Hello Fellow TPF peeps,
I'm in the market for a new Lv, my second. My first is the modest Pochette in mono bought back in 2001! I have my eye on a few bags (BTW in 5'1 110ish lbs):
Berkeley, Azur or Ebony
Stresa PM, mono or Azur
Tivoli either size (afraid of the curling end straps with time)
In that ^^^ order . I love the berk in Azur but I worry how it will patina and about the vancheta on the bottom sides, it reminds me of the mono Almas and how hard it is to keep them nice.
I need an everyday bag. I have a Gucci Sukey Boston w/ pleats and I hardly use it bcz I'm afraid to stain/wear the gg fabric with everyday use. I'de like to have another bag which I can interchange so not to wear them out. (So far in using my LV pochette I've had since 2001. Back then it was made with the vanchetta strap. And its darkened to an almost dark caramel color. It hasn't been cared for very well, and has been used constantly for the last month or so.) So I'm going to add an Lv to interchange with. Some things to keep in mind about my situation is that I have a 3 year old girl that likes to carry sippy cups or have snacks; I run many errands during the day sometimes and there is lots of getting in and out of the car while carrying my 3 year old accross the parking lots; I also live in HOT HUMID Houton TX and my hands tend to get sweaty from going in and out of the A/c; And lastly for summer i usually wear dressy shorts, summer dresses, and jeans very rarely, in the winter I wear all jeans. I worry about Color transfur and ruining the vanchetta straps with sweaty hands from the heat down here. I really like the mono from my pochette, I admire it all the time. So the Mono canvas is something I would prefer over the Azur or Ebony, I'm just afraid of the vanchetta.
I'm super stressing about getting an LV with vanchetta. I'm not very hot on the ebony, but I have not seen IRL either. So here I am, like many of you have been before, stuck-confused-undecided. Please help me with your opinions and wise advice.
I was wondering if anyone had a photo of the Berkeley Azur or the Stresa that has patina'd they could share?
OXOXOs
I'm in the market for a new Lv, my second. My first is the modest Pochette in mono bought back in 2001! I have my eye on a few bags (BTW in 5'1 110ish lbs):
Berkeley, Azur or Ebony
Stresa PM, mono or Azur
Tivoli either size (afraid of the curling end straps with time)
In that ^^^ order . I love the berk in Azur but I worry how it will patina and about the vancheta on the bottom sides, it reminds me of the mono Almas and how hard it is to keep them nice.
I need an everyday bag. I have a Gucci Sukey Boston w/ pleats and I hardly use it bcz I'm afraid to stain/wear the gg fabric with everyday use. I'de like to have another bag which I can interchange so not to wear them out. (So far in using my LV pochette I've had since 2001. Back then it was made with the vanchetta strap. And its darkened to an almost dark caramel color. It hasn't been cared for very well, and has been used constantly for the last month or so.) So I'm going to add an Lv to interchange with. Some things to keep in mind about my situation is that I have a 3 year old girl that likes to carry sippy cups or have snacks; I run many errands during the day sometimes and there is lots of getting in and out of the car while carrying my 3 year old accross the parking lots; I also live in HOT HUMID Houton TX and my hands tend to get sweaty from going in and out of the A/c; And lastly for summer i usually wear dressy shorts, summer dresses, and jeans very rarely, in the winter I wear all jeans. I worry about Color transfur and ruining the vanchetta straps with sweaty hands from the heat down here. I really like the mono from my pochette, I admire it all the time. So the Mono canvas is something I would prefer over the Azur or Ebony, I'm just afraid of the vanchetta.
I'm super stressing about getting an LV with vanchetta. I'm not very hot on the ebony, but I have not seen IRL either. So here I am, like many of you have been before, stuck-confused-undecided. Please help me with your opinions and wise advice.
I was wondering if anyone had a photo of the Berkeley Azur or the Stresa that has patina'd they could share?
OXOXOs
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