Hi everyone,
I recently purchased the Celine box teen in calfskin and after a week of heavy use (almost daily with walking 8-9 miles/day...I was in Italy/Santorini on vacation) I noticed the leather wearing down and was disappointed. I took it to the Neiman Marcus Celine (there is no stand alone Celine near me) and the Sales Associate basically said the strap of my bag is inevitable to get scratched bc it’s leather rubbing against lambskin. They'd recommend to wait until it gets worse to take it in bc it’s going to happen again. So they just suggested not to remove the strap too fast to avoid the friction and avoid adjusting it too much (I was adjusting it to avoid the metal pieces from scratching me). Just curious if anyone else has experienced this issue and wanted to give fellow box bag owners a heads up. Otherwise, no scratches anywhere else and the scratch isn't visible from the outside. Bottomline impression is I don't feel this a quality issue, just something inevitable based on the design.
I recently purchased the Celine box teen in calfskin and after a week of heavy use (almost daily with walking 8-9 miles/day...I was in Italy/Santorini on vacation) I noticed the leather wearing down and was disappointed. I took it to the Neiman Marcus Celine (there is no stand alone Celine near me) and the Sales Associate basically said the strap of my bag is inevitable to get scratched bc it’s leather rubbing against lambskin. They'd recommend to wait until it gets worse to take it in bc it’s going to happen again. So they just suggested not to remove the strap too fast to avoid the friction and avoid adjusting it too much (I was adjusting it to avoid the metal pieces from scratching me). Just curious if anyone else has experienced this issue and wanted to give fellow box bag owners a heads up. Otherwise, no scratches anywhere else and the scratch isn't visible from the outside. Bottomline impression is I don't feel this a quality issue, just something inevitable based on the design.
