Good Morning!
If it is indeed morning where you are,
it's currently morning here in KL (Kuala Lumpur)
and it is raining. Yeah.
Despite the beautiful sunshine,
'brightness' thing that's going on,
it is raining quite heavily. So, we're
kind of thinking "Hmm, vloggy-stuff what are going to do today?"
And we're mainly just gonna edit, so that's
dull. So instead, I thought I would sit down
and I would make a video purely about the many, MANY
handbags I have brought with me to KL
Ok, I brought *5* handbags with me
I've only showed you 3 of the ones I've brought with me,
because two of them I dunno 'pfft'
they're just not very exciting 'slash' they're ugly
aaand then 3 that I bought
since coming to KL. Yes! It's just
a video about handbags. Essentially.
But hey! They're so pretty
I was never really a handbag person before I have to say, but
Clara's kind of got me into them? I don't even know how. I don't know why.
It's osmosis of best friendship.
Is this a thing? It's a thing. Osmosis of friendship. It definitely
happens, especially between girls.
Please tell me this happens to you too?!
Bad habits, Clara. Bad ones, thanks.
Ok, let's begin!
We're gonna start
a handbag you've definitely seen before on my
Instagram, Jessie and Claud on our videos, because I've had it a while
and it's this one :)
It's from Dune. I mean, it's not, it's from TKMaxx
but Dune made it. I just,
I'm not made of money, 'kay? I was really inspired to buy this bag
by one of my favourite bloggers,
ForeverAmber, who has a bag that also has that 'scalloped' shape, although I think hers is a satchel
and it goes all the way up. Anyway,
I saw this, sitting on a shelf and I though "Ah!
I have to have it! Scallops!
Scallop shell!" I just think it looks wonderfully
playful. It's also quite a
handy bag, to be honest, because it is so large.
It fits in
It fits in a vlogging camera
and Joby stick and a bottle of water, which
I must carry with me, at all times. A handy
outside pocket, so you can slot things in it
I've been in the Airport with this bag
that was quite handy, because you can put your passport
in the front of it and not have to
open it up and dig inside
and then inside,
it's really cavernous, because it's quite
solid, I like that. I like a solid bag. *knock knock*
And inside, it has a zip pocket
and regular two pockets, one which you can put your phone in,
that my phone doesn't fit in it, because
no ones made a bag that fits the 7plus yet.
I can't even see, on smaller screens now
I be up on Claud's phone and I'm like 'How do you read this?'
'How do touch the buttons?!'
See essentially, that's that bag
it's great, I can't remember how much it cost but
I'm going to say, somewhere below...It's about £22
and it's got a lot of use, I've had it for
about a year and a half
so,
excellent value for money, that one. Next up,
I've already posted this little beauty on my Instagram
and I know that a lot of you really, really liked it! I like it
it's so gorgeous! This is from Vendula
they also made my purse, 'cos I took
this bag out last night! It's my purse!
Yeah. So
I got given this for Christmas by my lovely sister-in-law
Julia, it's from Vendula. They have got
*the* most gorgeous range of bags
I love them- and they do special shop fronts.
So they've got the Grocer, a Toy Store,
a Pub, all these different things and you can get
like a bag size, you can get little wallet
size, there's a- They're just in the shape of shops,
they're adorable! But I kinda want to expand my range
of interesting bags
so if you have any tips, or interesting bags, that aren't too "weird",
so they won't look incredibly odd if you, like,
eh vintage-style that's not to rockabilly,
or pin-up.
That was a long sentence. *breathe*
If you have any tips on those, please do leave them
in the comments. I'm very excited. And then,
I got a bag
I actually got this pre-release, I
got it before it came out, so I can bring it with me into Malaysia. This is the grab-bag
and this was around £75 mark?
I'm going to say? I love it! I love
this bag <3 It's just a wonder
It's beautiful, we've got 3 little flowers here,
which, if you're worried about having decorations
on your bag and the potential of it falling off, I really
feel very, very safe with this bag.
Because, it is leather, it's stitched
impeccably. And look it has a little ladybird!
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So, I quite like walking around with it, just swingin' along. Um,
but it's also small enough,
that you can wear it with a strap
and it doesn't look weird. This size,
wearing it with a strap just always to me, looks a bit odd.
I like the
colour, because it's quite creamy, so it can go with a lot of different
things. You can wear a signature
colour from one of the flowers. Inside, there's a zip
so that you can flap it over and undo the zip, which
adds an extra, level of safety but isn't too
much. Again,
it's quite structured *knock knock*
Love a structured bag, I just think you
can get more into it and it's also easier.
You want a box bag where you got to shove your hand in and search
around for stuff, especially for me, because I can't feel my fingers.
Fun fact, if you didn't know that about me, I can't feel my fingers.
Or my arms, but
well it's worse on my fingers. My arms is like Wondercream
so, it just constantly feels like I
am wearing a very thin layer of clothing,
but with my actual fingers, I don't even know where they are.
Most of the time. Squeezy squash, sweetener,
um, wet wipes,
got to travel with wet wipes,
sunglasses, got medication,
cards, money,
all the good stuff
Ooh! My business cards (/jessicaOutOfTheCloset - Instagram) (/JessicaKelgrenFozard - Youtube)
There's a slightly bigger me! In terms of
improving on this bag, there isn't much you can do. I like it so much. Um, although, right if we are the one
downside, is I think there is some slight discolouration
on the zip, which is my fault
because we're in Malaysia and
I've been eating a lot of curry.
The next handbag, you most definitely
recognise if you've been watching our travel vlogs
Yes, dubbed in the comments, my "Mary Poppins" handbag,
Kind of is.
This little lovely is from 'Teddy Bake' (Ted Baker) It's
again, *knock knock*
a box bag. Now this one I took with me to Thailand and
it was really really handy.
