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Champs Elysees Paris France Laduree

Split, Croatia Palace

Whale watching site Beluga Point, Alaska.

Brought this ©© cutie with me to Washington D.C. @ihearts0cal

I highly recommend Christopher Green in NYC who has transfered there from our Chicago boutique.
In Chicago, I recommend Reem, she is excellent also.
Please mention PurseBop says ?? and misses him ?

Enjoying the end of June with my go to summer bag – sometimes the best view is the simplest one. At the Arboretum today honoring my friends child who has a tree dedicated in his honor – it would be his third birthday today! He only made it 13 days in this world but now he’s is in a better place and a new little sister to celebrate him forever ??? — @sapphiresandscotch

MBS

Hermes F/W 2017 Update:

Rose Extreme: Strawberry red, very saturated and bright. I saw the color today. See picture below ?
Rose Pourpre: Similar to Tosca from picture I saw.
Gris Ashpalt – going to be the IT Hermes color ??
Vert Vertigo: Not as bright as Bamboo but brighter than Malachite. Very pretty.
Beton: grayish white with a hint of yellow.
Bordeaux: Deep red with brownish tone. See pictures below.
Rose Shocking: might only be chèvre SLG’s
Lime: Bright yellow with hints of lime
Blue Electric: dark cobalt blue

Pictures:

#1 Gris Ashpalt swift CDC compared to Etoupe in swift.
#2 Gris Ashpalt swift compared to Etoupe in Togo.
According to my SA Gris Ashpalt is slightly darker than Gris Tourterelle. It was gorgeous in swift & GHW. I think it will be beautiful with PHW too, modern and clean.
#3 Gris Ashpalt CDC swift
#4 Rose Extreme epsom & swift
#5 Lime – maybe Mariah Carey just got lime at FSH while in Paris ? (thanks @stylishsheba for the tip ??)
#6 Rose Pourpre – pic courtesy
@juzme_ec

Italian crew enjoying the sunny weekend ???

Finland’s summer colors?

✨Bag with the best view from my room at Niagara Falls ?

Cool day in Singapore after visiting Yayoi Kusama exhibition

View of Waikiki and Diamond Head in Honolulu, Hawaii.

On the edge of Ocean City boardwalk featuring sun, sand, and the perfect summer WOC. ❤
So many fun memories from the first beach day of summer ’17☺️

Stable chic featuring vintage vibes with my partner in crime.
I love this view❤

This was a tough choice, but my entry has to be my Louis Vuitton Montaigne BB in Rose Poudre in front of Ladurée Soho. I just adore the pastel colors in this picture and the memories behind it ?

See the little Merlion on my bag tag? And the LouisVuitton island at MarinaBaySands!? Hubby and i went to MerlionPark for a sunrise picnic. We were feeling a bit sentimental as we count the weeks before we leave this place we called home for over 5 years. Singapore is a place we’ve learned to love and it will forever hold a special place in our hearts…and on my almaBb?❤

An update from my dear friend DREAM whom we call the “Traveling Shopping Diva”.
She just returned from a family vacation in Italy. All four of them were traveling together (parents + kids). Landed and cleared customs at JFK with a connection.

I just got off the phone with her and this is her experience and some tips.
She declared absolutely everything she bought, in fact said she went over in her estimations to be on the safe side. She placed everyones shopping items together in one suitcase and had all the corresponding receipts with her handy in one place. The officer matched up each item to each transaction on every receipt. Despite this, the officer went through all 4 suitcases and all 4 carry-ons searching for items that may have not been reported. Dream and her family were there for over an hour while he searched and in the process of the wait, DREAM asked a few questions. I am going to try to highlight the main points she explained to me.
1. Of the 4 traveling, only the husband wrote the total amount (shopping) that needed to be declared. The rest (other 3) said NO to all questions, including the $800 exemption. The officer advised NOT to do this, but to split up purchases per person on the Global entry form. So for example, let’s say total was 10K, the officer wanted to see corresponding shopping for each passport… not all one one. Keep this in mind.
2. Be sure when calculating total spent, you don’t just add up large VAT refund eligible purchases but the smaller spends that you may not have applied for VAT refund for also. Apparently the woman before DREAM only declared her VAT eligible items and upon inspection when other items were found a 6X penalty was applied to the non declared items. DREAM suggests declaring everything. COMPLETE TRANSPARENCY.
3. In order to be completely transparent, one needs to be organized. DREAM explained that on her next trip she was going to create a journal and log every item purchased and not just VAT items as it is easy to inadevertantly miss something… especially when traveling with family and the kids are independently shopping too. The detailed and very thorough inspection from the customs officer left no room for error or miscalculation despite DREAM’s honest declarations.
4. The officer questioned other items in their suitcases that were not new from this trip. DREAM and her college aged daughter had many Chanel shoes and slides, their Gabrielle and Boy bags… along with many other luxury items. DREAM was traveling with a Birkin too. The officer questioned the purchase dates of each item and suggested that in the future they should travel with receipts or photographs documenting time and place before departure. Fortunately for them, we had logged the Chanel Gabrielle story and the earlier Boy bag stories here at PurseBop.com (read: https://www.pursebop.com/handbag-math-you-can-still-save-money-buying-chanel-abroad-chanel-gabrielle-bag-case-study/ and https://www.pursebop.com/hermes-is-your-best-buy-in-paris/
This seems like a tremendous amount of work in preparation for travel but DREAM said the way HE questioned and inspected, there was no room for any ‘white lies’. The officer was courteous throughout their time but EXTREMELY THOROUGH. She asked the officer what they do if passengers have connections and don’t have this much time? The officer replied – IT’S NOT OUR PROBLEM. WE DON’T CARE. WE WILL DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO – WE TAKE OUR TIME. Fortunately DREAM’s family had several hours before connecting to Chicago. She said they were there for over 1 hour.
5. DREAM collected their VAT in cash at kiosks throughout Italy in the cities but advised that the person whose passport was used for the purchase/receipt was the one who had to collect, so be cogniscente of this also. Make sure the person whose passport was used at purchase is the same person that collects VAT. They made this mistake a couple times and it was a waste of time after standing in line as they would not dispense refunds to other family members.

