No. I don’t care about purses because I am not a dullard.

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Anonymous wrote:My friend dropped her purse in a puddle while we were talking by phone. She mentioned the brand and how it had been given to her as a gift.

The purse is around $3k. I can’t make myself interested in an expensive purse and wondered if anyone felt the same?

I’m happy for my friend that she likes her purse. But I don’t value purses and barely notice what purses people use.

My friend and I are very different and I love that we respect each other. She grew up extremely wealthy, and she is my window into the one percent life…

Am I a weirdo for feeling this way? And should I be better at recognizing status symbols?

I mean ... I'm not trying "to make myself interested" in anything. I like nice bags, for multiple reasons, but I do't care what other people carry, or even notice most of the time.

Sounds like you are simply feeling the need to engage in a bit of reverse-snobbery to feel superior. Not a great look.

I disagree with you here. The fact I am not interested in purses does not equal “reverse snobbery.” That’s not logical.

OP

The "fact that you are not interested in purses" isn't the part of your post that reveals pretty obvious reverse snobbery.

I think OP is trying to be a reverse snob, but really just comes across as clueless. It’s fine to not be into $3k handbags just as it’s fine to not be into $100k paintings or $10k business class airplane seats or $1k bottles of wine or whatever luxury item you want to insert here. There are big markets for all these things and I think it is pretty obvious why they’re appealing.

I don’t participate in the luxury market for (paintings, wine, business class seats) because (1) these things are not in my budget naturally and (2) I’m not interested enough in them to reprioritize my spending to accommodate them. I’d rather spend the money on a nice bag. It’s kind of odd to be asking whether it’s unusual not to care about $3k bags. It’s personal preference. Many people do, even if not on DCUM, because these luxury brands are doing extremely well.

I love purses and have been collecting for over 20 years. I like all kinds of variety whether the Row and Chanel to Longchamp and the Lug line which is great for travel. I generally have about a 2K limit unless it’s a brand like Chanel.

What’s different now vs then is the emergence of resale market online. I’ve only bought 2 Chanel bags in store and the rest on resale market so haven’t spent more than 5K on a Chanel bag.

These days not only with prices on Chanel but other lines like Loewe, Bottega, etc. are easily reaching 5K. I don’t have Hermes bags but a friend of mine who loves bags said with the price points these days she pivoted to Hermes. Problem is playing the game to get offered a QB bag.

I have a hard time spending a lot of money when the vintage bags on the resale market for some designer brands are much cheaper and better quality then now. I have a lot of Tods bags from mid 2000s and have found some in great condition online for a few hundred dollars these past years.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My friend dropped her purse in a puddle while we were talking by phone. She mentioned the brand and how it had been given to her as a gift.

The purse is around $3k. I can’t make myself interested in an expensive purse and wondered if anyone felt the same?

I’m happy for my friend that she likes her purse. But I don’t value purses and barely notice what purses people use.

My friend and I are very different and I love that we respect each other. She grew up extremely wealthy, and she is my window into the one percent life…

Am I a weirdo for feeling this way? And should I be better at recognizing status symbols?

I mean ... I'm not trying "to make myself interested" in anything. I like nice bags, for multiple reasons, but I do't care what other people carry, or even notice most of the time.

Sounds like you are simply feeling the need to engage in a bit of reverse-snobbery to feel superior. Not a great look.

I disagree with you here. The fact I am not interested in purses does not equal “reverse snobbery.” That’s not logical.

OP

The "fact that you are not interested in purses" isn't the part of your post that reveals pretty obvious reverse snobbery.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My friend dropped her purse in a puddle while we were talking by phone. She mentioned the brand and how it had been given to her as a gift.

The purse is around $3k. I can’t make myself interested in an expensive purse and wondered if anyone felt the same?

I’m happy for my friend that she likes her purse. But I don’t value purses and barely notice what purses people use.

My friend and I are very different and I love that we respect each other. She grew up extremely wealthy, and she is my window into the one percent life…

Am I a weirdo for feeling this way? And should I be better at recognizing status symbols?

if I could tell which purses are 3K and above, I would take this observation an a positive indicator of low IQ and high wetness factor.

What a childish and inane take. Being able to recognize a Birkin is hardly an indicator of low IQ. Surely you've seen enough of them on TV or magazines or wherever. But if it makes you feel better to pretend to be oh so intelligent and above-it-all, go ahead.

You have it exactly backwards. If you watch reality TV (I assume the plastic reality tv types love their designer purses) and you read the kind of magazines that feature status symbol accessories, you're probably pretty dumb.

All kinds of people love well-crafted and fashionable purses and all kinds of people love reading Vogue. People who assume otherwise are "probably pretty dumb." And probably don't know many people.

Anonymous wrote:Most people think DC has bad fashion, and this thread explains it.

Lol.

It really does.