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nyanya · Sep 10th, 2008, 09:54 AM

Hi guys, I need your keen, smart and clear eyes!!

I saw this bag in a Japanese drama series. It was used by the main female character.

Is this a BV bag?

kcm1535 · Sep 10th, 2008, 10:18 AM

Looks like it's from the latest series of Cole Haan woven bags, no?

nyanya · Sep 10th, 2008, 10:28 AM

Thanks kcm1535. I'd just gone to the Cole Haan website but it's not there. Their weave is more like a long zig zag weave.

nyanya · Sep 10th, 2008, 11:36 AM

You are right kcm1535 it's Cole Haan! Thank you!

http://www.colehaan.com/colehaan/cat...tGroup=171046#

doloresmia · Sep 10th, 2008, 04:54 PM

i have tried the bag IRL. visually appealing but rather hard leather especially when compared with my BVs.

jburgh · Sep 10th, 2008, 06:04 PM

Originally Posted by doloresmia

i have tried the bag IRL. visually appealing but rather hard leather especially when compared with my BVs.

Yep - it is like cardboard compared to a BV. Cole Haan is continuing this "Genevieve" weave for the fall season.

88keys · Sep 11th, 2008, 03:51 AM

Originally Posted by doloresmia

i have tried the bag IRL. visually appealing but rather hard leather especially when compared with my BVs.

Totally agree

nyanya · Sep 11th, 2008, 07:26 AM

Ahhh...yeah I was thinking to myself when searching why I'm looking up others when I've got the best in the business. BV yay!!!!

jane · Sep 11th, 2008, 12:15 PM

Cole Haan is great for shoes, but not much else, IMO.

jane · Sep 11th, 2008, 12:25 PM

(Probably due to the fact that they are fully owned by Nike.)

slip · Oct 6th, 2008, 04:07 AM

I'm also quite drawn to this bag and have seen it IRL. The actual bag looks less appealing with the leather of a stiffer quality. If only it's really BV then it'll be on my wishlist. I"ll take a second look at this bag. Probably I may get it since it's of a fairly reaonable price.

doloresmia · Oct 6th, 2008, 01:23 PM

slip - cole haan always goes on sale, might be worth waiting. also always a lot of cole haan's on ebay. i have bought a number of cole haan bags in the past because like you i think they look great, but i always end up selling on ebay a couple months later - because they don't feel great or too heavy or trendy or whatever other reason.

slip · Oct 6th, 2008, 09:37 PM

Hi Doloresmia, never thought you'll be on this thread too! Yeah, the range of bags are on sale right now for 30% which translates to about the same price as getting from ebay. I only had a glimpse while I was browsing the handbags section so I didn't actually scrutinized closed enough and it was displayed at a bottom rack, which I think most would have walked passed them. I'm more interested in getting a brown one which I believe fetches higher prices in ebay too?? I'm going back to the mall to have a second look. Thanks again for your good advice, its true that it's worth the wait for sale on Cole Haan bags.

doloresmia · Oct 6th, 2008, 11:40 PM

slip - i did not get my first BV until June 2008. you have to start somewhere

i am not at all embarassed to talk about my bag past.

slip · Oct 7th, 2008, 02:36 AM

OK, I'm back from the mall. This time just to have a feel of the leather myself and if it fits me. I've tried the small triangle bag which is estate blue. The blue is so dark that it's almost black. I feel that the leather is really not great at all, in fact doesn't really feels like leather. I reckon it's not of high quality leather. The workmanship is great though, tight and even weaving. I'm still quite won over by the suppleness and softness of BV bags and that's for sure I've set my sight on BV bags. But for this Cole Haan, perhaps I can wait out to see if I'll want it badly enough. Anyway with the gloomy economy, most will have a wait and see attitude on ebay, so am I.