All in all, we can only reinforce the importance of TRANSPARENCY when shopping abroad. This is one persons experience, of course everyone will have a different one. DREAM is a seasoned traveller and shopper from all parts of the world and has found with each trip their is increased scrutiny. I hope sharing her experience prepares you better for your travels this summer. Please don’t hesitate to ask questions. Will do our best to reply.

To learn more explore the new TRAVEL and HANDBAG MATH GUIDES on the site https://www.pursebop.com/guides-2/

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Hard to have the blue nuit color come out ? Sharing my B25 while we were in HK last weekend ? The view from our hotel room

Hello Boppers, my name is Jenny from lake tahoe, California. Happily married with my true man and mom of 2 beautiful kids. I’ve been following pursebop and boptalk on IG for quite sometime now but just join the Boptalk website today and so I’m looking forward to meet new friends here and share their passion with handbags and shoes. @jsecretwardrobe is my ig acct…

The perfect carry all Louis Vuitton Neverfull MM in Damier Azur for the tropical beach trip to St. Kitts.. picture perfect in paradise… #karensfavorites karensfavorites.com

This little fringe Saint Laurent beauty is my pursebops bag with a view entry! Taken during a trip last summer to wedding venue hunt. These views were up a million (or at least what felt like) stairs, during some blazing heat, but worth it!

I was surprised you didn’t comment on Chanel. They seem to have a substantial clothing line as a percentage of their business, no? At least their stores take up alot of real estate for clothes.

Miss Nightingale said the sunset is her doppelgänger ?? the time lapse video is on ig!

Koh Samui Island, Thailand with Hermes Garden Party Tote.. <3

It’s a beautiful day so Miss Disco decided she wanted to model for #pursebopsbagwithaviewchallenge ???

Cooling off from the summer heat in one of my favourite places in Paris – Palais Royal #pursebopsbagwithaviewchallenge

I can’t wait for Wimbledon GS Tennis tournament to start again!! There’s less than a month ?? Until then, remembering last year’s Wimbledon tournament: #grass #tennis ? #strawberrries ? #champagne ? #rain ? #pursebopsbagwithaviewchallenge

Hi to all my fellow bag hoarders ? I’m Lavish_Box from Toronto. I started “hoarding” in 2007 when I first visited Paris. Like all of you here, I get carried away on shopping most of the time, ended up having similar types of purses.
I even forget sometimes that I have the existing bag sitting in the closet for years (I’m sure, this happens to majority).
I’m more of a casual, relaxed type of purse lady rather than structured kind. Prefer functionality vs. trend.
I used to be an active member of handbag groups years ago when I had FB. I strayed away, tried to resist temptations ? But it’s on IG everywhere. I must admit, I am weak. So I caved in, and officially joining all the bag hoarders ?

Last one of the “court view series”…today Miss Silvana is proudly holding the Champion trophy while modeling on the court for #pursebopsbagwithaviewchallenge ?PS: everyone was staring at this weird girl who was taking artistic pictures of her bag and trophy on court? wonder who the girl is ???

Miss Nightingale is all geared up and ready for her tennis match, so this is her view of the day ???#pursebopsbagwithaviewchallenge

Something to do when in Taiwan, experience a Maokong Glass Bottom Gondola Ride ????????
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#LouisVuitton #SpeedyIdylle #Lavish_Box #LBWorldCo #yourluxuryandbeautyauthority #luxury #designer #travel

My favorite bag at my favorite place ♡
#bagaddict #birkin #monaco #bagswithaview

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