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General Handbag Question Regarding Brightly Colored Bags

12andcounting — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:35:11 GMT

I just love all the colored bags I see on QVC and everywhere else. However, I still seem to struggle with purchasing anything other than the neutrals -- black, taupe -- things like that. I still worry about the brighter colors not going with the clothing I'm wearing (if that even matters anymore). I was wondering if any of you "brave souls" who carry the colored bags would carry this B. Makowsky bag (AA252294) no matter what color you are wearing? I don't purchase a ton of bags, so I want to get something that I can use most of the time during the spring/summer. Thanks in advance for any input.

Re: General Handbag Question Regarding Brightly Colored Bags

goodstuff — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:42:01 GMT

I have a few bags in brighter hues and love to wear them as a "pop of color" with neutrals. For starters, your turquoise bag would look smashing with black, white, gray, taupe, or other neutrals or combos of neutrals. Also with prints that have turquoise in them. It can go with other colors, too, but those are probably some of the "easiest" ones to try first.

Re: General Handbag Question Regarding Brightly Colored Bags

12andcounting — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:43:19 GMT

Thanks, GoodStuff. I guess I have to start somewhere since I do love all the beautiful colored bags!

Re: General Handbag Question Regarding Brightly Colored Bags

brii — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:45:01 GMT

I wear a lot of solids - black mostly. LOL.

I wouldn't hesitate to buy a bag that color. I very rarely carry a black bag.

Re: General Handbag Question Regarding Brightly Colored Bags

maddiecat — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:46:46 GMT

I agree with GoodStuff.

I own several bright handbags. I particularly love to carry them in the spring and summer. Here are a few outfits and the bags I would carry with them:

Work:

Black pants, B&W striped ponte knit jacket, raspberry shell, raspberry bag

Casual:

Khaki pants, navy 3/4 sleeve T, nude sandals, orange bag

Raspberry cropped pants, white T, metallic sandals, grass green bag

Re: General Handbag Question Regarding Brightly Colored Bags

Sunnycorle — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:55:31 GMT

I love wearing bright bags in the spring and summer. I think you should go for it!

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depglass — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:57:07 GMT

I guess I'm too lazy to switch out my bags that often. So my bright bags sit unused and I end up with black, brown on cognac. Same goes with shoes. I guess color shows up in tops for me.

Re: General Handbag Question Regarding Brightly Colored Bags

RainyDayGal — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:58:22 GMT

That bag, and that color, is beautiful! I wouldn't hesitate to carry it. I have a bright pink Coach bag my husband bought for me a year ago. Funny, it's almost the color of the new Pantone orchid. That bag has received more compliments than any other bag I have ever carried in my life. People just seem to gravitate towards the brighter colors.

Re: General Handbag Question Regarding Brightly Colored Bags

12andcounting — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:58:34 GMT

maddiecat = Sounds like you've got everything together! Thanks for the ideas!

LisaB = Thanks for the support! I guess I do need to go for it.

Would either of you carry a colored bag that didn't necessarily ""match"" what you're wearing? I know I see women all the time carrying bags that don't really match their clothing.

Re: General Handbag Question Regarding Brightly Colored Bags

chrystaltree — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 17:01:05 GMT

You have to be true to yourself and the image you want to project. If you aren't comfortable carrying a bright bag, there is no reason to force yourself. We don't have to buy into every single fashion trend. I wear a lot of neutrals year round, so I have always (for 30 years) carried bright bags. My color usually comes from my bag and my jewelry. Yes, indeed, I would carry big bright blue (or yellow or green or orange) bag regardless of what I am wearing. Red is in many ways a neutral now, it goes with almost everything. So, you might be more comfortable with a red bag.

Re: General Handbag Question Regarding Brightly Colored Bags

12andcounting — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 17:02:08 GMT

On 3/11/2014 RedConvertibleGirl said:
That bag, and that color, is beautiful! I wouldn't hesitate to carry it. I have a bright pink Coach bag my husband bought for me a year ago. Funny, it's almost the color of the new Pantone orchid. That bag has received more compliments than any other bag I have ever carried in my life. People just seem to gravitate towards the brighter colors.

Thanks, Red. Do you carry your bright pink bag with things that don't necessarily "match" the bag?

Re: General Handbag Question Regarding Brightly Colored Bags

maddiecat — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 17:13:15 GMT

Your clothes shouldn't necessarily "match" the bag, but they should coordinate. Think about color combinations that appeal to you, and I'm sure you can work the bag into the outfit.

