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What’s the most amount of money you’d spend on a non-bling wearable item? Eg - handbag, shoes, scarf, clothes etc.

Like so many others on this thread, I’m not a bag person. I must have my emotional support water bottle with me at all times, so I carry a Longchamp Le Pliage and it gets beaten to hell. So far I think I’ve gone through (literally, through) four of the large black ones.

Shoes, though…..shoes are interesting. I have hard-to-fit feet and a collection of foot issues as I’ve gotten older. My feet are literally almost too wide for Birkenstocks. So if I find a pair of shoes that fit and feel good? I am buying. Unfortunately that is actually pretty rare. Right now I live in P448 sneakers, and if you had told me ten years ago I would happily plonk down $300 per pair I would have laughed.
 
Inked said:
So I was shopping for a coat and came across this $1800 handbag I thought you might all appreciate :lol:
https://www.saksfifthavenue.com/product/Balenciaga-Trash-Bag-Large-Pouch

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This reminds me of the first time I was introduced to a friend’s Goyard tote bag. It was this giant vinyl looking bag with skinny handles that looked seriously cheap. It was part of her carry on luggage that I helped her with when picking her up from airport and I set it on my kitchen floor, thinking it was packed with food items from a market….she gasped and said: you can’t put my $2000 bag on the kitchen floor! But it honestly didn’t look much better than this Balenciaga bag!

PS apologies to those who own those Goyard totes….
 

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You just need to choose the right brand and it is possible to spend a fortune even on sneakers. But I just could not resist to spend 1k for them! :lol-2:

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jaysonsmom said:
This reminds me of the first time I was introduced to a friend’s Goyard tote bag. It was this giant vinyl looking bag with skinny handles that looked seriously cheap. It was part of her carry on luggage that I helped her with when picking her up from airport and I set it on my kitchen floor, thinking it was packed with food items from a market….she gasped and said: you can’t put my $2000 bag on the kitchen floor! But it honestly didn’t look much better than this Balenciaga bag!

PS apologies to those who own those Goyard totes….
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This made me LOL. The St. Louis GM was originally meant to be a beach bag. I used mine as a beach tote last summer, even brought it on a boat outing. The young captain (def Gen Z) recognized it immediately. In the show White Lotus, Alexandra Daddario’s character carries her green St. Louis everywhere, including the pool/on boats. Maybe if your friend knew that was their intended use, she’d be less freaked out.
 
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This made me LOL. The St. Louis GM was originally meant to be a beach bag. I used mine as a beach tote last summer, even brought it on a boat outing. The young captain (def Gen Z) recognized it immediately. In the show White Lotus, Alexandra Daddario’s character carries her green St. Louis everywhere, including the pool/on boats. Maybe if your friend knew that was their intended use, she’d be less freaked out.
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Oops, I knew there would be a few PSers that have this tote. I’m into bags….but this was years ago when they first became popular, pre-Kardashian carrying era.
 
Inked said:
So I was shopping for a coat and came across this $1800 handbag I thought you might all appreciate :lol:
https://www.saksfifthavenue.com/product/Balenciaga-Trash-Bag-Large-Pouch

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This so reminds me of this Balenciaga bag.

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I might be cheaper than kenny. I wear other people's old clothes from the 80s and I wash out and re-use ziploc bags. I figure if you save on the things that don't bring much pleasure, you might be able to buy something that does. I just bought lovedogs' CBI.
Better go turn the thermostat down.
 
jaysonsmom said:
Oops, I knew there would be a few PSers that have this tote. I’m into bags….but this was years ago when they first became popular, pre-Kardashian carrying era.
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No worries! I knew you didn’t mean anything negative towards people here!
 
Ibrakeforpossums said:
I might be cheaper than kenny. I wear other people's old clothes from the 80s and I wash out and re-use ziploc bags. I figure if you save on the things that don't bring much pleasure, you might be able to buy something that does. I just bought lovedogs' CBI.
Better go turn the thermostat down.
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But that stuff is good for the planet too! I hardly ever use plastic storage bags. I asked my son to buy me a 48pc Rubbermaid storage set for Christmas a while back.
 
