The Significance of a handbag.... and a moral ♥

According to Vogue....

IT IS ALL ABOUT THE BAG INDEED, VOGUE. Just as I was thinking about doing a post on bags (while cleaning my room) I stumbled across this years May issue of Vogue. I flicked through it and found this great article on handbags and their colossal impact. and that's when I realised no matter how hard i tried, I could not express the importance of a handbag better than Vicky Woods (Vogue). So instead I took a photo of some of these very accurate quotes

 

Above, you can see my Tapestry Tote/holdall (not too sure what to call it) or in the word's of my fashion-clueless friend " an Old Lady's bag"  "It's VICTORIAN VINTAGE" i tell him. I do love it: its handy, not too big, not too small, perfect size. Although I did feel slightly awkward wearing it because my mum managed to convince me that it wasn't really "suitable for my age" which was then seconded by my friend : "you've bought that old Lady's bag with you again!"

UNTIL one day on my way to school about three weeks ago, I saw about 5 school girls around my age wearing incredibly similar bags to my one above and I was like "hmmmm".   I decided to do some research and exploring; take a look at these below

River Island:

brown tapestry satchel.

£36.99

New Look

NOW £18.74 WAS £24.99

Tapestry Design Bag

• Price: £40.00

Tapestry Frame Purse

£10.00

SEE THE RESEMBLANCE?

I couldn't believe that these popular clothing stores were overloaded with Tapestry handbags, selling like hot cakes, while I was hiding mine in shame, afraid someone will accuse me of wearing an "old Lady's handbags" once again.

Well never again! I shall proudly lay my handbag on my shoulder ,expose the greatness of the tapestry patterns,  ignore the comments of both my mother and my friend and by no means feel awkward wearing it. I have learnt my lesson; do not let comments against your style influence it in anyway.

 1. Vintage leather satchel - charity shop   2.Tapestry tote/holdall- grandma    3. Marc B twister/padlock bag- TKMaxx  4. Fashion Journal- Tiger

IN CHINATOWN ^