Question about LV Epi noe

missb · Jul 6th, 2008, 03:25 PM

Hi LV experts,

I want to ask some questions about LV epi petit noe bag. I'm a real newbie when it comes to LV. Anyway, I bought it off eBay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=180253015314

I've asked some ppl on authenticate this before and they said it's real. So, I've received the bag, but when I "touched" it, it didn't feel "real" somehow. It felt rather plasticky and didn't even smell like leather. It was also smelling "plasticky". The epi leather also felt "stiff" but I thought maybe because the bag was only lightly used as the seller explained.

So my question is, is it? That epi leather feels stiff and plasticky when it's still kinda "new"? Is it supposed to smell "plasticky"?

I also just noticed some ugly stitching "hidden" at the back of the strap. I'm sure LV never had stitches that ugly. I've posted my own pics too. PLease helppp....I thought I knew what I was doing but it seems like I might have been duped more times than what I thought. Thanks a lot!

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bernz84 · Jul 8th, 2008, 01:50 PM

Your bag looks normal to me.

I've never owned any epi, but I think older epi was a lot stiffer then than it is now (apparently, the new epi is more pliable). The stitching looks fine...I think it looks uneven because there is double stitching to reinforce the leather and metal rings, which is what it looks like to me....

Jul 6th, 2008, 03:25 PM	#1
missb B is for Bags Joined: Jun 2008 Location: J-Town, Indonesia Posts: 182	Question about LV Epi noe Hi LV experts, I want to ask some questions about LV epi petit noe bag. I'm a real newbie when it comes to LV. Anyway, I bought it off eBay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=180253015314 I've asked some ppl on authenticate this before and they said it's real. So, I've received the bag, but when I "touched" it, it didn't feel "real" somehow. It felt rather plasticky and didn't even smell like leather. It was also smelling "plasticky". The epi leather also felt "stiff" but I thought maybe because the bag was only lightly used as the seller explained. So my question is, is it? That epi leather feels stiff and plasticky when it's still kinda "new"? Is it supposed to smell "plasticky"? I also just noticed some ugly stitching "hidden" at the back of the strap. I'm sure LV never had stitches that ugly. I've posted my own pics too. PLease helppp....I thought I knew what I was doing but it seems like I might have been duped more times than what I thought. Thanks a lot! LV1.jpg LV2.jpg LV3.jpg LV4.jpg LV5.jpg

Jul 8th, 2008, 01:50 PM	#2
bernz84 cute! Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 4,543	Your bag looks normal to me. I've never owned any epi, but I think older epi was a lot stiffer then than it is now (apparently, the new epi is more pliable). The stitching looks fine...I think it looks uneven because there is double stitching to reinforce the leather and metal rings, which is what it looks like to me....