I am a sucker for Coach purses...alas I can't afford them

[greenbriar]

http://www.coach.com/content/product.aspx?product_no=11491&category_id=1751




I also like Harvey's seatbelt bags

http://www.seatbeltbags.com/collections.html

I have two of these

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. That's why I bought a knock off!

:D :bounce:

Although I can't help telling people it's a knockoff when they ask.

[skygazer]

2. I have to say I find them and Vuitton's hideous

Which is just as well because I can't afford either one. :P

[Midlodemocrat]

4. I love Louis Vuitton. I know, I know.

But the craftsmanship is amazing.

I don't even mind the logo.

[Shell Beau]

8. I don't care for them at all BUT I would carry one in a heartbeat.

How pathetic is that? Really that is sad. Am I really a material girl? Sometimes. What a shame.

[Shell Beau]

7. The doodoo brown color of the LVs throws me off.

[Midlodemocrat]

9. The multicoloure is very pretty as is the cherries pattern.

[Shell Beau]

10. There are tons of different LVs but the brown is classic. If I were to spend

that on a purse, I would go with the quilted Chanel bags. I can stand the Chanel logo.

[Shell Beau]

3. I like a lot of their bags just not any that have logos on them.

I don't care for anything covered in logos. I do love my Prada and Kate Spade bags. It helps having an aunt that likes to buy expensive stuff. When she went to Italy, she bought Bella four Burberry outfits!!!! I got the Prada bag!

[Midlodemocrat]

5. There is an outlet here. I've gotten some beautiful leather

purses for a steal.

Let me know what you like and the next time I go, I'll keep an eye out.

[greenbriar]

12. awesome

I love the Carly style

and the one that has the wide stripe


I think I like the chocolate/tan ones the best

there was one I was bidding on ebay that was unusual, but I lost out

AUTHENTIC COACH SIGNATURE STRIPE HOBO BAG PURSE


http://cgi.ebay.com/NWT-Coach-PATCHWORK-GALLERY-TOTE-Brown-12843_W0QQitemZ260324262401QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_CSA_WH_Handbags?hash=item260324262401&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEDWX:IT&item=300275852894

[KitchenWitch]

6. Check your local thrift stores.

I got my black all leather Coach bag at one of our thrift stores for $10.

[LeftyMom]

11. I got a Kate Spade bag for $4 that way.

I'm no expert, but the lining doesn't feel cheap so I'm fairly sure it's real.

[Shell Beau]

13. And even if it isn't, it was $4 so no loss there.

Great find. I never find good stuff. I have a friend that finds all kinds of great stuff at these thrift stores, but when I go (which is not often), I find shit. Maybe I don't dig enough.

[LeftyMom]

14. Some stores are better than others.

You'd think it'd be the ones in the good neighborhoods with the best stuff, but it's generally not, in my experience.

[SeattleGirl]

15. I have a red Coach bag that I bought with some of the money

I won in Vegas about 5 years ago. I was doing really well that trip, and I thought, why not? I've always wanted one, I had the money, so I got it! And I love it.

[greenbriar]

16. I was in NY in April and there were some people selling purses out of a blanket

found one like the Carly model and asked how much...75 bucks

I turned it down thinking it was a knock off


NO...it was real, I just didn't know


grrrrrrr

[Shell Beau]

17. A NY cop told me lots of times those are real. They are stolen but real.

Which is why they are sooo freakin' sketchy about it. I bought one too from one of those guys and it was $80. A lot for a knock-off. It may be real. I haven't tried to find out. The threading and such looks good.

[redqueen]

18. I like Dooney & Bourke.

I was given one that was a hand-me-down years ago... lasted over a decade.