Bottega Veneta Marie Bag
- Thread starter Miss World
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Reminds me of the kind of bags I didn't like in the '90s (Gucci included). What I do like is it makes me like the BVs I have so much more.
It’s a nice enough bag. Clean, understated. It’s just not the BV I’ve known. There’s a stuffiness to it that BV bags tended not to have.
And for those that might take offense to the term ‘stuffiness.’ I do apologize. I get and appreciate the aesthetic—it’s just doesn’t exemplify what I thought the brand is about (IMO). In fact, if someone said that’s a new Hermès design, I’d totally get it. In fact, it does seem to align to a more Hermès style and Hermès does structured bags really well.
And for those that might take offense to the term ‘stuffiness.’ I do apologize. I get and appreciate the aesthetic—it’s just doesn’t exemplify what I thought the brand is about (IMO). In fact, if someone said that’s a new Hermès design, I’d totally get it. In fact, it does seem to align to a more Hermès style and Hermès does structured bags really well.
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very NOT BV
very NOT me
very sad
Gosh, I laughed at this!
For me... it's gonna be a hard pass.
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Evia
I think if the young, glam, model-proportioned peeps pictured here are struggling to make it look good - there isn’t much hope for the rest of us 
And I have a particular dislike for this new chocolate bar padding thing he’s doing to the bags
And I have a particular dislike for this new chocolate bar padding thing he’s doing to the bags
Thanks for posting the photos.
I think I’d have a hard time carrying it on the shoulder, because of the size and structure. It looks uncomfortable, like it would be difficult to hold the big and flat-yet-boxy facade up high on the torso. It looks a little better if the strap is lengthened, but then it’s just too big, or something. I wouldn’t hand-carry it, either, because then it looks like a shoulder bag being hand-carried.
I’m trying to keep an open mind, but this design just doesn’t appeal to me at all. I have a few structured everyday bags in my collection (non-BV), but I don’t think this is for me.
I can’t get past the gold hardware, either. Part of why I like my older BVs is the lack of noticeable hardware.
I think I’d have a hard time carrying it on the shoulder, because of the size and structure. It looks uncomfortable, like it would be difficult to hold the big and flat-yet-boxy facade up high on the torso. It looks a little better if the strap is lengthened, but then it’s just too big, or something. I wouldn’t hand-carry it, either, because then it looks like a shoulder bag being hand-carried.
I’m trying to keep an open mind, but this design just doesn’t appeal to me at all. I have a few structured everyday bags in my collection (non-BV), but I don’t think this is for me.
I can’t get past the gold hardware, either. Part of why I like my older BVs is the lack of noticeable hardware.
