I've finally secured a great vintage Dooney & Bourke bag á la Sarah Vickers. I picked it up at my favorite local consignment shop, Karen's Kloset this week. It wasn't in the greatest condition and took a little elbow grease to bring it back to life but I love how it turned out. Now when I got it I promised myself this would be the very last bag I buy in 2011. You see, I have sort of a problem. I'd like to say I'm a collector but it's really more shallow than that. I have tons and tons of bags. I can't help it, they are by far my favorite accessory but it's kind of out of control. So I'm going to try really, really hard to stick to my self-made promise. But then I found this...
Seriously Vineyard Vines? You have to make a University of Illinois Classic Tote now?! Please don't get me wrong, I'm super-duper excited but you're practically making me break my promise. I'll have to use it for school next semester though. I can't retire the vintage Dooney so soon. I'm loving that one of my favorite 'Preppy' brands is showing some MidWest love.
Now if only KJP would hook-up with a retailer south of Chicago...
Vintage Dooney picture is mine, taken at lunch yesterday.
Vineyard Vines picture is from their website and can be found here.
That is a nice U of I bag but I think the one that you have now will work for a while. Also, if KJP does not collaborate with someone in Chicago then maybe we need to try and take a trip east?
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