One thing that drives me crazy is seeing women wearing lots of pattern and carrying patterned bags. Overload!!!

Re: General Handbag Question Regarding Brightly Colored Bags

sandy53 — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 17:17:08 GMT

I carried a bright pink bag all last summer. I loved it. I like brights in the spring/summer more than fall/winter.

Re: General Handbag Question Regarding Brightly Colored Bags

Libbylady — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 17:22:26 GMT

I love colored bags and rarely change bags. It is a surprise to find that many colors can be almost "neutral". One year I carried a teal bag and it seemed to go with everything. Last summer I got yellow, and again it worked most days. This year I plan for lime green, and I think it will be great. Red is a staple color also. A pink bag did not work out well for me.

I have a darling D&B from about 15 years ago with strawberries all over it. Not a good purchase in that it always clashed....... but it is so darn cute.

Re: General Handbag Question Regarding Brightly Colored Bags

RainyDayGal — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 17:26:31 GMT

On 3/11/2014 12andcounting said:
On 3/11/2014 RedConvertibleGirl said:
That bag, and that color, is beautiful! I wouldn't hesitate to carry it. I have a bright pink Coach bag my husband bought for me a year ago. Funny, it's almost the color of the new Pantone orchid. That bag has received more compliments than any other bag I have ever carried in my life. People just seem to gravitate towards the brighter colors.

Thanks, Red. Do you carry your bright pink bag with things that don't necessarily "match" the bag?

Always! I carry a bag for months at a time so no way is it going to match everything. Go for it - you will enjoy the color! :-)

Re: General Handbag Question Regarding Brightly Colored Bags

Trix — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 17:31:33 GMT

I am an oddball who only owns one large black bag, one small one, and one black evening bag. I put it that way because my accessory wardrobe is not lacking for bags. I have quite a few and they are colors and prints

Because so much of my clothing is green shades, green is a predominant color among my purses. Other colors I own are bright blue, white, pink, red, brown, wine, and a lot of prints. I'm rather bold with the selection of what bag to carry with an outfit. I might rock a red bag wearing an contrasting color like teal. I will carry a green bag with any color outfit because in my mind green is mother nature's true neutral.

Re: General Handbag Question Regarding Brightly Colored Bags

ChynnaBlue — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 18:35:57 GMT

On 3/11/2014 maddiecat said:
Your clothes shouldn't necessarily "match" the bag, but they should coordinate. Think about color combinations that appeal to you, and I'm sure you can work the bag into the outfit.

One thing that drives me crazy is seeing women wearing lots of pattern and carrying patterned bags. Overload!!!

Unless I'm going to a place where I really need to look nice, like a job interview or a party where I need to keep my bag on me at all times or will have my picture taken where I can't put my bag down, I don't even care if it coordinates. Most of the time my bag isn't on me, it's in a drawer at work, in the car next to me, or hanging off the back of a chair.

I agree about patterned bags, which is why almost all of mine are solids, but coordinating is too much. I don't want to change my bags with my outfits - that's too many bags for me. I change based on function - do I need a tote bag, a very small bag, or will my everyday bag work?

Re: General Handbag Question Regarding Brightly Colored Bags

Cyndog — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 19:12:25 GMT

My purses have to match in some kind of way. Wouldn't wear just any bag with any outfit. I agree with the poster above about print bags with print outfits. I can't do it. I see a lot of those brown/tan/beige LV bags or LV type bags worn with maybe a blue/purple/black print dress or top, I would wear the OP's blue bag with mainly black or white or a print with blue, and yellow. I love a bright color against black.

Re: General Handbag Question Regarding Brightly Colored Bags

RainyDayGal — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 20:02:11 GMT

I would carry that blue bag with just about everything. I think it would be beautiful with neutrals as well as pastels and brights. Pink, light blue, yellow, green, prints. I don't think there's much that it wouldn't look good with.

Re: General Handbag Question Regarding Brightly Colored Bags

12andcounting — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 20:10:52 GMT

On 3/11/2014 RedConvertibleGirl said:
I would carry that blue bag with just about everything. I think it would be beautiful with neutrals as well as pastels and brights. Pink, light blue, yellow, green, prints. I don't think there's much that it wouldn't look good with.

Thanks again, Red. You know you're pushing me over the edge, right?