Chase Amie #3 'Schnell' handbags are my priority, so my mum and baby will sleep in a storage room, sorry!

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A poster here suggested her, and thank you for that. I occasionally look at her channel because I really like her thought process. I cannot help but compare how Aileen treats her bags vs Amie. Amie leaves her bags in the brightest room with flimsy curtains, whereas Aileen's closet is clearly in a small dark room and she has blackout curtains and also keeps all her bags in their dustbags. Also, Amie constantly use the excuse that because she is in the UK and doesn't see that much sun so she can leave them out, I believe Aileen is based in the UK as well.

I know there is a debate on dustbags or no dustbags, but it is indisputable that you shouldn't leave your bags out in the sun.

 
danisaur said:
A poster here suggested her, and thank you for that. I occasionally look at her channel because I really like her thought process. I cannot help but compare how Aileen treats her bags vs Amie. Amie leaves her bags in the brightest room with flimsy curtains, whereas Aileen's closet is clearly in a small dark room and she has blackout curtains and also keeps all her bags in their dustbags. Also, Amie constantly use the excuse that because she is in the UK and doesn't see that much sun so she can leave them out, I believe Aileen is based in the UK as well.

I know there is a debate on dustbags or no dustbags, but it is indisputable that you shouldn't leave your bags out in the sun.

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I have a few designer bags and I would be TERRIFIED to leave them out like Amie....
 
danisaur said:
A poster here suggested her, and thank you for that. I occasionally look at her channel because I really like her thought process. I cannot help but compare how Aileen treats her bags vs Amie. Amie leaves her bags in the brightest room with flimsy curtains, whereas Aileen's closet is clearly in a small dark room and she has blackout curtains and also keeps all her bags in their dustbags. Also, Amie constantly use the excuse that because she is in the UK and doesn't see that much sun so she can leave them out, I believe Aileen is based in the UK as well.

I know there is a debate on dustbags or no dustbags, but it is indisputable that you shouldn't leave your bags out in the sun.

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Her method of shopping and collection are so refreshing. She has maybe 1/4 of Amie’s closet, yet has actual nice pieces. (Hermes bags and high end watches and jewelry) And she restyles all of her clothes rather than having a haul every 2 weeks.
 
She does have nice pieces but I personally love colors and patterns, and I don't think that a minimalist wardrobe of just neutrals will work for me. Nevertheless, I thought that was a well-done video on how to maintain your expensive pieces.



Also, one thing I don't really get is why Amie stores her stuff in the bright room like that all the time. I get the fact that you need a nice filming space as a full time YouTube, everyone would only see like the one meters around you. Wouldn't the nice and bright room be more enjoyable for actual humans? Like not putting your own son into the smallest and the darkest room?
 
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No new videos in over a month? Looks like Amie is indeed taking that maternity leave after all. She was really in over her head when she said she won't take time off. The transition to motherhood is hard and you're kidding yourself when you say you're gonna jump right back to work.
 
I can also imagine that birth must've been difficult. She went through a scheduled C-section which led her to believe that it will be easy. But there is a reason why c-sections are alternative to vaginal birth because it is still brutal on the body - for god sake they literally cut you open, if it is any other case it is a major surgery.

My best friend is a teacher in the US, she literally has to plan her pregnancy and estimate that the birth to be over the school holidays so she doesn't have to go back to work the day after she gives birth. Being able to take maternity leave is an economic and political privilege that a lot of women in the world don't get to enjoy. Spare me the Girl Boss bullshit Amie, if you want to be a mom, then actually be a mom, not saying you cannot have a career, you totally can, but doing the superficial hard work of "not taking leave" is different from developing a talent and improving your skills.
 
MaximizeThis said:
www.cnbc.com

A 38-year-old looks back on her biggest money mistake: 'I could have been nearly $40,000 richer today'

"Instead of trusting Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' relentless will to dominate the market, I spiraled down a slippery slope of bad spending habits."
www.cnbc.com www.cnbc.com

Hope Amie can see this, and every other influencer who claims their handbags are “investments”
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Thanks for sharing! When I first started reading the article, I thought to myself that the Amazon stock example is not so great because picking stocks can be a gamble: sure, Amazon stock grew tremendously over the last ten years but it could have also done the opposite. There is no crystal ball, which is why it’s safer to invest in index funds. But then she mentions buying more and more handbags and that’s where the article truly resonated with me. Buying luxury goods essentially becomes an addiction and you’re just waiting for your next dopamine hit, and yes, many influencers have this problem and are obsessed with material possessions to the point where they no longer own their things, but rather, the other way around!
 
danisaur said:
A poster here suggested her, and thank you for that. I occasionally look at her channel because I really like her thought process. I cannot help but compare how Aileen treats her bags vs Amie. Amie leaves her bags in the brightest room with flimsy curtains, whereas Aileen's closet is clearly in a small dark room and she has blackout curtains and also keeps all her bags in their dustbags. Also, Amie constantly use the excuse that because she is in the UK and doesn't see that much sun so she can leave them out, I believe Aileen is based in the UK as well.

I know there is a debate on dustbags or no dustbags, but it is indisputable that you shouldn't leave your bags out in the sun.

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Nice video! Haven't heard of her before but I like the thought behind some of her content.

I will say something seems a bit off with all these influencers who live in what looks like an Ikea catalogue, but spend tens and thousands of dollars on designer bags, accessories, and shoes that they only use for "special occasions." The whole thing just seemed very mismatched, when you own multiple Hermes or a dozen Chanel classic flaps, but live in a place that is furnished by Ikea and Aliexpress and are afraid of using your stuff. Can't help but think it's some internal desperation to come off as more well-off than they actually are and what that implies about their values.
 
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Nice video! Haven't heard of her before but I like the thought behind some of her content.

