PurseBlog Asks: have You Been Shamed for Your designer Bags?

If you’re a typical human who likes fashion as well as sometimes purchases something good for yourself, you’ve most likely been shamed for it at some point, by someone. Friends, boyfriends or girlfriends, parents, coworkers, the parents of your kids’ friends–everyone’s got an viewpoint about exactly how other people ought to spend their money. As it turns out, not even the rich as well as well-known are immune from that type of judgment; in her recent new York magazine cover profile, Joni Mitchell recounted being bag-shamed by Warren Beatty.

Mitchell, legendary people music goddess as well as among the stars of a new Saint Laurent campaign, talks at some length in the profile about exactly how well-known guy utilized her fashion options as a method to criticize or belittle her, however the most particular story is about a Chanel bag (which seems like it was a Chanel traditional Flap, based on her description) she brought in the 70s. Beatty, obviously unprompted, told her that such a bag was “an unbecoming handbag for an artist”–that she was somehow undermining her own skill by having as well as bring a bag that she liked as well as might certainly afford.

The implication, as it so frequently is, is that only silly women would discover value or enjoyment in fashion, as well as that silly women are not able to have major thoughts or interests or make major art; that fashion devalues those connected with it. Unfortunately, that’s a familiar battle for many of us.

One of the upsides of working at PurseBlog is that I’m seldom bag-shamed anymore; people comprehend that my personal taste is part of my job, as well as they typically leave me alone about it. Living in new York City helps, too, since costly bags are condition signs right here in the method that vehicles are in many other cities. It wasn’t always that way, though; I can keep in mind coworkers at previous tasks pestering me to tell them exactly how much my bags expense even though I certainly didn’t want to, in addition to well-meaning buddies who were a bit as well thinking about my costs habits.

Most memorable, though, was my college boyfriend. I discovered the PurseForum while we were dating as well as took a specific rate of interest in Balenciaga bags. I purchased a couple of pre-owned bags on eBay after cautious research study as well as saving as much money as I might from my part-time task at finest Buy, as well as in spite of having costly hobbies of his own, he believed that was pointless as well as perhaps dangerous. One day, he DVR’d an episode of Oprah that included a section on compulsive costs as well as asked that I view it.

I did view it, even though I understood that a couple pre-owned bags did not a compulsion make. The show reinforced my belief that I wasn’t doing anything wrong, of course, as well as that my then-boyfriend was overreacting since I was thinking about something that he believed was stupid. The other section on that episode of Oprah featured the author of a book called getting The like You Want: A guide for Couples; I purchased it on Amazon as well as had it provided to his house. I’m sure it will shock you to hear that we ultimately broke up.

That’s my worst tale of bag-shaming by far, as well as we’d like to hear yours in the comments.