Hi! as a fellow owner of a mini square flap (as of today lol), i am hoping you all can give me some feedback/advice/reassurance!
here's a little backstory - i just got my first ever chanel last month. i dont have a boutique super close to me so i turned to youtube to do my research and had my mind set on either a mini square or a jumbo (lol total opposites- i know) i just loved how the mini square looked on others and they all seemed to have great opinions on it as far as how much it can surprisingly fit and how much they reach for it. when i finally went into the boutique, they obviously didn't have any mini squares but they did have a jumbo and m/l which i tried on. i ruled out the m/l before even seeing it because of how little of a price difference it had to the jumbo so it seemed like the jumbo was a better deal, but upon actually trying it on i was very underwhelmed and felt i wouldn't wear it as much since im more of a crossbody than a shoulder bag girl. SO i actually ended up purchasing a coco handle in black caviar leather w GHW! i love it and told myself no more chanel for the year.
however i kept seeing mini squares all over my feed and still had such an attraction to them and one day i came across a youtuber who had a PATENT black m/l!! i was soooo in awe with how shiny the bag was and how good it looked with SHW (i knew my next purchase would be SHW since my coco handle is GHW) so right then and there i decided my next bag would be a mini square in patent leather! so i searched and searched and bought one from ebay and it just arrived today!
so here is the big question/problem - i was SO excited to actually find the bag and decided and purchased and everything happened so fast that when i actually tried on the bag i was also...underwhelmed. this might be not be smart but i have actually never tried on a square mini on myself before purchasing so actually trying the bag on, i felt like it looked like a toy on me. i'm 5'4 and i tried wearing the bag both crossbody and shoulder, and i wasn't gushing over either way, it's just so little and boxy.. did anyone else feel like this? how do you guys style/wear your mini squares and how often? did it grow on you over time?
i'm thinking i could sell this bag and save up a bit more to get a m/l in the patent leather.. but they seem hard to find and also the process of selling would be new to me. i was so set on the minis because of how versatile i thought it would be for me - a day/everyday bag where i can just take my essentials but also a night out bag i can wear w no problem.. so i'm sad that i don't love it on me as much as i thought i would..
here's a little backstory - i just got my first ever chanel last month. i dont have a boutique super close to me so i turned to youtube to do my research and had my mind set on either a mini square or a jumbo (lol total opposites- i know) i just loved how the mini square looked on others and they all seemed to have great opinions on it as far as how much it can surprisingly fit and how much they reach for it. when i finally went into the boutique, they obviously didn't have any mini squares but they did have a jumbo and m/l which i tried on. i ruled out the m/l before even seeing it because of how little of a price difference it had to the jumbo so it seemed like the jumbo was a better deal, but upon actually trying it on i was very underwhelmed and felt i wouldn't wear it as much since im more of a crossbody than a shoulder bag girl. SO i actually ended up purchasing a coco handle in black caviar leather w GHW! i love it and told myself no more chanel for the year.
however i kept seeing mini squares all over my feed and still had such an attraction to them and one day i came across a youtuber who had a PATENT black m/l!! i was soooo in awe with how shiny the bag was and how good it looked with SHW (i knew my next purchase would be SHW since my coco handle is GHW) so right then and there i decided my next bag would be a mini square in patent leather! so i searched and searched and bought one from ebay and it just arrived today!
so here is the big question/problem - i was SO excited to actually find the bag and decided and purchased and everything happened so fast that when i actually tried on the bag i was also...underwhelmed. this might be not be smart but i have actually never tried on a square mini on myself before purchasing so actually trying the bag on, i felt like it looked like a toy on me. i'm 5'4 and i tried wearing the bag both crossbody and shoulder, and i wasn't gushing over either way, it's just so little and boxy.. did anyone else feel like this? how do you guys style/wear your mini squares and how often? did it grow on you over time?
i'm thinking i could sell this bag and save up a bit more to get a m/l in the patent leather.. but they seem hard to find and also the process of selling would be new to me. i was so set on the minis because of how versatile i thought it would be for me - a day/everyday bag where i can just take my essentials but also a night out bag i can wear w no problem.. so i'm sad that i don't love it on me as much as i thought i would..