All About the Bay!!!

Tagullah · Dec 31st, 2007, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by lanasyogamama

OK, spill it, which one of your babies do you

the most?

Gosh that's a difficult one... Like my children, I love each one of them for their different qualities...the Noir

was my first one and it's all soft, smooshy and beautifully aged now, the Blanc

came second and is a divine bag for summer,the Argent

goes with my current penchant for monochrome clothing,I just adore the look of the Bay design in that Moka

hue (reminds me of my dad's vintage car seats) and my two newbie patent ones

appeal to my magpie/ toddler-ish love of all things shiny ( haven't taken the black patent out yet, but the day I took the green one to The Royal Opera House, I got three compliments on it).

If I could only keep one of them I guess it would be my original Noir because it's now so gorgeously worn in and goes with everything I wear and it was the one that began my Bay worship...speaking of which congrats on your own splendid purchase but I warn you, Bay addiction creeps up on you very quickly

!)

Tagullah · Dec 31st, 2007, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by brigitte0810

Oh Tagullah,
I love your collection! I am so into the Medium Quilted Bay now once I've held it IRL... I think it's fantastic, and oh, so much on my wishlist... As I cannot afford one for a regular prize I need to watch carefully and probably be patient for a while... I want one mostly in black....

Like yours, lanasyogamama, just love it.... By the way, is the patent leather as soft and gorgeous as the matte leather?
Am I off topic here? I'm afraid I am...

Thanks Brigitte

.You should have a look at the LVR sale - www.luisaviaroma.com (they have quite a few Medium Quilted Bays in the sale and last I looked they had the Black in stock), also Sacoche have a few left in their sale too ( no Black ones though) - I can forward the Sacoche pics to you if you want to message me privately with your email address. Sounds like you're well and truly hooked, so I hope you get your hands on a Quilted Bay soon...once you've got one, you'll never look back

!

The patent leather isn't really soft at all ( nothing like the matte leather which just gets softer and smooshier with a bit of wear - really gorgeous

). I'm not sure how well patent leather ages (I've never had patent bags before) - I'm just hoping it doesn't get very wrinkly as I have seen that happen on other people's bags (not Chloes though).

Don't worry about being off topic - this is 'All About The Bay'

!

lanasyogamama · Dec 31st, 2007, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by brigitte0810

Oh Tagullah,
I love your collection! I am so into the Medium Quilted Bay now once I've held it IRL... I think it's fantastic, and oh, so much on my wishlist... As I cannot afford one for a regular prize I need to watch carefully and probably be patient for a while... I want one mostly in black....

Like yours, lanasyogamama, just love it.... By the way, is the patent leather as soft and gorgeous as the matte leather?
Am I off topic here? I'm afraid I am...

Would you believe mine is actually Moka, not black? It's SUPER dark brown, which I love because I think it works fine with black or brown outfits. And like the President of the Bay fan club, Tagullah,

said, the leather is super soft and squishy, and will age well!

vanilla_addict · Jan 3rd, 2008, 10:10 AM

yaaaaaaaay i joined the club finally!!

my beautiful sporty everyday.. Chloe Shoulder Bay in Spice "Epice"

more pics can be viewed here:
Spicy Shoulder Bay!! i couldnt leave Saks without her!! :D

latinivy · Jan 19th, 2008, 04:48 AM

Hello, completely new to tPF, although I have been perusing around for a while, I had not posted until now that I saw the "Chloe Bay" over the week at Nordies and fell in love with it, I want to purchase one. I checked out the luisaviaroma website and decided that I want to buy one, but I was wondering if anyone has purchased from there before and how much customs fees are? Sorry if this is off topic. Thanks everyone!

Tagullah · Jan 19th, 2008, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by latinivy

Hello, completely new to tPF, although I have been perusing around for a while, I had not posted until now that I saw the "Chloe Bay" over the week at Nordies and fell in love with it, I want to purchase one. I checked out the luisaviaroma website and decided that I want to buy one, but I was wondering if anyone has purchased from there before and how much customs fees are? Sorry if this is off topic. Thanks everyone!

Hi, Welcome to TPF...You'll find the ladies in the Chloe forum excellent company

!
I bought a Black Patent Quilted Medium Bay from Luisaviaroma in the December sale. Their payment system is a bit tricksy unless you pay using PayPal ( if you have an account with them). If you just use your credit card, there's a bit of a wait while their bank contacts your bank to authorise the payment and if it takes too long, LVR will put the bag back on sale. This is frustrating because you can't do anything to speed up this procedure.

However, I paid using PayPal and received the bag quickly, beautifully packaged and with no extra customs charge. I think the issue with customs depends on where you live though - I'm in the UK and LVR are in Italy but if you're in the US, extra customs charge could well be an issue for you.

Anyway, I was very happy with the LVR service BUT there is a strand on the main Chloe forum at the moment about e-tailers and authenticity and you should probably read that before you go any further. I'm convinced that my bag is 100% authentic Chloe merchandise, but there has been a problem with another e-tailer and at the moment, all the other e-tailers who sell Chloe merchandise but are not officialy authorised by Chloe themselves have come into question. I'd be suprised if there was a problem with LVR, as I would liken them to an Italian equivalent of Net-A-Porter, but there is a chance I could be wrong about that.

brigitte0810 · Jan 20th, 2008, 04:33 PM

Hi,
I have noticed with the Quilted Bays that sometimes there appears to be a rimming on the handles, the fobs and the leather beneath the oval brass plate in a contrast colour, very loften blueish or dark blue. Now with the ivory/white one is seems to be a persistent feature, whereas with the black or moka coloured it seems to be sometimes there and sometimes not. With the other colours I don't know at all.

