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Megs · Dec 12th, 2006, 12:09 PM

I find one of the biggest fashion faux pas to be ordinary designs that make people say 'Ehhhh'. Even if you make a fashion atrocity, if you did so by going out on a limb and adding bells, whistles, horns, and all that shebang at least you were trying to be bold and different. If you make a hit handbag by combining simplicity and elegance then props to you. If you just end up ordinary, then you have been nothing but safe and plain which is a major downer in my opinion. This is the feeling I get when looking at the Marc Jacobs Quilted Leather Wallet. Sure it is not awful, but it is not great either. It is simple and safe. Safe this time is not good enough. The more I look at the black quilted leather with visible white stitching I begin to even find it fugly. There is an embossed logo on the front with gold studs on either side, the closure is a press stud fastening, and on the inside there are zip fastening sections for coins credit cards. All in all, this wallet merely makes me shrug. Via Net-A-Porter for $425.

SKelly · Dec 12th, 2006, 04:18 PM

Megs,

ITA. It's hideous. Looks like something I could snag at Target for $12.

Shelley

Jill · Dec 12th, 2006, 04:56 PM

FUGLY..LOL..MJ disappointed me BIG time this season..BLECK!

shoppingsmycard · Dec 12th, 2006, 05:06 PM

ugh, totally agree megs & jill....sooo disappointed with MJ's spring 07. and that wallet is indeed target-worthy. so sad.

ValleyO · Dec 13th, 2006, 01:16 AM

It's very.....dull. Should've stuck the koala clasp on it

chloehandbags · Dec 13th, 2006, 10:51 AM

I think, if you're going to go plain - go really plain. Then at least you can call it minimalism.

This is a real half-measures sort of effort, IMO.

What, exactly, is the point of the two studs, I wonder?

heather123 · May 4th, 2007, 05:48 PM

Yuck! Yuck! Yuck!

ViciousBliss · May 4th, 2007, 07:58 PM

i hate it! and that white stitching just kills it dead for me. blecko.

Violawas · May 4th, 2007, 10:04 PM

Not feeling it at all!

karo · May 5th, 2007, 06:40 PM

Originally Posted by SKelly

Megs,

ITA. It's hideous. Looks like something I could snag at Target for $12.

Shelley

I have to agree. I wouldn't pay for it more than $20.

sputnik · May 6th, 2007, 06:42 PM

very boring. and a little bit ugly.

gacats · May 6th, 2007, 07:20 PM

Well, I could see paying $40.00, if the interior has all the wallet things I require. But $425.00????? HUH??????

Dec 12th, 2006, 12:09 PM	#1
Megs OP Administrator Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 26,842	Marc Jacobs Quilted Leather Wallet I find one of the biggest fashion faux pas to be ordinary designs that make people say 'Ehhhh'. Even if you make a fashion atrocity, if you did so by going out on a limb and adding bells, whistles, horns, and all that shebang at least you were trying to be bold and different. If you make a hit handbag by combining simplicity and elegance then props to you. If you just end up ordinary, then you have been nothing but safe and plain which is a major downer in my opinion. This is the feeling I get when looking at the Marc Jacobs Quilted Leather Wallet. Sure it is not awful, but it is not great either. It is simple and safe. Safe this time is not good enough. The more I look at the black quilted leather with visible white stitching I begin to even find it fugly. There is an embossed logo on the front with gold studs on either side, the closure is a press stud fastening, and on the inside there are zip fastening sections for coins credit cards. All in all, this wallet merely makes me shrug. Via Net-A-Porter for $425.
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Dec 12th, 2006, 04:18 PM	#2
SKelly Member Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 602	Re: Marc Jacobs Quilted Leather Wallet Megs, ITA. It's hideous. Looks like something I could snag at Target for $12. Shelley
SKelly Member Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 602

Dec 12th, 2006, 04:56 PM	#3
Jill MOD Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 27,923	Re: Marc Jacobs Quilted Leather Wallet FUGLY..LOL..MJ disappointed me BIG time this season..BLECK!
Jill MOD Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 27,923

Dec 12th, 2006, 05:06 PM	#4
shoppingsmycard Member Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,382	Re: Marc Jacobs Quilted Leather Wallet ugh, totally agree megs & jill....sooo disappointed with MJ's spring 07. and that wallet is indeed target-worthy. so sad.
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Dec 13th, 2006, 01:16 AM	#5
ValleyO Member Joined: Mar 2006 Location: Sacramento Posts: 11,218	Re: Marc Jacobs Quilted Leather Wallet It's very.....dull. Should've stuck the koala clasp on it

Dec 13th, 2006, 10:51 AM	#6
chloehandbags KIABGGTH Joined: Mar 2006 Location: England, UK. Posts: 11,248	Re: Marc Jacobs Quilted Leather Wallet I think, if you're going to go plain - go really plain. Then at least you can call it minimalism. This is a real half-measures sort of effort, IMO. What, exactly, is the point of the two studs, I wonder?
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May 4th, 2007, 05:48 PM	#7
heather123 Member Joined: Nov 2006 Location: IRELAND Posts: 1,967	Re: Marc Jacobs Quilted Leather Wallet Yuck! Yuck! Yuck!

May 4th, 2007, 07:58 PM	#8
ViciousBliss Leather is Better. Joined: Feb 2007 Location: Somewhere in the mountains in CT! Posts: 3,508	Re: Marc Jacobs Quilted Leather Wallet i hate it! and that white stitching just kills it dead for me. blecko.
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May 4th, 2007, 10:04 PM	#9
Violawas Member Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 502	Re: Marc Jacobs Quilted Leather Wallet Not feeling it at all!
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May 6th, 2007, 06:42 PM	#11
sputnik Sofa King Banned Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,147	Re: Marc Jacobs Quilted Leather Wallet very boring. and a little bit ugly.
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May 6th, 2007, 07:20 PM	#12
gacats love me some bags! Joined: Oct 2006 Location: Georgia Posts: 7,086	Re: Marc Jacobs Quilted Leather Wallet Well, I could see paying $40.00, if the interior has all the wallet things I require. But $425.00????? HUH??????
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