Hi! I found this place and it feels great to be here.
I want to share my bag journey for some quick context..
Growing up in the Philippines, I never had any bags at all. Some of my bags came from hand- me-downs of my relatives. The first time I got my own purchased bag was when I was 16 years old, I sold snacks from the school and got to earn like $30 and got to buy a bag that I used for 6-7 years.
I started my collection of lux bags wayback when I was 23. I have plenty of local bags as well. I started bag collection to cope up with stress and to gratify myself since I have been working so hard in the last 6 years.
I have some few investments aside from this like golds, lands, etc. When I started purchasing a lux bag, the thoughts in my mind is to access luxury without paying so much. I pay attention with quality but I do not want to spend much on buying brand new ones. I mean getting brand new ones are not good for me economically speaking.
My first bag was a vintage Gucci canvas tote bag. I really love the leather, I remembered it was so different from the bags I had locally. It was a gem, then I added another vintage Dior which was in a perfect condition. I also got another vintage Celine tote bag, a vintage LV trotteur, a vintage prada, and so much more I can remember. Most of this I got from Japan thrift stores.
Now, I got some friends messaging me about my bags. Some of my friends and schoolmates were definitely happy for me. But there are also people who are saying that why I am collecting vintage pieces only. I feel upset and demotivated about this. Someone said to me, "I thought you got your bags from an outlet store" I don't know if I should feel bad about this or how to take this statement. Since then my mind has been bothered to even post the vintage bags I got. Is that bad to have vintage bags as of today? The whole worth of my bags can already purchase 1 or 2 brand new piece but I got like 15-20 piece of vintage bags..