Sep 10th, 2008, 09:54 AM	#1
nyanya OP Member Joined: May 2008 Posts: 102	Is this a BV? Hi guys, I need your keen, smart and clear eyes!! I saw this bag in a Japanese drama series. It was used by the main female character. Is this a BV bag?
nyanya OP Member Joined: May 2008 Posts: 102

Sep 10th, 2008, 10:28 AM	#3
nyanya OP Member Joined: May 2008 Posts: 102	Thanks kcm1535. I'd just gone to the Cole Haan website but it's not there. Their weave is more like a long zig zag weave.
nyanya OP Member Joined: May 2008 Posts: 102

Sep 10th, 2008, 11:36 AM	#4
nyanya OP Member Joined: May 2008 Posts: 102	You are right kcm1535 it's Cole Haan! Thank you! http://www.colehaan.com/colehaan/cat...tGroup=171046#
nyanya OP Member Joined: May 2008 Posts: 102

Sep 11th, 2008, 07:26 AM	#8
nyanya OP Member Joined: May 2008 Posts: 102	Ahhh...yeah I was thinking to myself when searching why I'm looking up others when I've got the best in the business. BV yay!!!!
nyanya OP Member Joined: May 2008 Posts: 102

Sep 11th, 2008, 12:15 PM	#9
jane tPF's 100th member Joined: Sep 2005 Location: the Pacific Northwest Posts: 4,823	Cole Haan is great for shoes, but not much else, IMO.
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Sep 10th, 2008, 10:18 AM	#2
kcm1535 Member Joined: Apr 2008 Location: san francisco Posts: 269	Looks like it's from the latest series of Cole Haan woven bags, no?

Sep 10th, 2008, 04:54 PM	#5
doloresmia Member Joined: May 2008 Location: SoCal Posts: 7,542	i have tried the bag IRL. visually appealing but rather hard leather especially when compared with my BVs.

Sep 11th, 2008, 12:25 PM	#10
jane tPF's 100th member Joined: Sep 2005 Location: the Pacific Northwest Posts: 4,823	(Probably due to the fact that they are fully owned by Nike.)
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Oct 6th, 2008, 04:07 AM	#11
slip Member Joined: Sep 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 835	I'm also quite drawn to this bag and have seen it IRL. The actual bag looks less appealing with the leather of a stiffer quality. If only it's really BV then it'll be on my wishlist. I"ll take a second look at this bag. Probably I may get it since it's of a fairly reaonable price.
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Oct 6th, 2008, 01:23 PM	#12
doloresmia Member Joined: May 2008 Location: SoCal Posts: 7,542	slip - cole haan always goes on sale, might be worth waiting. also always a lot of cole haan's on ebay. i have bought a number of cole haan bags in the past because like you i think they look great, but i always end up selling on ebay a couple months later - because they don't feel great or too heavy or trendy or whatever other reason.

Oct 6th, 2008, 09:37 PM	#13
slip Member Joined: Sep 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 835	Hi Doloresmia, never thought you'll be on this thread too! Yeah, the range of bags are on sale right now for 30% which translates to about the same price as getting from ebay. I only had a glimpse while I was browsing the handbags section so I didn't actually scrutinized closed enough and it was displayed at a bottom rack, which I think most would have walked passed them. I'm more interested in getting a brown one which I believe fetches higher prices in ebay too?? I'm going back to the mall to have a second look. Thanks again for your good advice, its true that it's worth the wait for sale on Cole Haan bags.
	__________________ Wishlist Hoping to stop at H www.itsallaboutbags.blogspot.com

Oct 6th, 2008, 11:40 PM	#14
doloresmia Member Joined: May 2008 Location: SoCal Posts: 7,542	slip - i did not get my first BV until June 2008. you have to start somewhere i am not at all embarassed to talk about my bag past.
	Last edited by doloresmia; Oct 6th, 2008 at 11:47 PM.

Oct 7th, 2008, 02:36 AM	#15
slip Member Joined: Sep 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 835	OK, I'm back from the mall. This time just to have a feel of the leather myself and if it fits me. I've tried the small triangle bag which is estate blue. The blue is so dark that it's almost black. I feel that the leather is really not great at all, in fact doesn't really feels like leather. I reckon it's not of high quality leather. The workmanship is great though, tight and even weaving. I'm still quite won over by the suppleness and softness of BV bags and that's for sure I've set my sight on BV bags. But for this Cole Haan, perhaps I can wait out to see if I'll want it badly enough. Anyway with the gloomy economy, most will have a wait and see attitude on ebay, so am I.
	__________________ Wishlist Hoping to stop at H www.itsallaboutbags.blogspot.com

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