Ahh, what a dilemma you have girl!! I prefer the Bordeaux patent goatskin Jumbo over the yummy chocolate color (and ended up with it!), but I have to say that both the bronze reissue and the patent brown are really beautiful. I love metallic reissues (especially neutral ones), and am probably going to wind up with the bronze 226 myself! I think the color is just amazing, and for me, it would be easier to integrate into my wardrobe (I have a lot of dresses it would look so nice with)! Another factor for me is that I have other brown bags, so maybe that skews my view haha. Anyway, I'm babbling, but I would go for the reissue!!
one more to metallic brown... it is not very brownish and that's the reason it will be more versatile for you. The brown is so brown and only for fall/winter. (i am only judging from the pic.)
i think you really should be very very good to yourself and get both................
but, have you seen the new honey brown patent leather GST? i saw it at NM trunk show a couple of days ago....everyone was swooning over it, SAs and customers alike....its another brown that's TDF.....has a coppery undertone but is very jewel-like in appearance.......like a burnished caramel........$2495