Designer/mulberry bags

rachbc

VfM4meplse wrote: »

Spending hundreds on a handbag may be doable when you're young with no household responsibilities,

In my opinion all th emore reason to buy it when you are 21 and don't have the resonsibilities - you might never have the chance to do so again.

How much happiness is a handbag really going to bring anyone? There are other ways of treating yourself that aren't so costly.

As the proud owner of a new handbag (all be it not as £££ as Mulberry) its bought me lots of happiness

OP - enjoy your present!

Amanita_2

VfM4meplse wrote: »

Spending hundreds on a handbag may be doable when you're young with no household responsibilities, but for many people on this site it's an amount of money that could buy essentials. It's only as you get older that you start to appreciate the money wasted on things that really make no difference to your quality of life.

Mulberry are also a major employer, one of the few manufacturers left in this part of Somerset and an important part of the local economy. This is one reason for me now buying their bags - and I make sure they are the styles that are "Made in England".

If we stop supporting them by buying the bags then jobs around here will go.

No I'm not employed by them. At times I wish I was, I'd get one heck of a discount!

Mulberrylover2012

Has anyone been to the York Mulberry outlet recently? I've got a budget of £500, would i get a beloved bayswater for this price?

donnac2558

A friend buys Mulberry bags a few times a year. She registered on the official Mulberry site. They have sales twice a year, just after Christmas will be the next. They send out a newsletter and say when the sales starts and she buys then.

Edwardia

I collect vintage bags and I've got one Mulberry bag which I use quite a lot as it swallows a tonne of stuff and when I was at uni I could put everything I needed in the one bag.

Personally I always assume that some OTT swanky or scruffy woman with a high end bag is carrying a fake especially if her jewellery looks fake.

I'll happily wear vintage and secondhand mixed with Fairtrade organic but one thing I never wear is fake.

annie_d

Well. You could always holiday in Bangkok which is a very inexpensive place to visit and buy a brilliant Mulberry replica for £20. Just a thought

RedRuby_2

I'm thinking of going down to Shepton Mallet now. I wonder if they will be going sales on the outlet prices. Then I can go going the sale period.