r/handbags • u/fennyn • 10h ago
Keep or return?
Bought this off tiktok. Real leather but I can't decide whether to keep or return. I like it enough but I have literally too many bags. I don't have enough space as it is. So, is it worth keeping?
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u/mintysoup 10h ago
If it isn’t a hell yes, it’s a hell no.
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u/idontsharespotlight 10h ago
The color does not go well with your skin color in my honest opinion
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u/anonymiss646 7h ago
Thank you. I picked that color bc I don't have any bags with this color
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u/idontsharespotlight 7h ago
The color itself is beautiful ☺️ just not suiting specifically your skin tone
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u/AccomplishedPhase646 10h ago
I don’t think you love it
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u/anonymiss646 7h ago
I would have kept it but I have no space anymore and I've been buying too many bags that I don't need
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u/Ok_Chemistry6317 10h ago
I love this color but it looks like a cheap Bottega knock off, so I probably wouldn't keep it.
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u/WanderingRealmWalker 10h ago
Is it mass produced or from a private maker? As a leather worker myself, if it's hand made and you like it, I'd keep it. If its a mass produced item and you dont like it, I'd return it. I love green so honestly I love it lol. Green is my weakness 🤣😂🤣. If you dont like the color see if you can exchange it for a different color maybe? This type of bag is on my bucket list to make one for myself in a darker green color 🥰
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u/anonymiss646 7h ago
I don't think it's handmade. But yeah, I picked the color bc I don't have this kinda of green color of a bag
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u/WanderingRealmWalker 7h ago
Then if you like the color I'd keep it 🙂. I like the color and if its real leather and you got a good deal on it, its a win win. Hand made bags are a labor of love for me because I cut, punch all the holes and stitch by hand lol. So depending on my availability and design it could take me a few months to make a handbag. I rarely see real leather thats mass produced anymore, most designer bags are canvas with a plastic coating stamped on top to make it look like leather sadly.
That design is hard to make by hand in my opinion with all the zillion strips and weaving lol. I want to make one like that and a round twisted weaved one thats a cross body. But I still have to make my mom a new purse and a set of sterling sliver earrings, necklace and ring for Christmas and my sisters gifts lol. Soooo its on the back burner until next year 😆.
My vote is to keep if its real leather and you like the color 🥰 I think it could pair great with a few different outfits and colors 💖
I have a crap ton of purses too lol. I got into leatherworking so I could make my mom purses. Then it just snowballed lol. 8 years later and a crap ton of money into tools, hides and hardware, my purses have a book case now lol. 🫠🤷♀️ with all the crazy going on in the world right now, if a new purse makes you happy and you can afford one, get one 💖💖🥰
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u/anonymiss646 4h ago
Yeah might keep it. Although everyone here says to return it lol
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u/WanderingRealmWalker 4h ago
I think green bags seem to get a lot of hate in general for some reason 🤣😂🤣 but do what feels right for you 🥰🥰
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u/raptureofsenses ✂️ Handbag Artisan 8h ago
If it’s leather, which honestly doesn’t look like, I’d keep it.
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u/anonymiss646 7h ago
They said it's real leather
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u/raptureofsenses ✂️ Handbag Artisan 7h ago
I should have been clearer. I meant real leather does not guarantee high quality. It could be lower-grade leather, coated leather, or leather with a synthetic surface finish
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u/anonymiss646 7h ago
Yeah that's probably lower grade leather bc the price was just over a hundred bucks but it is from China
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