You Should Shop These Black Owned Luxury Bag Brands Part 2
Hey hey hello!
If you’ve been keeping up with my Instagram stories this week, you’ll know that I had a BIT of a fiasco with one of the brands that I wrote about last year in this post about brands you can try while waiting on Telfar to restock. In short, I ordered a bag from a brand in July 2020 and did not receive it until February 17, 2021.
Yeah. It took that long to receive.
It was a major learning experience for me in recognizing that I will no longer blog about companies before I try them myself because bay-BEH! That would not have made my list at all. Especially because there was ZERO communication about the bag still being on its way. I honestly thought I had been scammed and was just going to take the L but alas, it arrived… 7 months later.
Anywho, I want to tell you all about the AMAZING brands that I have purchased during that same time frame (while waiting on that other bag). These brands have such quality products as well as quick and efficient shipping AND communication.
First, we’re going to start with the QUEEN: Mia Ray and Glam-Aholic Lifestyle. Now, I stan Mia not only because of her bags but also because of her ability to openly and honestly communicate with her audience on social media about a multitude of subjects. Mia keeps it real about her personal financial story as well as how she got to where she is with her brands. The small business information that she provides is extremely enlightening even if you do not have a business. She provides her customers with all the information that you need to shop for her drops as well as going live before the drops to give you full rundowns of what’s going to be available for purchase! It’s like her own home shopping network experience before the website is open for shopping every time. 10/10. Highly recommend! I have purchased the matte black AND the metallic pink travel sets (duffle + monogram bag), the monogram fanny pack, the matte black monogram travel toiletry set, and the metallic pink compact card set. Am I done purchasing items? Nope. If you’re reading this when it’s being posted, there is a drop TONIGHT, February 19th at 8 pm. Be sure to check out her live on Instagram at 7 pm to see all the products “in person” before purchase. Also, for those on a budget: Mia has AfterPay available for use on all her purchases! That’s how I’ve been able to accumulate so many items in less than a year. I AfterPay everything! Even if I have the money in the bank chile. It’s just easier on my spirit to not see big chunks of money come out of my account at once.
The next brand I’d like to mention is one that is new to me but quickly moved up on my list of faves. Brandon Blackwood NYC has these really cute mini bags that I adore. I realized after finding him that I had actually seen his bags before but didn’t know who made them. His ESR bag- short for “End Systemic Racism”- had gone viral on Instagram in 2020. I found him in late 2020 around Christmas and realized that I loved his pony hair dalmatian print Kuei bag. I found him literally on the day that he was having a drop which was lucky for me because I was able to pre-order a lavender pony hair trunk bag as well. I love the color choices, the quality of the pony hair, the fact that there is a matching detachable strap that goes with every bag, and the price. I ordered the lavender bag in December for preorder and it was supposed to be delivered in mid-February but my girl showed up a few weeks early in late January! I was ecstatic. She’s so fly and I know I will be expanding my Brandon Blackwood NYC collection because he has such fun and fabulous colors. His brand also offers AfterPay so if you’re on a budget you can cop and pay over time. He has had several drops since the one that I purchased from so you also will always have an opportunity to shop.
Finally, we’re going to talk about the bag that all the gworls were clamoring over and the reason why I even created the first blog last year about black owned luxury brands: Telfar. So in that post, I discussed how bots had taken over Telfar’s drop and how they were combating the issue at that time. One of the actions that they took was having a guaranteed program where if you ordered in August 2020, you would guarantee that you’d receive the bag you ordered without having to wait on any other drops. The only catch was that you’d have to wait for your bag to be made and that could take months. The latest you’d receive the bag(s) you’d ordered would be January 2021. Now, for some people, that may have been a deal breaker. For me, it was not. My mom wanted a Telfar and I figured boom, I could handle Christmas shopping early! So I took the plunge and got her a bag, and myself two bags as well and paid all of them off before Christmas even came around so bloop! She won! I purchased a red medium shopping bag and a brown medium shopping bag, as well as a small orange bag. Now the bags are cute but the only thing I wish that they had were detachable straps! I did not realize that the long straps were attached to the bags so the small bag doesn’t have that much room in it if you stuff the longer straps in while carrying it. Be sure you are ok with that before copping if you haven’t already. Otherwise, the medium bag is going to be perfect for when I’m on the go with my computer and all my notebooks that I carry around for meetings and etc. I’m hype to strut in my Telfar!
So yeah guys, this is my round up of black owned luxury brands that you should try for travel and fashion bags! Let me know if you already copped and/or what you will be copping from their upcoming drops! Be sure to follow the brands on social media to get a heads up on the drop dates and times so that way you don’t miss them!
Until next time!
xo,
Keri