Because, it's very very safe, let me show you
You've got the clasp at the front, twist it,
you have to undo, ooh gosh, first this one,
then this one,
then the top off,
to get inside. So, I
found when I was walking, through the market, through a lot of markets in Thailand, it
did feel incredibly
safe to be able to do that up and
with 3 different straps, no ones gonna stand there
for THAT long. The look of this bag is
also delightful! I think
it's wonderfully retro.
Isn't it just? It also comes in a range of colours,
but I really wanted it dusky pink.
When it arrived and I remembered I had a dusky pink handbag,
it's so old and battered, it's staying in Malaysia now.
But this little lovely, is coming back with
me to England, because I'm very much looking forward wearing it in the summer. I really,
I think it's a lovely pink actually, I don't know if it shows well on camera,
but pink to me, it can be too bubblegum,
bright, it's just girly.
I feel like I'm very- I'm ultra feminine.
But not in a girly way. So open it up inside
also I really like that it's got
cracked finish to it. Inside we've got again the zip pocket,
and then, two larger pockets which, to be fair,
one of those does
kinda fit my phone. Although my phone's a bit long.
It's a very sleek and elegant design and I think
it's very, it's very simple. Which you can
match anything to. It goes with most things.
My favourite thing about it though and I keep harping on this
is the big security aspect!
It also comes with a padlock
Fine? I mean, they're very safety conscious, clearly at Teddy
Bake, I don't know where they live., but they're very safety conscious.
So that's an excellent feature and I really like that and you can
fit a lot into this bag, no you can't fit a towel,
clearly that was the movie magic!
But, you can fit a lot in it
I don't think I'm looking for a handbag, I'm kind of half way between
it looking amazing and it being useful.
No that's a LIE! What a lie!
Ha! No I just look for it to look good.
It is slightly
on the pricier side and by slightly, I mean
it is definitely more expensive than all of my other handbags- but it's
very good quality. I've thrown this bag around,
a little bit, I mean not intentionally.
But, you know, travelling.
And it's held up, incredibly well.
This is the kind of handbag also because it's quite
a
classic
style and look,
that I really feel like I'd be able to keep this for years and years
and years and carry it always. I don't think
I'll wear it with the strap, when I'm back at home, I think I'll just
carry it around, but I like that
it has that option, that's been very useful.
It's also especially useful when you are on
crutches.
Fun fact! When you are on crutches, you need a bag
with a very long handle,
because you need to put it across and over your body
otherwise it will flap about and smack you, as you move.
This bag, I probably should've brought out after the
Vendula bag because
It's amazing! As I said, I'm starting a thing,
I've decided I like bags that look like something.
This one is from LuLu Hun, which is the accessories part
of collective, and as you know, I am obsessed with
all things collective. Look at it, isn't it adorable?
I was going to wear it to a wedding,
but then I couldn't go to that wedding,
because I was ill and we had to go to Malaysia
It's been really useful out here as well, again it has
it has a chain.
So you don't have to just carry it around. This will definitely
be appearing in my Holiday Look Book, which will be
at the end of the holiday. It's hard-wearing, it's
very solid
fits a surprising amount, including my massive phone.
And the vintage look of this
beauty, and also it goes with a lot of things.
Because, again we have this dusky pink. So it goes with
many things. We've got a beautiful,
beautiful clip at the top here, I got this
one, it was on sale, so I'm not sure if they still have it,
but they do have a delicious range, of
bags, so make sure to check them out.
I really, really,
I can't rate this high enough.
It just brings me pure joy and happiness!
And now we can all agree I've wattled on for
ages, about handbags and you'd like me to just wrap this up.
Quick run down at the bags that I have bought since coming to KL *gasp*
This little stunner! I mean, it's so
simple
in design and yet
I like it so much
Not in quite the same way, this one's gold
it's very shiny, it came in a variety of colours, it's from Pedini(?)
It was £8 english pounds?
And it has this beautiful little pearl clasp, which
I have to say, it has actually been damaged. *laughs*
I've only had it about a week, but it has scuffed quite badly.
It's very compact inside, which is excellent,
I managed to fit quite a few things
in here the other day, I was very surprised.
Next is a little heavier, I have to say, actually
I should mention
that some of these bags
are quite
heavy on their own without things in, except for the garden bag
which is a grab bag, so it's small.
When Claude and I first met, I had a riding bag
as a handbag, so it was like a semi-circular, it
was weird, I couldn't put it down.
It was like a semi-circular leather
bag that I got from Hawkshead Lake District and it was
half- it was brown and dark green.
And she was this one and was like
"Oh it's like the handbag you used to have!" so I had to get it.
Oh God, I'm such a soft sap, I know.
There is a girl in the,
a department store, next door, who puts names
on handbags so I've been thinking of taking off the name of the
actual brand and replacing it with
my monogram, because
I'm like that Who wouldn't want that? And finally
the most exciting purchases
It's so beautiful!
I love it! I again got this from Tang's at a department
store, it was in
a Chinese New Year special, so of course
it's you know, red and gold
and flowery, oh goodness! I'm slightly concerned
that everything will knock off and I need to be super
careful with it, but also quite
expensive for Malaysia, it was about-
So it ended up being about
250 ringgit. It's
got a lovely clasp on the top, the same way
that LuLu handbag does. I mean to be fair,
it's so beautiful, I'll put it on a shelf than worry about
taking it anywhere, which
probably isn't what you want from a bag
So I hope liked my little array of handbags, some of which are useful,
some of which are just beautiful! All of which
I really really like :) If you'd like to see more handbags,
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a thing. So please please, tag me in your beautiful pictures of
handbags on Instagram so that I can stare at them- Ah!~