Can a 3-year-old purse that was never used be "unoxidized" ??

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#1
A friend of mine showed me her LV that she purchased 3 years ago in May. She used it one time and it has literally sat in her drawer for 3 years. It has NOT oxidized the slightest bit! Looks like she purchased it yesterday.

Now that I'm home, I wish I had looked more closely, but I know she buys authentic bags, so I can only assume this one was....

Can that happen? A bag stuck in a drawer stays as new as the day it was bought?
 
#2
I don't think so. I had a Cabas Piano that I used for 2 months after I bought it. It did't really have much of a patina in that time. I put it in it's dust bag in my closet for the next year, and when I took it out again it had a beautiful rich patina, and it had been in the closet!!
 
#3
I think it is possible. Maybe it's a bad example, but I took off the key clochette off my MC Speedy because it's useless (to me) and used the bag without it for over two years now. I was just cleaning out my closet and found the clochette. It is the same color it's been the day I brought the speedy home where as my speedy has a pretty nice patina.
 
#11
bagluv said:
I Have Bags ~ That Have Been Stored With No Patina.

tr444 ~ We All Have Different Experiences...
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Well, like I said I did use it for 2 months, and it had already started to patina, so I wonder if that had something to do with it.
 
#12
Thanks all! I guess I just assumed the leather would start to patina no matter what... but now that I think about it, I've heard of others buying a brand new bag from the store with a date code as old as two years earlier and without a patina.

Funny -- my Pop Haut is a month old now and I thought it was still brand new leather. Then I put the new Speedy next to it and wow -- I was surprised at how much it's already started to change!
 
#13
my baby papillon that came with my papillon 30 still hasn't patinaed...i haven't even stored it nicely...it's just sat in my closet for a couple of years.

i think as long as it doesn't see a lot of sunlight...
 
#15
It can definitely happen. Outside of the tops of the handles (where my hand would hold the bag), my Speedy took ages to get any real patina, and for a 15-year-old bag that wasn't stored away from light and air, it still isn't all that dark.

OTOH, I saw a woman with a Boulogne bag with a gorgeous all over honey color, and she said she'd only had it for three months.


twoharleygal said:
A friend of mine showed me her LV that she purchased 3 years ago in May. She used it one time and it has literally sat in her drawer for 3 years. It has NOT oxidized the slightest bit! Looks like she purchased it yesterday.

Now that I'm home, I wish I had looked more closely, but I know she buys authentic bags, so I can only assume this one was....

Can that happen? A bag stuck in a drawer stays as new as the day it was bought?
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