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Wildfleurs -> RE: Ok ladies....purses$$$$$ (and other designer things) (12/8/2006 7:31:03 AM)
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ORIGINAL: mistoferin
A friend stopped over to show me her new purse. Nice bag....over $600 !!! Ok...am I insane? I just can't imagine parting with 600 of my dollars for a purse. I do have a couple of nicer purses that were given to me as gifts...one a Brighton, the other a Dooney&Bourke....but I would dare to say that neither of them came close to that price tag, nor would I spend that kind of money on one for myself. I do love them and they are very nice quality bags but gosh....I'm fairly certain that I could find similar style and quality for alot less money if the name wasn't imprinted on them. Most of my other bags are the 50 bucks or less variety and I like them equally well.
How important is the designer name in your purchase decisions? If money was not an issue, would you still balk at those kind of prices? Is buying an item such as these a "status" thing, a "style" thing or more of a way to pamper yourself?
I tend to be the type of shopper that develops brand loyalty. Once I like the quality and cut of a brand I stick with it, and for purses, it tends to be Coach bags. They have a lifetime warranty, the quality of leather is absolutely wonderful, and I find that their styles are trendy but not so trendy that you feel like you can't wear the same purse for years. I have a few other designer purses, but mostly my purses are Coach purses, but they all fall under the same "I like quality" rubric. I don't believe you could find a purse with the same quality as a Coach purse for significantly less money, however someone of the designer purses I definitely think are all about the name and they really aren't very well constructed nor do they have a really high quality of leather.
So for me its not really a status thing, its a pampering myself with items I think are a good quality. I do the same thing with shoes, I think that you can tell a lot about someone by their accessories. A lot of times women pay attention to the clothing, but not to the other details which I think can tell you a lot (and I don't mean whether they are wearing a big ticket label). So the shoes, the purse, the jewelry, the makeup (altho I'm a minimalist in that area) I think can really make or break an outfit and tell a lot.
C~
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