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#272
Happy to finally be in the Birkin Sellier club!

Are the interior dimensions compared to the regular retourne style different enough that I’d need to request a custom bag insert?
 

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TheMrsoftheHB said:
Never worry about all the questions and always ask every single question you have until your heart is content. Your SA will understand the gravity of this purchase. I have the B. Sellier in a 35 and was told by several SA that, that is the rarest size for this B.S. this time around. So far there has only been 2 B.S in 35 Noir located, one with PHW and one with GHW (mine) both in Epsom. There are “a lot” of 25 and 30’s out there in a rainbow of colors. When I say “a lot”, I just mean there are plenty out there but are still considered rare for this style of bag and are said to be in limited quantities. In my personal opinion, the BS 35 is too small but I always carry a Retourne 40. For those that prefer smaller bags the BS30 would be perfect for your mom, especially if she carries a Kelly. There is no way in my everyday life that a Kelly would house everything I need so I reserve the Kelly for those special night outs when I wear a one piece pant suit and only need a few items that night. I have spoken to several ladies that had issues with carrying this particular bag open but once I told them to loosen the sangles as much as possible and tuck the flap in and then readjust them, after a few times, they had success. Epsom is my preferred leather when it comes to bigger bags that I am going to use as my workhorse. They are great in the rain and the water never soaks in and you have no watermarks, no stains and it retains it’s structured form perfectly for years and years to come. It’s not heavy to me to carry it in my harm even with all the stuff I carry in it but then again I am used to carrying a 40 so please keep that in mind. To me, going from a 40 Retourne B. To a 35 B Sellier is like going to a 30 Retourne in terms of what I fit in it. I will try and attach pictures for your comparison. In my opinion I couldn’t carry a 25 or 30 B Sellier as my everyday bag unless I reserved it for those days/nights that I only needed some makeup and a few smaller items. I would have to cut back the items I normally carry and then that would defeat the whole reason I carry a bag in the first place. It is always that one or two items I leave behind that I reach for and desperately need each time I do this but not everyone carries their kitchen sink in the bags like I do LOL just kidding ( but somewhat true) also, I have lived in Europe and in Rainy locations that turned in into a true Epsom worshiper. You mentioned Europe so she is going to love it, a bit structured and firm at first but with added use the flaps do not give me any issues and stay tucked perfectly. Hope this helps and ask away, we are always here to help.View attachment 4994058View attachment 4994059
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I’m thinking that since the sellier has moved out of tote-y land and into a more prim satchel-esque look, it looks better to me closed and buckled like the K.

I like it a lot. It’s just almost an entirely different bag than the B. They almost could have named it something else. Which is fascinating because a K sellier and a K Retourne still look like a K. On the B, it quite changes the nature of the bag.

Makes me wonder if H purposely made it difficult/unwieldy to tuck in the flap...
 
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