Handbags

[151949]

I HATE when a company makes a nice looking substantial purse but then totally cheapens the look by putting on a skinny cheap strap. Esp. if the purse is fairly expensive! I especially hate those straps that look like seat belt fabric on a nice leather bag. IMO - those straps go on a $35 bag not a $350 dollar one. It pretty much ruins the look for me if the straps don't "go with" or compliment a purse.

[GenXmuse]

Do you buy $350 purses anyway?

[stevieb]

There have been so many threads about this and I continue to maintain that 'cheap and cheesy looking' are in the eye of the beholder. I have no problems with the fabric straps being used on some of the pricey bags being offered. I have one such bag and think the strap enhances the bag, is more comfortable and also stays better on my shoulder. As far as it goes, I prefer them to those too thin leather straps that cut into the shoulder or that easily slide off and I clearly prefer them to those fake leather straps that flake and peel, like the ones used on some Tignanello bags.

[SFGIANTSGIRL]

This strap is also used by Louis Vuitton on the Neo but and it is a great purse.

Deb

[151949]

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@stevieb wrote:

There have been so many threads about this and I continue to maintain that 'cheap and cheesy looking' are in the eye of the beholder. I have no problems with the fabric straps being used on some of the pricey bags being offered. I have one such bag and think the strap enhances the bag, is more comfortable and also stays better on my shoulder. As far as it goes, I prefer them to those too thin leather straps that cut into the shoulder or that easily slide off and I clearly prefer them to those fake leather straps that flake and peel, like the ones used on some Tignanello bags.

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I said it was my opinion and , sorry to tell you, but your opinion is no more important than anyone else's. IMO - it doesn't enhance a bag at all but actually ruins it.

[stevieb]

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@151949 wrote:

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@stevieb wrote:

There have been so many threads about this and I continue to maintain that 'cheap and cheesy looking' are in the eye of the beholder. I have no problems with the fabric straps being used on some of the pricey bags being offered. I have one such bag and think the strap enhances the bag, is more comfortable and also stays better on my shoulder. As far as it goes, I prefer them to those too thin leather straps that cut into the shoulder or that easily slide off and I clearly prefer them to those fake leather straps that flake and peel, like the ones used on some Tignanello bags.

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I said it was my opinion and , sorry to tell you, but your opinion is no more important than anyone else's. IMO - it doesn't enhance a bag at all but actually ruins it.

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No need to be sorry... and excuse me, but I too was merely expressing my opinion... I maintan, as I have on the several threads pertaining to the topic, that it's an individual choice and I expressed why I don't have a problem with them and in fact, in some instances, prefer them... 

[SUHsE]

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@151949 wrote:

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@stevieb wrote:

There have been so many threads about this and I continue to maintain that 'cheap and cheesy looking' are in the eye of the beholder. I have no problems with the fabric straps being used on some of the pricey bags being offered. I have one such bag and think the strap enhances the bag, is more comfortable and also stays better on my shoulder. As far as it goes, I prefer them to those too thin leather straps that cut into the shoulder or that easily slide off and I clearly prefer them to those fake leather straps that flake and peel, like the ones used on some Tignanello bags.

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I said it was my opinion and , sorry to tell you, but your opinion is no more important than anyone else's. IMO - it doesn't enhance a bag at all but actually ruins it.

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I see nowhere that Stevie said her opinion was more important?

I agree that this type of strap, like so many things, is personal preference. 

I have seen bags that I really liked the fabric strap, I 

Have seen bags, where I felt it did not work with a particular bag, at all.  

If if someone wanted to give me, an Hermes Birkin, I'd accept it, so as to not hurt their feelings🙃😉🤓

If however I was making a list of things I'd go on a long wait list for, spending $20,000 and up to acquire it, the Birkin wouldn't come close to making the list. 

The Birkin is a nice looking bag, but it really doesn't call to me.

i suspect, the world is full of people who disagree😃

[faeriemoon]

Just to add one more point; not all fabric straps are made alike.  And they are not all inexpensive; in fact some cost more to make than an all leather one.

I like that sporty, safari, casual-chic look.