https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/aimee-kestenberg-backpack---im-conflicted Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 27 Apr 2026 03:22:49 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/aimee-kestenberg-backpack---im-conflicted#post-1287564 Wed, 25 Jun 2014 18:17:01 +0000 Elizabeth P 1287564@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, it's a good thing I'm not a lemming!</p> <p>(cobalt) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/aimee-kestenberg-backpack---im-conflicted#post-1287558 Wed, 25 Jun 2014 18:07:34 +0000 CocoLion 1287558@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I got this bag last summer in black and love it. &nbsp;It's really well designed and has held up like a much more expensive bag. &nbsp;They didn't offer it in cobalt last year; I would have been sorely tempted. &nbsp;It's not too pricey so go for the fun cobalt color!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/aimee-kestenberg-backpack---im-conflicted#post-1287533 Wed, 25 Jun 2014 17:48:45 +0000 Anonymous 1287533@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cobalt + Janet = a match made in heaven. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/aimee-kestenberg-backpack---im-conflicted#post-1287524 Wed, 25 Jun 2014 17:41:53 +0000 Karie 1287524@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Glad to see you are getting the cobalt, it's divine! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/aimee-kestenberg-backpack---im-conflicted#post-1287405 Wed, 25 Jun 2014 14:48:51 +0000 Anonymous 1287405@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am weighing in late, but I like the cobalt one as well. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/aimee-kestenberg-backpack---im-conflicted#post-1287230 Wed, 25 Jun 2014 06:04:29 +0000 Ornella 1287230@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This backpack is so great!&nbsp;I saw this one in your Finds the other day when I asked&nbsp;about a new bag for myself and it started swaying me towards another backpack for myself. </p> <p>I'd say cobalt for you. Black is a neutral and potentially more useful in terms of what it can be worn with, but the design of this one is so much&nbsp;more enhanced (and enjoyed)&nbsp;by cobalt. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/aimee-kestenberg-backpack---im-conflicted#post-1287178 Wed, 25 Jun 2014 03:41:09 +0000 dashielle (Ann) 1287178@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm hooked too Janet, because I happened upon your Find for this bag! I am having the same struggle? Don't need another black bag and have my relatively new black and cobalt 3.1 Phillip Lim Pashli, which is too dark for Summer. So, I'm leaning towards the cobalt knowing that I wear a lot of blue. I, like you, considered the storm, but it doesn't speak to me, at least not in pics. I fear cobalt is in my future, and will probably ask DH for it for my BD. Good luck with your choice and sorry I'm no help! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/aimee-kestenberg-backpack---im-conflicted#post-1287174 Wed, 25 Jun 2014 03:25:20 +0000 Sveta 1287174@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What practical side has to do with bag shopping? but seriously you have enough practical bags in your collection already so go for the love this time! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/aimee-kestenberg-backpack---im-conflicted#post-1287165 Wed, 25 Jun 2014 03:16:42 +0000 Jaime 1287165@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay cobalt! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/aimee-kestenberg-backpack---im-conflicted#post-1287164 Wed, 25 Jun 2014 03:16:27 +0000 Alana in Canada 1287164@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Another vote for anything not black--the black&nbsp;looks like someone zipped up a tire.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/aimee-kestenberg-backpack---im-conflicted#post-1287131 Wed, 25 Jun 2014 02:33:42 +0000 Susie 1287131@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm glad you went for the cobalt. It's a gorgeous color. Plus at first glance, the black reminds me of a man's toiletries bag! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/aimee-kestenberg-backpack---im-conflicted#post-1287044 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 23:52:23 +0000 Janet 1287044@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OK, I'm gonna order the cobalt! Should be an interesting showdown between that and the Milly backpack. Although I did look at another backpack with a very similar design to the Milly (it may have been Dolce Vita?), and the top zippers with the angled bag don't make for easy use: I usually don't like bags with a narrow opening and a wide base -- it's too hard to see inside and to fish around for what you need. We'll see... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/aimee-kestenberg-backpack---im-conflicted#post-1287010 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 23:02:41 +0000 rachylou 1287010@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cobalt! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/aimee-kestenberg-backpack---im-conflicted#post-1286996 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 22:52:35 +0000 shedev 1286996@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Go for the cobalt. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/aimee-kestenberg-backpack---im-conflicted#post-1286970 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 22:26:41 +0000 Janet 1286970@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, my love is for the cobalt. My practical side was wondering if I should play it safe with a neutral. If they'd had the cobalt at Nordstrom, I probably would have bought it on the spot (I have a nice collection of Nordstrom Notes). I'd have to order it online instead, which is no problem. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/aimee-kestenberg-backpack---im-conflicted#post-1286963 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 22:17:31 +0000 crutcher 1286963@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the cobalt but you must be 100% convinced...If you don't just love it, move on until you find one you can give your heart to..A bag is such a personal thing for me until I want to be sure you are in love not just in lust before you choose...smile.. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/aimee-kestenberg-backpack---im-conflicted#post-1286956 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 22:05:42 +0000 Nicole D 1286956@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>WHat about the storm colour? &nbsp;Cobalt one is stunning. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/aimee-kestenberg-backpack---im-conflicted#post-1286953 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 22:04:39 +0000 Tanya 1286953@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love cobalt version. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/aimee-kestenberg-backpack---im-conflicted#post-1286951 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 22:04:08 +0000 Janet 1286951@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>To heck with practicality when it comes to color, huh? it really is much more fun in the cobalt. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/aimee-kestenberg-backpack---im-conflicted#post-1286948 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 22:02:14 +0000 Angie 1286948@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cobalt for sure.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/aimee-kestenberg-backpack---im-conflicted#post-1286947 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 22:01:25 +0000 annagybe 1286947@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cobalt! Black looks like body armour or something Geiger would come up with. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/aimee-kestenberg-backpack---im-conflicted#post-1286945 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 21:59:01 +0000 Janet 1286945@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>After running my errands today I decided to pop in Nordstrom and see what handbags they had, just to get a lay of the land. I haven't actively shopped for bags in a while. They had the AK backpack discussed on my handbag thread, but only in black. It was a great opportunity to take a good look at the bag IRL though, because I find bag shopping online difficult. It's hard to know how a bag will feel and function through pics, you know?</p> <p>But it's a great bag -- I like it a lot. Perfect size for me, the zipper is smooth and solid, the leather is soft but substantial, there is just enough detail for me, and it's not heavy. So,armed with that new info, I went on my way, figuring I'd give it some thought.</p> <p>Well, on my way through the mall, I walked through Lord&amp; Taylor, and they have it in black, "storm" (a sort of cream color), AND cobalt! The cobalt is really nice, and one of my favorite colors.</p> <p>The conflict? I have a black bag and a cobalt bag already that I like -- in fact, my cobalt and black handbags are two of my newest. I honestly get more use out of the black bag because often I'm wearing enough blue that I don't necessarily want to add more in a bag. So the black would be more practical for me. The cream is nice, and would be a versatile color, but I'm not drawn to it.</p> <p>What do you think, wise fabbers? If there were a metallic/pewter option, that would be ideal, but there is not. Do I go for practicality and give my other, frequently used, black bags a rest? Or go for the fun color that makes my heart sing?</p> <p>Of course, I am keeping eyes open for other options too, since I only started looking. </p>