At some point during the pandemic, I decided to do something I've wanted to do for a very long time.
And that something is: Buy a purse.
It's a very long story, but originally I wanted a very particular Longchamp purse that I saw one of the male characters carrying in one of the foreign dramas that I watch. The search for that purse is a saga that probably wouldn't even fit in this Yelp review, but it involved me paying someone in like Singapore to try and buy the purse there online there, and then have it forwarded to me in the U.S. When it came down to it- the foreign site that didn't ship to the US didn't even have the exact purse I wanted and I was lucky enough to get all my money back from the package forwarder.
But yeah, I decided I wanted a purse. Part of it was that I was watching all of these foreign dramas where so many of the guys carried awesome purses and I was jealous. But the biggest part of it was Covid.
During Covid I started carrying around a cornucopia of different things that just wouldn't all fit in my pockets.
*Extra masks
*Hand sanitizer
*Plastic utensils
*Gloves
* etc etc etc
So I was like... ok, the time is now.
So when things died down a bit with Covid I set up a special event with my friends that I called "Purse Day" which was basically going to the Clarksburg Outlets and going purse shopping (But it was more special for me cause it would be my first purse ever).
Where did I find my first purse ever? Tori Burch!
It's technically their "Sports Bag" concept - but it has a strap and is worn like a messenger bag. It has so many pockets, is pretty minimalist in design, but is super high quality constructed, and I think it's just perfect for what I need.
I did go to PLENTY of other stores in the outlets looking for purses. Many were just much more feminine than I would like for me personally. And the stores that did sell more masculine style bags/purses - a lot of them were just not super comfortable to wear or didn't have the amount or combination of pockets that I was looking for.
Like I did see a pretty nice purse at Lacoste that I think would've worked, but it was basically like a tote bag with just 1 small pocket on the inside, and it la-coste a lot of money for just that basic set up.
The store associates at Tori Burch were super friendly and accommodating as well. There's defintiely a good deal of employees there to help on a regular basis, and they are pretty efficient and friendly when it comes to grabbing stuff from the back and also ringing things up.
I liked the purse that I got SO MUCH that I went back recently to see about getting it in another color.
Lucky me, I waited long enough that when I went back the purse I wanted was 40% off! Score! Now I have the black and blue version of my purse.
One thing I'll note is that the black purse I bought recently didn't have the strap inside when I bought it. I realized this when I got home. I called the store and informed them, and they curbsided me the black strap that was missing, along with a little handwritten note thanking me for my business.
Overall, wouldn't hesitate to visit Tori Burch again. After all, I'm a purse carrying member of T.Burch now and will always have fond memories of Purse Day there that I will carry with me... along with my super fashionable purse. read more