Most people I know, myself included, have a love/hate relationship with social media. Instagram can be such a time suck, and I have very often found myself scrolling, scrolling, scrolling and yes, you guessed it, scrolling for hours on end. It annoys me at times, but I’m getting better at setting time limits for myself using the app’s activity feature. Real talk, I get frustrated at times with how long I spend on the app, knowing full well I could be reading more of my book or working on my poetry, but I still use instagram productively as well.
I often find myself getting inspired by content I’ve seen on my feed and I use the save tab to create mood boards. Unfortunately I’ve used them to create a ‘want’ folder as well, which saves things I’ve seen that I want to purchase, and that’s the part of social media that gets tricky. It’s so easy to see more, want more, and compare more, but I believe that with everything in life, social media use is all about balance. I love creating my instagram boards because it reminds me of simpler times. When I was a teen I loved cutting out images from magazines and creating my own mood board collages, and this is, in a sense, the modern version of that.
The positive part of social media is that it helps get my creative juices flowing at times, and inspires me to create. And of course, we’ve always loved Instagram for the style and bag eye-candy it provides. Our favorite ‘gramers are never shy about showing off their favorite carries and we’re back at it today with some seriously lust-worthy picks. One can dream right?
Bottega Veneta Mini Jodi Bag ($1,720)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-R-4YMlJgq/
Coperni Baguette Hobo ($391)
Bottega Veneta Padded Casette Bag ($2,480)
Chanel 19 Bag ($4,800)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-9tvT2JwHJ/
Prada Re-Edition 2000 ($725)
Shrimps Antonia Embellished Bag ($695)
Michael Kors Bancroft Small Shoulder Bag ($990)
Bottega Veneta The Pouch ($2,500)
Chanel Vanity Case
Gucci GG Marmont Flap Bag
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-ui1aLFuUe/
Wandler Georgia Bag ($533)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-SIf2zjzUc/
Chanel 19 Bag
Prada Re-Edition 2005 ($1,220)
Chloé Daryl Bag ($977)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-w3bOoFoWU/
sad at the serious lack of diversity here. first five posts were white blonde incredibly skinny women. only two plus size women featured (one of whom being mindy kaling, who is also the only woman of color listed. and she’s famous famous.) disappointing bc you know bag lovers come in all colors, ages, and body sizes.
A lot of photos that we pick from instagram to feature relies heavily on the photo being crisp, clean, and bag focused. Some people are better at taking pictures like that than others, and many influencers do look very similar.
I’ll continue to look for other influencers and accounts to follow with more diverse people and bags!
So true! Not to mention most of the bags were current “it” bags. There needs to be more appreciation for classic and vintage bags. I value those bags more.
I’m actually not surprised about the lack of representation because influencers aren’t relatable. Most of them do not represent most people’s lives and causes many to feel inadequate and just fuels the vicious cycle of shopping-until-one-is-in-severe-debt.
I do think influencers on a whole are not relatable. They sell you a specific look and life they want you to believe they live. Trust me, I work in the space to know how hard they have to curate and show the life they want you to think they have! It doesn’t change the fact that they have good bags to look at, but I feel you guys!
Plus, people are at home. Not so many posts or photos of people carry bags this days…
I’m more content to just see pictures of the bag themselves as opposed to seeing who carries said bag. I go to PurseBlog to view the star of the show–THE Bags– and not people who carry them.
Thank you for this comment. I agree about seeing just the bags. The influencers, for the most part, look so posed and unnatural to me. It’s almost comical. I guess I am old as I just want to see beautiful bags well photographed.
Infulencers and celebrities are kinda irrelevant to me since I’m really just all about the bags. Stock photos from the websites aren’t entertaining, though, so I give PB the understanding that they need photos that are artfully or fashionably composed (i.e. influencers or celebs posed) to be more interesting.