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Anonymous wrote:For the haters… what’s an equally splurgey but still high quality alternative? Goyard fades. balenciaga has totes… what else?

Burberry
Saint Laurent
Prada

.. all have totes at that price point that are stylish without screaming a logo.

The tote linked by OP doesn’t scream a logo. It’s not the mono print.

What is the NOT high-end version of this? Meaning 100 or less?

Anonymous wrote:I neither love it or hate it but I can tell you this. I work at the World Bank, the province of highly educated, worldly, well traveled middleaged women. A full third to half of them carries Neverfulls and you know why? It's one bag that you can reliably stuff with your passport, laptop, documents to read in flight, makeup and a scarf; you can dump it on the airport or lounge floor, you can shove it around your seat, you can drag it to a thousand missions, and you'd STILL need a blowtorch to take it apart.

Yep. Basic Black Girl here. I don't own a NF because I already own a YSL shopping tote. My sisters own the NF and it swallows that bag up. We take them everywhere.

As far as LV durability, in general these bags have a lot of tensile strength. I will never forget Ice Cube in "Three Kings" telling Mark Walberg and George Clooney the best way to carry all that gold bullion out of Iraq was with a bag that has "tesilary strength". He knew that much from his full time airport job as a baggage handler in Detroit. He knew the bags to do that with were LV. It's just tensile strength. You can carry other things besides gold bars for those of you who are also basic.



I love and own this movie. Got my own war stories and can't watch it anymore. Did come home with a greater appreciation for the durability of some designer goods. Stopped wearing cheap shoes that messed up my feet.

No judgement. Buy the bag, but maybe go into an LV boutique to learn and look at other style LV bags.

I wanted a Tag Heuer until I got enough money saved up and learned I really wanted a Rolex. It's done me well over the past 20 years.

Anonymous wrote:Just out of curiosity… what exactly are y’all doing with your purses that they need to be so “durable”? Maybe you should look into the Pelican line?

I use mine for work so I keep my laptop snd a few books in there. Kid also plays a sport so I can pack a change of clothes or snack if coming from work to one of her games.

I neither love it or hate it but I can tell you this. I work at the World Bank, the province of highly educated, worldly, well traveled middleaged women. A full third to half of them carries Neverfulls and you know why? It's one bag that you can reliably stuff with your passport, laptop, documents to read in flight, makeup and a scarf; you can dump it on the airport or lounge floor, you can shove it around your seat, you can drag it to a thousand missions, and you'd STILL need a blowtorch to take it apart.

Anonymous wrote:Just out of curiosity… what exactly are y’all doing with your purses that they need to be so “durable”? Maybe you should look into the Pelican line?

I think a lot of people mean they want to be able to use the bag regularly (even daily) without it looking worn out and saggy after a year or two. Surprisingly, not all high end bags can be used regularly and/or they need to be babied and heavily maintained. There is appeal to a bag that you can wear often and that still looks good a decade later.

Anonymous wrote:Just out of curiosity… what exactly are y’all doing with your purses that they need to be so “durable”? Maybe you should look into the Pelican line?

I use mine as a diaper bag so it gets pretty beat up while out and about and it’s had it’s fair share of spills. Basic af but holds up great.

Just out of curiosity… what exactly are y’all doing with your purses that they need to be so “durable”? Maybe you should look into the Pelican line?

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Anonymous wrote:It's the "mommy and daddy bought me this for my first job" tote to me so at 35 I think it would look desperate to the young 'uns I manage and like I was trying to look younger than I am, but if it fits with your style and you like it, go for it. I won't criticize the price, we like what we like and deserve to treat ourselves (reasonably) whatever we think that looks like.

Do you people really spend that much time constructing and dissecting a fantastical, bitter, insecure provenance of some random stranger’s tote bag??

What time? 2 seconds? Sure.

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Anonymous wrote:For the haters… what’s an equally splurgey but still high quality alternative? Goyard fades. balenciaga has totes… what else?

Burberry
Saint Laurent
Prada

.. all have totes at that price point that are stylish without screaming a logo.

Faure le Page

Wow, those are hideous, too.

That website is so cheesy, all of the battle and weaponry puns are too much. I can actually see there being a market for the bag but, my god, how could you take yourself seriously ordering from that site?

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Anonymous wrote:It's the "mommy and daddy bought me this for my first job" tote to me so at 35 I think it would look desperate to the young 'uns I manage and like I was trying to look younger than I am, but if it fits with your style and you like it, go for it. I won't criticize the price, we like what we like and deserve to treat ourselves (reasonably) whatever we think that looks like.

Interesting. Where I live it’s very much the soccer mom bag, not something a younger woman in her early 20s would wear.

Same here (PNW). When i do see them on girls in their 20s I assume “first paycheck” and when I see them on women in their 30s and 40s I think “soccer mom.” I really like how functional and sturdy they seem, but don’t have one. Always tempted though.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For the haters… what’s an equally splurgey but still high quality alternative? Goyard fades. balenciaga has totes… what else?

Burberry
Saint Laurent
Prada

.. all have totes at that price point that are stylish without screaming a logo.

Faure le Page

Wow, those are hideous, too.

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Anonymous wrote:It's the "mommy and daddy bought me this for my first job" tote to me so at 35 I think it would look desperate to the young 'uns I manage and like I was trying to look younger than I am, but if it fits with your style and you like it, go for it. I won't criticize the price, we like what we like and deserve to treat ourselves (reasonably) whatever we think that looks like.

Do you people really spend that much time constructing and dissecting a fantastical, bitter, insecure provenance of some random stranger’s tote bag??

People are not like this in real life, I swear. Not anyone I know, at least.

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder how many people who bash the Neverfull own a Longchamp tote.

Bottega poster here. I had a Longchamp Le Pliage when I was about 25, and it's really not my taste anymore. Also, doesn't even compare, it's what, $150? I don't even remember, I bought mine in the airport in Paris, LOL.

I think that’s what pp is saying; an owner of the equally basic but much cheaper longchamp can’t really knock its luxury counterpart.

I am PP and that is what I’m saying plus also my grandma from rural Oklahoma thinks you’re stupid for paying $150 for a nylon bag when you could get one for $15 from Walmart and it would be just as durable. It’s all a matter of perspective.

DC doesn’t have any fashion sense. In DC, it’s a uniform. Some people like uniforms.

Anonymous wrote:It's the "mommy and daddy bought me this for my first job" tote to me so at 35 I think it would look desperate to the young 'uns I manage and like I was trying to look younger than I am, but if it fits with your style and you like it, go for it. I won't criticize the price, we like what we like and deserve to treat ourselves (reasonably) whatever we think that looks like.

Do you people really spend that much time constructing and dissecting a fantastical, bitter, insecure provenance of some random stranger’s tote bag??