All About the Bow Satchel

Vinyl

Vinyl

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Dec 1, 2007
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CLICK ON AN IMAGE TO VIEW THE GALLERY FOR THE APPROPRIATE SEASON.

Season 1.5/"In Between" Season
• Talco: 1, 2
• Nero: 1

Known Problems (mostly pertaining to Season 1)
• Splitting of the bows on satchel: http://forum.purseblog.com/prada-and-miu-miu/omg-look-what-happened-to-my-bow-281257.html
• Sealant cracks/damaged leather piping on Alluminio: http://forum.purseblog.com/prada-and-miu-miu/my-brand-new-baby-is-already-damaged-261131.html & http://forum.purseblog.com/prada-an...happening-my-allumino-bow-satchel-261748.html & http://forum.purseblog.com/prada-and-miu-miu/my-battled-bow-228830.html
• Sealant cracks on the new season of Fumo: http://forum.purseblog.com/prada-and-miu-miu/sealant-crack-on-my-new-fumo-bow-318088.html
• Logo lettering falling off: http://forum.purseblog.com/prada-and-miu-miu/my-alluminio-iu-miu-bow-satchel-317691.html
• Color rubbing off/fading: http://forum.purseblog.com/prada-and-miu-miu/miu-miu-bow-satchel-color-rubbing-off-250509.html
• Color rubbing off if used w/baby wipes: http://forum.purseblog.com/prada-an...u-bow-distressed-calf-319818.html#post6968021
• Scratch issues: http://forum.purseblog.com/prada-an...bow-satchel-owners-scratch-issues-259733.html

Misc. Info/Tips
• The bow satchel currently costs $1,295 USD.
• It is made in both Italy & Turkey (source).
• Season 1 bows are matte leather & come in gold hardware. Season 2 bows are made of glazed/distressed leather, come in silver hardware & are lighter in weight than Season 1 bows. Season 3 bows come in glazed leather w/gold hardware.
• Season 1 bows came in small, medium & tall. Season 2 & 3 come in medium only. Miu Miu will be re-releasing the small bow sometime this year.
• The medium bow measures 14½"W X 9½"H X 6½"D & the strap is 20".
• There is no reorder for bows from Season 1. They've been discontinued.
• Season 3 bows aren't sold at Saks, Neiman, Barneys, etc. Miu Miu has decided to sell them exclusively through their boutiques.
• Are your bow straps too long? Here's a photographic guide on how to shorten them. Or try this video tutorial.
• If you're looking to protect/clean your bow, read this for ideas.
• If you buy directly from Miu Miu, they will not give you a cash refund.
• The SKU# for the bow satchel when looking via Saks is 0404388591455 (source).
• Contact info for Miu Miu boutiques in London can be found here.
• Read this if you're interested in handling quality control issues. Or join in on the issue of fixing/preventing sealant cracks here.

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I am looking for more stock images of bow satchels in different colors, other than the ones already listed; if anyone can provide me w/those, I'd really appreciate it!

If I've listed anything inaccurate, please correct me.
 
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Do I sense another BOW obsessor (is this even a word?) ? :P

Like awong said.. I LOVE THIS THREAD!! Thanks for putting up all this information & much much more. It'll definetly help others who are looking into the bow :yes:

P.S. Vinyl, what color bow are you after yourself?

**Oh, and the EDIT BUTTON does dissapear after a while.. so you'll have to repost UNDER all of OUR posts!
 
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annaversary said:
**Oh, and the EDIT BUTTON does dissapear after a while.. so you'll have to repost UNDER all of OUR posts!
Click to expand...

I wanted to keep everything in one post to make the reference guide easy to read! I think I will simply wait for others to post additional/major stuff & then I will ask a mod to edit it for me when I gather a whole bunch.

Right now, I need to add stock images of Mughetto (thanks to awong!) & Scamosciato.
 
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Wow Vinyl! Thanks for all the lovely information on bows!!! :smile: I called up my SA again and he said that cracks are really unavoidable, sigh well, I can live with a couple of cracks here & there so long as the whole bag doesn't fall entirely apart!
 
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Thanks for the input so far, guys!!

annaversary: Oh, I forgot to answer your question!! Silly me. I was in love w/Alluminio, but all those threads about how problematic the color was really got to me (including the one where your "M" fell off)! :wtf: But now, I don't know... even the new Fumo & Astro are experiencing the "cracks" so no color bow seems to be safe! I guess if that's the case, I will still have a place in my heart for Alluminio. Though, I am TOTALLY lusting after Moro (the chocolate brown) currently. It's even harder to find than Alluminio...
 
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