For the girls here! How many handbags do you own?
 

Just for the lovely ladies here in GFY.. how many handbags do you own? how much did you pay for them? and for the males.. have you ever bough your GF any? (leather only.. :P) I got a very good deal here in Argentina to export very very high quality leather handbags and i want to have some input !!..

Thanks a lot !

I have 5 or so, and they're mostly impulse buys from the local baggage/leather shop in the mall or in the airport. Nothing over $40.

5 black ones, 2 brown ones, 1 red one, 1 "wtf was I thinking" purse, and 2 pink ones, one of which is infamous here on GFY from a few years back... and like Elli, I never spend more than 40-ish on mine either.

I now many girl that have many different colors and materials of their handbags

I have no idea :helpme
My mom is always like "OMG another handbag? Don't you just have enough???" :1orglaugh

i have 2. one is awesome and totally unique, i got it online for like 22$. the other is like 10 years old, a mini velvet backpack style i got for 20$. That about does it for me.

thats it? what about all of the designer italian brands? french? the 1500$ louis vuitton crap and all of that? whats the market like for those luxurious ones?

all I know is buying one for ~1k makes up for forgetting your girls birthday because you were out playing poker all nite...

I know some women who only buy LV, Burberry, Coach or other high end bags. I swear their closets are worth more than their cars. Oh and let's not get into their shoes, my god.
WG

I have a few maybe about 4 of my own....
then i have about 200 sitting next to me that im ment to sell.....

My ex had 30 plus.

I am more of a shoe girl, my next bag will be a Christian Dior.

I have 8 hand bags and tons of shoes, lol.

Can u post some pics. of what you have to offer?

I'm too lazy to count, but I'd estimate 25+. Some designer and some names that no one would recognize. It doesn't matter the price, just if it strikes me as cute at the moment. But I'll fully admit to being an accessory (bags and shoes) queen who spends waaaay too much on cute shoes and purses.

Hmm.. My bags are kind of cheap around $100-$150.... I'm looking for a new bag tho and I want it to be more upscale and designer, not Vuitton tho, there's too many fakes and I think it's getting tacky. Not Coach either (not designer enough, too many teenieboppers wear Coach).

Maybe a classic Chanel, or something from Chloe, or Marc Jacobs?

I know the demand for designer bags is VERY high and many females will spend thousands on a bag. I think the most expensive is Hermes, Kate Moss has a huge collection of Hermes bags and I think some can cost over 10k. That is too much for me tho, sorry I don't have 10k to spend on a bag.

Really hot ones I heard are the "Spy bag" from Fendi, every other celeb has one including Lindsay Lohan, even Madonna, Hilary Duff, etc.. umm Chloe Paddington is hot, Marc Jacobs "stam" bag.... These bags are all over 1k though. (google them for more info)

For a designer bag I think you have to go over $500, below is not really considered designer but "tacky" designer like Juicy or some crap like that.
But you don't have to spend thousands, you can probably find a nice designer bag for $600-1k

Key is to find something classic and not retardedly trendy that will go out of style fast.

Why don't you go to eluxury.com and look around at the bags there? That's a good place to see what's hot and what's out in the market in regards to designer bag?

I think people who are into status and designer bags will not buy just ANY bag just because it is "high quality leather". In terms of what hot, most people want designer and that means known couture designers, and it's sad but celebs DO really set the trends in terms of fashion so most people are looking at what Sienna Miller and Kate Moss are carrying...

Hey for more info you should really go to this site "thefashionspot.com" and go to the handbag section. More info then you'll ever need about handbags. Demand is really high. Some people I know don't even make a lot of money but they'll save until they can get that one piece. And most of it is driven by what celebs are wearing at the moment. The most important ones right now are :
SIENNA MILLER, KATE MOSS, Nicole Richie . Sienna is really big in Europe, whatever she carries tons of women will want to copy and go and rush out to buy just because she has it. This is a fact.

Also I don't need my boyfriend or any male for that matter to buy me anything, I buy my own purses/shoes/rent/bills/food. I don't take anything from anybody. I buy my own stuff.

I don't need a man to buy me ANYTHING. ANYTHING. AT ALL.

Thank you.

I have under 10... some are $20 and some are $250... I can go either way and be satisfied, price doesn't matter to me.

bump for the other ladies of GFY.

5 handbags! :)

up you go..

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*giggles*

My work bags (obviously , bags that I use for work) range from 30-80$.. I own about 5-6 of those. Bags that I use when I go out or travel, are high-end bags ranging from 700$ - 2000$, i own about 3.

uhm.. 15 handbags..

I lost count but I would say over 40 purses. They range from thrift store vintage bags that I picked up for under $5 to some designer ones that I like for around $200.

I don't believe in spending a lot of cash on a hand bag, I personally prefer the cash to be inside the hand bag. hehehe
I own about 5. 1 large black one for carrying cameras in when shooting at the club, 1 guess bag that matches anything black and white. 1 brown, another black one and then one from the brother in law that has never and will NEVER get used. I may have to donate that one to goodwill. LOL
Don't get me wrong, I love him to death but he has no clue when it comes to fashion. LOL

SAME!! :)

I just remember an ex-GF who buys a new hand bag eveytime she gets her paycheck

probably 20 but i got them mostly wholesale back in the day (none over $250) except i did buy a real louis vuitton back in the 1980's and i remember it was very expensive

last few years, i buy the ones made to hold a gun (what can i say? i live in the south) or vintage real alligator ones (cheap) from ebay

now a shoe thread would be interesting, i bet

:winkwink:

I am very picky about my handbags. Usually spend between 40 and 100 on them. Most of mine though are marilyn monroe or something with a picture or something different on them. I dont own any designers just not my thing

:D

Manolos or Jimmy Choos ? :winkwink:

*raises hand* i admit to the same. without meaning too i have amassed a collection. i have some that were over 2k (ostrich) which i agree is crazy money for a handbag.. but hey it was a gift.. i have it and like it :)

I think I have over 10 the most expensive was a grand. But my favorite says "fuck you" and has a big heart on it

wow, at least 15... prada, botega, botkier, feragamo, and thrift store purchases as well. :) Some 'vintage' from my mom, but mostly new purchases in the last 8 years. from $5 - 1k.

depends on the mood.. I think i have about 5-8.. but I have my favorite one..backpacks are cool for me, though

uhhhh i only have 1 "handbag"..i call it my purse lol i'll use it till i NEED another one (not when i have a new outfit that i wanna color-coordinate).i think i paid $30 for it, i dunno ::shrugs::

Nice!

We should start a new thread "Post pics of ur bag!" instead of post pics of ur car!

i like that idea, especially since my car sucks.... :) maybe i'm buying too many bags. ;)

You should check out this forum... some of the women there have bags worth tens of thousands of dollars. There is definitely a market for high-end designer purses.

I have two, I rarely carry them and I don't remember how much I paid for them.