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Savvy.PurseBlog · Sep 28th, 2009, 06:45 PM

Zippers, I like. Buckle detailing, I like. However, there is one question I have to ask. Is there too much of a good thing going on with this bag? The Rafe New York Zippered Glazed Leather Hobo is a gorgeous bag yet the detailing might have gone just a bit too far. I like the shiny-glazed leather hobo. The deep, rich red color is divine and I do love the way the brushed goldtone hardware pops against the shiny leather. Yet, the over use of details still proves bothersome.

Some might call the zippers edgy or catchy, but it does nothing but make the bag look far too busy. Since there are so many things I do like about the bag, I decided to give it a second chance and attempt to see if it could work. While I kept looking at it, all I wanted was to erase some of the zippers. In fact, if the zippers along the front and the back of the bag were gone, this would be an entirely different bag and I would have nothing bad to say about it. Maybe it’ll grow on me, what do you think? Buy through Nordstrom for $475.

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ssc0619 · Sep 28th, 2009, 08:38 PM

No, I don't think it will grow on you. What were they thinking?

M_Butterfly · Sep 29th, 2009, 04:31 PM

Enough with the Zippers please!!

ssc0619 · Sep 29th, 2009, 06:20 PM

I agree! I don't want to see another useless zipper on a bag!

alouette · Sep 29th, 2009, 10:44 PM

Looks like a TJMaxx reject. No thanks.

calneva · Oct 19th, 2009, 11:50 PM

A little busy.

gacats · Oct 20th, 2009, 07:49 AM

And what is Diana Vreeland's rule? Please go remove 2 things from this bag, and then we'll see.

NagaJolokia · Oct 20th, 2009, 08:48 AM

Ah, yet another older blog entry that I did not even bother to comment on in the past because the bag simply didn't do anything for me.

The color is nice, but that's it.

karmenzsofia · Oct 20th, 2009, 02:50 PM

Not my style--I'm not into hobos, so I wouldn't carry this bag--but...

...I must be a freaK kuz unlike everyone else I actually like it.
I love hardware in bags, so I think the zippers and belts on this
bag are fun. And the leather has a glossy look I like a lot.

So

from me.

BagsRmyLife · Oct 20th, 2009, 02:56 PM

I like bags with accents but that's just busy...

carterazo · Oct 20th, 2009, 03:03 PM

I keep getting the urge to just close up that front zipper.... Your fly is open, lovely bag!

karmenzsofia · Oct 20th, 2009, 03:04 PM

^ LOL! I felt the same way when I first saw it! It would probably drive me nuts if I had to sit at a magazineless waiting room somewhere or a bus and all I had to play with was the bag...

aliysiah · Oct 20th, 2009, 04:14 PM

I like it. I have an obsession with the useless zippers being used as decoration. I love the color and the gold accented hardware. It's beautiful.

HandbagAngel · Oct 21st, 2009, 01:20 AM

Don't know what the zipper there is for. I will pass this one.

bannYlein · Oct 21st, 2009, 07:06 AM

Nice idea, but too much for me.

Sep 28th, 2009, 06:45 PM	#1
Savvy.PurseBlog OP PurseBlog Savvy Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 368	Rafe New York Zippered Glazed Leather Hobo Zippers, I like. Buckle detailing, I like. However, there is one question I have to ask. Is there too much of a good thing going on with this bag? The Rafe New York Zippered Glazed Leather Hobo is a gorgeous bag yet the detailing might have gone just a bit too far. I like the shiny-glazed leather hobo. The deep, rich red color is divine and I do love the way the brushed goldtone hardware pops against the shiny leather. Yet, the over use of details still proves bothersome. Some might call the zippers edgy or catchy, but it does nothing but make the bag look far too busy. Since there are so many things I do like about the bag, I decided to give it a second chance and attempt to see if it could work. While I kept looking at it, all I wanted was to erase some of the zippers. In fact, if the zippers along the front and the back of the bag were gone, this would be an entirely different bag and I would have nothing bad to say about it. Maybe it’ll grow on me, what do you think? Buy through Nordstrom for $475. View the original post on PurseBlog Savvy!

Sep 29th, 2009, 04:31 PM	#3
M_Butterfly HLess Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,157	Enough with the Zippers please!!
M_Butterfly HLess Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,157

Sep 29th, 2009, 10:44 PM	#5
alouette Member Joined: Nov 2006 Location: playing w/ DS Posts: 5,427	Looks like a TJMaxx reject. No thanks.
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Oct 20th, 2009, 07:49 AM	#7
gacats love me some bags! Joined: Oct 2006 Location: Georgia Posts: 7,086	And what is Diana Vreeland's rule? Please go remove 2 things from this bag, and then we'll see.
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Oct 20th, 2009, 08:48 AM	#8
NagaJolokia Soft Addictions Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,835	Ah, yet another older blog entry that I did not even bother to comment on in the past because the bag simply didn't do anything for me. The color is nice, but that's it.
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Sep 28th, 2009, 08:38 PM	#2
ssc0619 Some 'Splainin to Do Joined: Mar 2009 Location: New York Posts: 6,038	No, I don't think it will grow on you. What were they thinking?

Sep 29th, 2009, 06:20 PM	#4
ssc0619 Some 'Splainin to Do Joined: Mar 2009 Location: New York Posts: 6,038	I agree! I don't want to see another useless zipper on a bag!

Oct 19th, 2009, 11:50 PM	#6
calneva drive life Joined: Oct 2009 Location: Overworkedville Posts: 548	A little busy.

Oct 20th, 2009, 02:50 PM	#9
karmenzsofia Life is Plan Z Joined: Jun 2008 Location: Tarot Card Posts: 14,889	Not my style--I'm not into hobos, so I wouldn't carry this bag--but... ...I must be a freaK kuz unlike everyone else I actually like it. I love hardware in bags, so I think the zippers and belts on this bag are fun. And the leather has a glossy look I like a lot. So from me.
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Oct 20th, 2009, 02:56 PM	#10
BagsRmyLife Member Joined: Mar 2007 Location: - NyC - Posts: 5,169	I like bags with accents but that's just busy...

Oct 20th, 2009, 03:03 PM	#11
carterazo Member Joined: Dec 2008 Location: cerquita, muy cerquita... Posts: 207	I keep getting the urge to just close up that front zipper.... Your fly is open, lovely bag!
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Oct 20th, 2009, 03:04 PM	#12
karmenzsofia Life is Plan Z Joined: Jun 2008 Location: Tarot Card Posts: 14,889	^ LOL! I felt the same way when I first saw it! It would probably drive me nuts if I had to sit at a magazineless waiting room somewhere or a bus and all I had to play with was the bag...
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Oct 20th, 2009, 04:14 PM	#13
aliysiah Sofa King Banned Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 810	I like it. I have an obsession with the useless zippers being used as decoration. I love the color and the gold accented hardware. It's beautiful.
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Oct 21st, 2009, 01:20 AM	#14
HandbagAngel Member Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 7,173	Don't know what the zipper there is for. I will pass this one.
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Oct 21st, 2009, 07:06 AM	#15
bannYlein ღ are Lvoe ! Joined: Aug 2008 Location: Germany Posts: 1,581	Nice idea, but too much for me.

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