Balenciaga Hardware by Year

[Celia_Hish]

great thread.....i love all the pics posted here....Oh mine, i hope i can own one bbag in Silver HW as most of my collections are all in regular HW.........

 

[jswailes]

What years had the rivets smooth on the back?

 

[RealDealCollection]

^ The rivets behind the studs were smooth and round up until S/S '05 when the notches started to appear. That season you'll find both types of rivets. There are some styles, such as the Mini Classique which never got notched rivets b/c they have tiny little studs.

I posted a general hardware reference here:
http://shop.realdealcollection.com/category.sc?categoryId=57