I was wondering what would be the conditions, why it would appear on a certain bag and on another not. Maybe some of you can help and find out the logic behind it? It is about learning about this style as much as possible, if you understand what I mean? I first thought it would be a good thing to look at to be able to discern the fakes and the authentic bags, but it just a bit confusing.

I have asked already on a thread in the Chloé forum and the ATC, but I was advised to put this question here, so that there is a chance of the Quilted Bay owners to take a look at their bags and chime in.

Thank you in advance!

lanasyogamama · Jan 21st, 2008, 12:45 PM

My moka bay does have the blueish rimming on the handles. It's very cool!

brigitte0810 · Jan 22nd, 2008, 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by lanasyogamama

My moka bay does have the blueish rimming on the handles. It's very cool!

Thank you lanasyogamama, for contributing!

Could you just check what your date code inside the bag on the leather tag is saying?
I am trying to find a logic behind it...

TIA!

lanasyogamama · Jan 22nd, 2008, 09:44 AM

I'll PM it too you in case that could be considered "too much info" for the general public.

mariabdc · Jan 31st, 2008, 03:02 PM

Modelling pics of my noir medium quilted bay...

Tagullah · Feb 1st, 2008, 08:18 PM

Here's my freshly purchased Pigalle Quilted Medium Bay from the SS08 collection.

Balchlfen · Feb 6th, 2008, 04:41 PM

Here is my my small Bay in Violet Patent leather

Luva Pug · Feb 18th, 2008, 09:26 AM

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^^
Stunning pigalle and violet bays!!! I am seriously dreaming about a medium quilted bay atm!! Lol, but my pouch bay in blanc has slighlty helped my bay bag itch that i have!!

Cross fingers a medium bay will be coming my way soon!!

Cat_uk · Feb 18th, 2008, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Luva Pug

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^^
Stunning pigalle and violet bays!!! I am seriously dreaming about a medium quilted bay atm!! Lol, but my pouch bay in blanc has slighlty helped my bay bag itch that i have!!

Cross fingers a medium bay will be coming my way soon!!

This bag is too cute!

Do you have any modelling pics so we can see the size?

Jan 19th, 2008, 04:48 AM	#95
latinivy Member	Re: All About the Bay!!! Hello, completely new to tPF, although I have been perusing around for a while, I had not posted until now that I saw the "Chloe Bay" over the week at Nordies and fell in love with it, I want to purchase one. I checked out the luisaviaroma website and decided that I want to buy one, but I was wondering if anyone has purchased from there before and how much customs fees are? Sorry if this is off topic. Thanks everyone!

Jan 20th, 2008, 04:33 PM	#97
brigitte0810 Member Location: Munich, Germany	Re: All About the Bay!!! Hi, I have noticed with the Quilted Bays that sometimes there appears to be a rimming on the handles, the fobs and the leather beneath the oval brass plate in a contrast colour, very loften blueish or dark blue. Now with the ivory/white one is seems to be a persistent feature, whereas with the black or moka coloured it seems to be sometimes there and sometimes not. With the other colours I don't know at all. I was wondering what would be the conditions, why it would appear on a certain bag and on another not. Maybe some of you can help and find out the logic behind it? It is about learning about this style as much as possible, if you understand what I mean? I first thought it would be a good thing to look at to be able to discern the fakes and the authentic bags, but it just a bit confusing. I have asked already on a thread in the Chloé forum and the ATC, but I was advised to put this question here, so that there is a chance of the Quilted Bay owners to take a look at their bags and chime in. Thank you in advance!

Jan 21st, 2008, 12:45 PM	#98
lanasyogamama Member Location: Boston, MA	Re: All About the Bay!!! My moka bay does have the blueish rimming on the handles. It's very cool!

Jan 22nd, 2008, 09:44 AM	#100
lanasyogamama Member Location: Boston, MA	Re: All About the Bay!!! I'll PM it too you in case that could be considered "too much info" for the general public.

Jan 31st, 2008, 03:02 PM	#101
mariabdc Member Location: Spain	Re: All About the Bay!!! Modelling pics of my noir medium quilted bay... __________________ My collection .... http://forum.purseblog.com/your-bag-...ml#post7547595 TOTALLYB A N N E DTILLMARCH I believe in handbag fate-some bags are just meant to be! (c) DaisyRockRosie

Feb 6th, 2008, 04:41 PM	#103
Balchlfen Member Location: England, UK	Re: All About the Bay!!! Here is my my small Bay in Violet Patent leather __________________ ..........addicted to handbags! Give me more Chanel and Chloe!!

Feb 18th, 2008, 09:26 AM	#104
Luva Pug H ~ H ~ H Location: In an Oral Pathology book...	Re: All About the Bay!!! ^ ^^ Stunning pigalle and violet bays!!! I am seriously dreaming about a medium quilted bay atm!! Lol, but my pouch bay in blanc has slighlty helped my bay bag itch that i have!! Cross fingers a medium bay will be coming my way soon!! __________________ Silently waiting for January... HG mission starts now... Black 30cm togo GHW birkin / Etoupe 30cm togo birkin