My Mom Started Collecting Designer Bags at 70—Here’s What’s On Her List This Mother’s Day

A year and a half ago, my mom and I travelled to Paris together to celebrate her 70th birthday. It was on that trip that my mom got her first designer bag—a green Loewe Puzzle Bag with a matching wallet. I didn’t realize it at the time, but it was in that moment that she was bitten by the bug—the designer bag bug, that is.

Seven months later, I went back to Paris for my birthday with a surprise request from my mother, who months earlier swore her purchase was a one-off, a treat for her milestone birthday. Could I stop into Loewe to pick up a summer bag for her?

Of course, I said yes, arriving stateside with a Loewe Raffia Crossbody in hand. A few months later, and one trip to Bottega Veneta later, my mom would leave with her third designer bag, the Andiamo. It was then that I knew this was now her thing, like it had been mine all these years.

I couldn’t have been more excited! Since then, we’ve talked on the phone for hours, mulling over her next purchase. Her dream was a piece from Louis Vuitton’s LV x TK relaunch, which proved impossible, but as I write this post, she’s in Europe with her sights set on something else.

As a newbie collector, here’s what’s on my mom’s wishlist this year, plus the items I’d consider surprising her with (and the items I’m currently convincing her she needs—Picotin, I’m looking at you!).

Surprise Mom With a Little Luxury