Piper70 said:
But that stuff is good for the planet too! I hardly ever use plastic storage bags. I asked my son to buy me a 48pc Rubbermaid storage set for Christmas a while back.
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I was going to reply the same way, except that I use silicone storage bags instead of ziploc plastic ones.
 
Update:
It took me a couple of months but I scored the Kiziks I missed out on. I am not generally a white sneaker person at all, but I love these!

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Well, I am here to update with my latest splurge (lol) - it doesn’t beat my most expensive purchase ever (that honour still rests with my Chanel), but I did recently purchase the most expensive piece of clothing I own - a custom outfit for my best friend’s wedding by my favourite designer, which set me back an eyewatering $3500!! No pictures because it’s completely custom (and it’ll take a few months to come in anyway) but eeeek I can’t believe I actually did this!!!
 
AllAboardTheBlingTrain said:
Well, I am here to update with my latest splurge (lol) - it doesn’t beat my most expensive purchase ever (that honour still rests with my Chanel), but I did recently purchase the most expensive piece of clothing I own - a custom outfit for my best friend’s wedding by my favourite designer, which set me back an eyewatering $3500!! No pictures because it’s completely custom (and it’ll take a few months to come in anyway) but eeeek I can’t believe I actually did this!!!
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Oh-can we have peek after the wedding, pretty please?
 
AllAboardTheBlingTrain said:
Well, I am here to update with my latest splurge (lol) - it doesn’t beat my most expensive purchase ever (that honour still rests with my Chanel), but I did recently purchase the most expensive piece of clothing I own - a custom outfit for my best friend’s wedding by my favourite designer, which set me back an eyewatering $3500!! No pictures because it’s completely custom (and it’ll take a few months to come in anyway) but eeeek I can’t believe I actually did this!!!
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thats soooo exciting!! I hope you'll share pics eventually!
 
lulu_ma said:
Oh-can we have peek after the wedding, pretty please?
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Inked said:
thats soooo exciting!! I hope you'll share pics eventually!
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Thank you!! I am a tiny bit hesitant because I never share pictures of myself on the internet… but I’ll definitely consider it, or post a picture of a similar outfit by the same designer if there’s interest so you get an idea!
 
On a more serious note, I don't have any designer handbags, but would love a Stella McCartney. But even the pre-owned ones are kinda pricey. :(
 
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On a more serious note, I don't have any designer handbags, but would love a Stella McCartney. But even the pre-owned ones are kinda pricey. :(
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I have bought several, all on sale. Still not cheap but they do wear extremely well. I like hardware on bags so the chain on the Falabella bags looks really cool. They are heavy though!
 
Im a sucker for handwoven textiles, crystal, handmade clothing and fine art. Long fabric i use to wear my babies and as a tablecloth for my events.

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Piper70 said:
I have bought several, all on sale. Still not cheap but they do wear extremely well. I like hardware on bags so the chain on the Falabella bags looks really cool. They are heavy though!
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Good to know that they wear extremely well. I'll have to save my pennies and look for them on sale. I love Stella's style! :)
 
I thrift alot so boots and shoes are what I buy and spend more for new and jewelry. I do wear more high end jeans but most of those I got for a fraction of the new price
 
Octave said:
A way to avoid travelling - spend all your money on travel gear! :lol-2:
Maybe I'll give hitchhiking a try!

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Expensive… But gorgeous!!
 
Octave said:
A way to avoid travelling - spend all your money on travel gear! :lol-2:
Maybe I'll give hitchhiking a try!

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it's funny, I also spend money on travel gear, but it's all weird life-hack travel type stuff that looks the opposite of glamours haha. Like a compression sack so I can pack more clothes, packing cubes, multi use tools... I'm low key obsessed with fitting all the things into one Osprey backpack
 
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