About things I regret I bought, sold or never had

I’m reminiscing a lot about things I used to have or had a chance to buy instead. Mostly the latter. Some are even haunting me and every time I have this huge WHY? in my head. Obviously I don’t have an answer to that and what’s left is to go to my favourite resale platforms with a hope of finding those pieces (but not for a fortune).

My style has been changing, my view on the perfect wardrobe has been changing, but in general I would say that I grew from buying basic pieces that I will wear to buying more interesting pieces with a thought that I might not wear them in my daily life. Or not that often at least. Also I have to mention that my Céline budget was different between 2010 and now and let’s be fair one just can’t buy everything especially at once.

So as much as I regret about something, I also know that all of that was a part of the process and part of my story that brought me where I am today.

To start with the things that I bought - again, I would just not buy basic pieces. They are so easy to find on resale compared to jewellery for example. In January, 2019 when Céline boutique had a final sale I bought grey slip-ons and pink ballet flats instead of the earrings. Why? I don’t know. And I still can’t find those earrings!

such an obvious choice right now! price was the same for the two pairs or the earrings

Same goes to the bags and wallets. Yes, it’s amazing to buy a new bag and get the whole boutique experience, but bags can be found on resale easily. So now I would buy a coat instead.

Also I want to tell about this interesting phenomenon when you wanted something for a really long time and this piece could be quite recognisable (but not necessarily) and you were even using it as a standard in terms of shape, color, etc., you could try it on and remember the feeling or you could only see it on photos, and when you finally buy it - it’s just not THE piece anymore. I don’t know if it makes sense, but I had it with the grey cashmere egg shaped coat, classic Céline piece that was repeated in many collections. I wanted it for years, but when I bought it - I was just not impressed by it anymore. And I was choosing between this coat and this brown trench coat from Fall 2017 RTW collection (look 7 from the runway) which now I would be so happy to have instead.

Okay, now to the things I regret I sold.

My pink ballet flats will appear in this category as well, because five years later, when I urgently need them (yes, we all need a pair right now) I don’t have them. So just to be clear I bought them instead of the earrings, then sold for less than €100 and then years later I am trying to find them again.

But my biggest regret is selling this incredible and so hard to find black coat with jewel button. I bought it before asking what was the size. I was so sure it would be FR36! When it arrived I saw it was FR34. I could still wear it and it wasn’t too bad but I decided to sell it nevertheless. Why? I don’t know. But I wish I kept it even just as an object.

still dreaming about finding it in my size

I also had these cool sneakers that I sold for some unknown reason. I should have kept them! Especially when resale prices for these sneakers and slip-ons are pretty low.

These jumpers and cardigan are not something that would be impossible to find again (here’s the nude one), or not something that I would wear a lot, but it would be just nice to have them if I have already bought them, you know?

And I won’t even talk about crazy amount of screenshots I still have with incredible pieces for unbelievable prices which I could buy but thought it was too much for me or was not sure where I would wear it. Sigh.

My husband told me it must be kind of therapeutical to think about all of those pieces. And especially prior to Phoebe Philo launch. Could be a nice advice for all of us, actually! Buy the weirdest things. Everything else will appear on resale sooner or later.

Yours,

Veronika