I have been surfing the consignment sites: Yoggies and fadhionphile and I have a question for long time Balenciaga lovers as I have only been loving this brand for about a year. Ok- so my question is how do some bags look so terrible after a year? I see photos on these sites and some bags (especially light colored) look terrible and have fading. I find it hard to believe that people are spending $$$$ on a handbag and not caring for it. I have a LV collection (the DE print) that looks great. Should I expect my beige nougatine bag to look terrible in a year? Will my black bags fade? I am hoping to pass these bags along to my daughter. She's only 4.