordon

Gordon — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:17:13 +0000

Hi. Good news.

By: MC

MC — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:54:57 +0000

on my 18 birthday my mom bought me monogram speedy 30… after that im starting to keep all my money to buy more bags and im still craving for more.. ^^

By: Lydia

Lydia — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 04:09:34 +0000

15- Chanel 2.55, I bought it for myself for my birthday

By: Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:56:29 +0000

I was 20 years old…and my dad and I walked into the elusive PRADA in Las Vegas. I had fallen in love with PRADA online (no website so I was searching EBAY!), and in fashion magazines. I saw the plain, black messenger bag and my dad got it for me. Looking back, it was one of the cheaper designer purchases but it set a precendent with me and my dad and shopping at PRADA!

The only thing better than a love for designer handbags is having your family share your love.

By: clara hamlin

clara hamlin — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:58:50 +0000

OPPS, SORRY REALLY SORRY!!!! I SPOKE TO SOON!!! I HAVE READED ALOT OF COMMENTS ON FENDI OWNERS!!!!

By: clara hamlin

clara hamlin — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:44:42 +0000

i have readed about every bag except fendi, am i the only one that own or love fendi bags or shoes anymore? (l.o.l)

By: clara hamlin

clara hamlin — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:39:36 +0000

my first designer bag was coach bag @ age 25, i am now (56 years young) and still have my coach bag!!! now i have several coach bags.and one(1) fendi bag. i also love fendi bags!!!!!!!

By: aidan

aidan — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:51:03 +0000

Debbs im sry but yr bags probly were fake..
a fake louis vuitton would sell for like 125 at a street vendor.
and EW flea markets? DISGUSTING! next time u go there bring some
chanel no. 5 body lotion! i love that stuff! works wonders!
im 14 and i have a YSL downtown tote and a jimmy choo ramona.
oh wait i almost forgot! i got a victor hugo bag in ostrich when i was
on madison avenue during the summer…I LOVE IT. victor hugo is amazing!
look him up ladies =]

By: Otter

Otter — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:51:32 +0000

Besides Coach in my mid-30’s (from an outlet!), my first real designer bag was an all leather Gucci bag from the sexy Tom Ford era. I still remember going into the Bev Hills Gucci store and the male salesperson being astonished that I had never made such a purchase. He worked with me a long time to pick out the best bag for me. I still love it and pull it out. My next bite of the apple came in 2004 with my Marc Jacobs Stella bag. I have not stopped since and certainly made up for lost time!!!! I typically hold myself to one very high end bag per season and rarely break from that “rule.”

Before this maddness, I grew up slinging around a backpack until my mid-30’s. I was quite the rebel and perferred to spend my money on clothes — not accessories. In fact, I felt like a purse just got in the way. Then, sadly, I bought into the consumerism of handbags. Oh well. Love them now that I can afford them. What do they say . . . . “smoke ‘em if you’ve got em.”

By: LDJ

LDJ — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:54:17 +0000

Sorry, I meant D&G Bag.

By: LDJ

LDJ — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:48:05 +0000

I received my 1st designer bag for my 24th bday (I know, extremely late) and it was a COACH bag. And I purchased my very own designer bag that same year, lol, a colorful hobo D&B bad.

By: CRUZ

CRUZ — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:48:18 +0000

I got my first designer bag on my 21st which was a lv bucket bag im now 30 and now i have about 30 ranging from chloe to chanel the sad thing is i have always paid full price never bought off ebay or second hand i love that new bag smell and packaging and i cant wait to take my daughter shopping for her first bag when she turns 13 ill be waiting a while for she is only 6.

By: mave

mave — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:51:21 +0000

recently i got started on shoes.. in the space of one year

i started with a pair of ballerina heels from bally.. they were a black and white.. how could u say no to them? then it were two pairs of identical style miumiu heels in different colours, a pair of mid-priced jinny kim black heels with diamante bows, black tods loafers, white patent bally slingbacks, black bally slides with rosettes.. and the latest loot – gold peep-toe christian louboutins

i am surely and truly a Carrie Bradshaw in making.. a wardrobe full of an instalment for an apartment and a single digit in my bank account…