https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/handbag-shopping-failure Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 09 May 2026 05:43:59 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/handbag-shopping-failure#post-668496 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 14:47:38 +0000 Angie 668496@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I need to bag shop with you. </p> <p>Fab blazer! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/handbag-shopping-failure#post-668092 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 23:49:33 +0000 Jonesy 668092@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I totally relate!! Handbags are hard, and that jacket looks perfect!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/handbag-shopping-failure#post-668090 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 23:47:41 +0000 Beth 668090@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So glad to know there's a Goldilocks support group! When I get really frustrated bag shopping, I think, "If only Angie were here." And then I think definitely not because she would kill me. :O</p> <p>Elisabeth, the jacket, jeans, boots combo is a staple for me. I think you can make the look as polished or as RATE as you like. Very useful:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/handbag-shopping-failure#post-668021 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 22:21:04 +0000 Mo 668021@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am also a bag Goldilocks like Beth, so I totally understand not wanting to fork over for something you don't even love. Now, the blazer as everyday 40 something wear I can totally get behind. I bought my first lightweight cotton blazer at 35 and was shocked at how in love I fell with jackets in general. When weather permits, like in Tahoe, I'm in a jacket 80% of the time. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/handbag-shopping-failure#post-667939 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 20:30:54 +0000 JR 667939@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Beth, I am a one-purse kind of woman, and am so happy to know I'm not the only one. I really admire a well-coordinated handbag, but I like even more being able to find every single thing in my purse right away, and not forgetting things in the daily transfer. And I have used the same one for three years straight too. I only change if it's not working well or getting worn out or broken.</p> <p>Elizabeth, I need some of your blazer-fu. That's on my wish list, for sure. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/handbag-shopping-failure#post-667887 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:34:03 +0000 RoseandJoan 667887@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No Elisabeth, the handbags failed, you happen to be a star at shopping </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/handbag-shopping-failure#post-667885 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:30:35 +0000 Aziraphale 667885@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Front flap pockets, check. Inside welt and lipstick pockets, check. I have high hopes that this jacket will fit (let's hope the style consultant guy knew his stuff) and that it will become a staple. I have this idea that the perfect everyday outfit for a 40-year-old mom of school-age kids (which is me, this year!) is a neutral blazer, sharp-looking jeans and chunky-heeled shoes or boots. But a blazer is new territory for me. Do any of you use this formula a lot?</p> <p>ETA funny how you can never find something if you really need it, but things drop into your lap when you're not actively looking. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/handbag-shopping-failure#post-667831 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 18:03:58 +0000 Sylvie 667831@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sometimes when you find the right thing, you just have to buy it then and there! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/handbag-shopping-failure#post-667815 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:33:05 +0000 krishnidoux 667815@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, as a jacket it's cute. But it doesn't hold much once you fold it... wouldn't a bag do a better job?<br /> LOL<br /> Jokes aside, I understand you too. After a recent (bleeding) brush with a bag I had to return, (<a href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/straw-bag-horror" rel="nofollow">http://youlookfab.com/welookfa.....bag-horror</a>) I can only sympathise. It seems there are no fun bags out there except way too expensive. </p> <p>I stick to my Laurel Burch bags, they are colourful and reasonably priced. <a href="http://shopsunnsand.com/index.php?main_page=index&#038;cPath=1_2" rel="nofollow">http://shopsunnsand.com/index......;cPath=1_2</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/handbag-shopping-failure#post-667808 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:22:29 +0000 Echo 667808@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Provided the jacket has pockets, I would call your shopping trip a success! Seriously, though, I can never find a specific item I am looking for when I go out looking for it. But finding something else on your list or that you had been seeking is just as good. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/handbag-shopping-failure#post-667793 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:08:30 +0000 Beth 667793@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL, I would have done the same thing...the jacket substitution is very reasonable:)</p> <p>And boy do I hear you on handbags. I'm the Goldilocks of bag shopping: too big, too small, too flashy, too boring. I've been using the same bag for the last 3 years. *gulp*</p> <p>Be sure to post the jacket when you get it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/handbag-shopping-failure#post-667784 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:02:20 +0000 Anonymous 667784@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nice! If it's been on your wish list forever, all the better. I would have done the exact same thing. Let us know when you find the perfect handbag. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/handbag-shopping-failure#post-667781 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:00:28 +0000 Sunita 667781@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm with you...but then I'm a jacket junkie! ;-)</p> <p>Seriously though, I'm a big fan of a well constructed blazer and your J. Crew pick should look fab and last long. It's a classic. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/handbag-shopping-failure#post-667741 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:30:01 +0000 rae 667741@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the jacket - shopping works in mysterious ways sometimes. I often find just what I wasn't looking for, too. </p> <p>I know what you mean about bag prices. If you spot one you like, try looking up the style on Ebay. Or maybe pop into a TJ Maxx or Marshalls - they always have great bags on discount. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/handbag-shopping-failure#post-667733 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:22:30 +0000 ManidipaM 667733@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That's a super jacket --- smart, sharp, with a bit of sheen, and a great go-with-everything colour. And maybe, just as serendipitously, you'll come across the right bag too one of these days. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/handbag-shopping-failure#post-667719 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:12:27 +0000 Aziraphale 667719@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My parents had the kids for me yesterday so that I could go downtown and submit my son's passport application, then go shop for a new handbag, which I desperately need, after what happened to the last one (I've been using an old corduroy Dickies shoulder bag instead -- high style, lol).</p> <p>Well, I failed to buy one. They're not cheap and I just can't bring myself to fork over for one I don't love. So instead of being sensible, I instead forked over for this:</p> <p><a href="http://www.jcrew.com/womens_category/blazersandouterwear/suitingjackets/PRDOVR~23346/23346.jsp" rel="nofollow">http://www.jcrew.com/womens_ca...../23346.jsp</a></p> <p>A handbag and a blazer are roughly equivalent, right? </p> <p>OK, seriously now. A gray blazer has been on my wish list for ages. I do not own a single blazer. J Crew has this one in petite, but only online. I tried on a regular size, then a "style consultant" ordered the equivalent for me in petite. Fingers crossed that it fits! This is an investment for me. I want to wear it for years. The handbag can wait. What do you think? </p>