I will say something seems a bit off with all these influencers who live in what looks like an Ikea catalogue, but spend tens and thousands of dollars on designer bags, accessories, and shoes that they only use for "special occasions." The whole thing just seemed very mismatched, when you own multiple Hermes or a dozen Chanel classic flaps, but live in a place that is furnished by Ikea and Aliexpress and are afraid of using your stuff. Can't help but think it's some internal desperation to come off as more well-off than they actually are and what that implies about their values.
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Yeah good point!

I think some have to do with the normalisation of collecting luxury that has been exacerbated by social media. Before the da

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That's a very good point. Buying any kind of luxury goods is definitely a matter of showing off one's social status. I don't know if anyone follows Tanner Leatherstein, he is a tanner and owns a company that makes leather goods. He cuts up bags - including Chanel, Louis Vuitton, and Bottega. He analyse the quality of the material, the craftsmanship, and the intricacy of the design. He does this to show the massive markup premium brands place on their goods and it is sometimes up to 20x of the actual manufacturing cost of a particular item. Basically he says that Coach bags are better made than Chanel, but try to convince luxury Youtuber on that.

I can't speak for everyone, but I own 2 luxury handbags and I do have an Ikea closet :LOL:. I am aware of the irony where I am keeping all my items in a closet that costs as much as one of my bags. I just thought Ikea closets were much more functional for my space, as I live in a small one-bedroom apartment and I have no intention to get a bigger place. But yeah, it is weird for me to see Amie, who lives in a 6 bedroom house, has two Ikea closets, when she should have hired a company and build her a walk in.
 
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danisaur said:
Yeah good point!

I think some have to do with the normalisation of collecting luxury that has been exacerbated by social media. Before the da

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That's a very good point. Buying any kind of luxury goods is definitely a matter of showing off one's social status. I don't know if anyone follows Tanner Leatherstein, he is a tanner and owns a company that makes leather goods. He cuts up bags - including Chanel, Louis Vuitton, and Bottega. He analyse the quality of the material, the craftsmanship, and the intricacy of the design. He does this to show the massive markup premium brands place on their goods and it is sometimes up to 20x of the actual manufacturing cost of a particular item. Basically he says that Coach bags are better made than Chanel, but try to convince luxury Youtuber on that.

I can't speak for everyone, but I own 2 luxury handbags and I do have an Ikea closet :LOL:. I am aware of the irony where I am keeping all my items in a closet that costs as much as one of my bags. I just thought Ikea closets were much more functional for my space, as I live in a small one-bedroom apartment and I have no intention to get a bigger place. But yeah, it is weird for me to see Amie, who lives in a 6 bedroom house, has two Ikea closets, when she should have hired a company and build her a walk in.
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Two luxury bags and an Ikea closet in a small one-bedroom is normal and there is no shame in that! But Amie has more than a dozen Chanel flaps and at least another dozen of luxury bags and lives in a six bedroom house, and yet most of her furnishings are from and look like an Ikea catalogue. That's where it seems really off. Seems like she's not wealthy enough to furnish her house nicely and own those bags, and decided owning a dozen Chanel flaps was more important. And let's not even get into how her newborn baby is put into a small and dingy room along with her mother while her bags get the bigger room with more sunlight!
 
Yeah having two spacious with lots of natural lighting designated as closets is plain selfish if you ask me. Dan seems to work from home and he is reduced to that standing desk at a corner and her baby in the smallest bedroom in the house that is just a step above Harry Potter's cupboard.

Seriously, with some planning, she could have used just one room to be her closet and Youtube studio. Get the bigger one of the two room/closet so that her kid can at least have a decent room to grow up in and use that current smaller room he has as a decent enough guest room for her mother.
 
To be fair, the temptation to shop is overwhelming, we are bombarded with ads more than ever. I think everyone today to some extent think that buying something will solve their problems and I honestly think no one is fully immune from it. It is not just a woman's issue, look at how many middle aged men buy sports cars in a bid to resolve their mid-life crisis.

Amie and Luxury YouTubers are on another level of shopping as validation and problem solving. I am not a psychologist or psychiatrist so I definitely cannot diagnose, but Amie does strike me as someone who thinks that she can shop her way out of her problems. Just saying, maybe instead of buying another bag, perhaps spend money on a therapist.
 
I think the big discrepancy comes from the bags. If you take things like a house and a bag Amie goes to Ikea for her house and Chanel for her bags. She has not enough money to frill up both parts of her life. I don't know about you but I think most of us grew up with "everything in moderation".

We know about the boot theory. We know that money can buy better quality. The thing is that if you buy quality it can handle stuff. People do not abuse a Chanel bag because they are (or where) supposed to last. And here comes Amie, buying quality for what? Going to Nando's and sit on a shelf? You do not need a quality bag for that. You do not need duplicates for that. But she does.

Bags are already seen as frivolous. If she had an Ikea interior with three bags, nobody would bat a lash. But she has a lot of bags and they are not even being used. It just looks like a woman who spends her money on the wrong things.

Part of it could also be our own bias in that. We can relate to the Ikea furniture but we can not relate to all the bags. We do not see the bags as hapiness but as a pile of money and therefore a bad investment. If this was not a room full of bags but her kids college fund it would look totally different.

I have no idea what my point actually is but I just wanted to ramble a bit. I still love bags but it got oversaturated. At first I could shrug it off but after the pandemic those big bag cellections seemed so meaningless, pointless, empty and wrong.
 
We always mention her bags but we forget her shoe collection as well. All the beige, brown and pink shoes that are so impractical especially now that she's a mother. Just like her bags, she has no place to wear them. I reckon shoes are a lot harder to sell as it's size specific plus it gets worn out more than a bag no matter how careful you are.

I don't know. I haven't looked into the shoe resale market.
 
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