Using a vintage bag everyday?

[agirlinwinter]

Hello everyone,

This is my first post in The Powder Room. I bought a 1940s bag recently, but I am fretting about using it everyday. Like most women these days, I carry a lot of stuff around with me (phone, wallet, keys, make up, hair brush, asthma inhalers, etc etc!). I would hate to damage the bag and ruin something that has been around a lot longer than I have. Having said that, it is in pretty good condition and the handle has been repaired/reinforced by the previous owner. Would you carry vintage everyday or do you consider it for special occasions only out of respect for the item?

Many thanks.

 

[Stormy]

I would not carry or wear my vintage everyday. Most of my vintage accessories just mean so much more to me than mere fashion. Of course I realize that many people here wear all vintage everyday, and that is great. I on-the-other-hand wear mine about 50 days out of a year.

 

[lareine]

I use my vintage bags every day. If they get ruined beyond repair due to that I'll throw them away. I buy things like that to use, not to store in a cupboard

 

[DamianM]

My girlfriend uses here many bags everyday along with her dresses. she has plenty to choose from and never frets about them, some have scuffs when she gets them and doesn't mind but she tries not to make them worse.

 

[Joie DeVive]

To each their own, but I don't use my vintage everyday. I'm just too hard on things. They get use. Like my vintage hats, they visit church on Sunday, and get outings for events and special occasions, so they don't just sit in a cupboard, but I want to extend the life of these historical pieces.

 

[esteban68]

My girlfriend uses here many bags everyday along with her dresses. she has plenty to choose from and never frets about them, some have scuffs when she gets them and doesn't mind but she tries not to make them worse.

ditto only I get to buy, clean and polish them all for her her but she does use them even for work.

 

[DamianM]

ditto only I get to buy, clean and polish them all for her her but she does use them even for work.

ha
same here. There not really rare at all.
She has a good stack.
they pop up allover the place

 

[TheSacredFemme]

I go through little phases of using vintage bags over more modern ones. Sure, they may become a bit battered in the process, but I think it's simply important to be a little more careful with it. At the end of the day I bought these items to use and cherish. My mother always told me that "Sunday brunch" dresses aren't just for Sunday brunch. I.e. Use your good stuff, your good porcelain, that favourite limited edition lipstick. It's not worth locking away!

 

[Lily Powers]

If you love your vintage purse, use it and enjoy it. My own adjustment to vintage handbags has been to pare down: currency and card in a clip and a few coins in one of the purse pockets, a flat comb and one lipstick.

 

[VintageBee]

I mostly use my vintage handbags. One of my DIL's is a modern 'purse' aficionado and has gifted me with a few which I use when I need to carry A LOT. as when we head to the coast for the day, I'm hauling my iPad with me, ect. Either way, I always have my vintage wallet that holds the basics, vintage folding comb, lipstick holder (it holds my Chapstick !!) and a hankie. So far everything seems to fit. I like to use things not just look at them but that's my way

 

[dandelion-vint]

I hang my purses on the wall so that I can enjoy them. But I also use them, I carry a vintage purse everyday. I don't think that I have any new purses left, those fall apart, the vintage ones hold up better for me. Yes, some wear out after a while, but then they become 'display only' bags.

 

[VintageBee]

I hang my purses on the wall so that I can enjoy them. But I also use them, I carry a vintage purse everyday. I don't think that I have any new purses left, those fall apart, the vintage ones hold up better for me. Yes, some wear out after a while, but then they become 'display only' bags.


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If I only had the wall space!! Great idea