About 6 months ago I swapped my wallet over to a new LV Zippy Wallet for winter & packed away my YSL purse. I put it back in its dustbag, into the original box & placed it into my wardrobe with about 15 of my handbags... next to my Chanel Classic Flap actually. Today I went to pull it out to use it & got the shock of my life. Immediately I felt sick to my stomach. Mould has completely & utterly destroyed it. It's absolutely everywhere, in the pockets, in the stitching... the leather is quite grainy & it's seems as though it's deep in the leather. The leather itself has buckled from the dampness. I did try and scrub it as best I could but it's made little to no difference. It's just completely ruined. Even if I could get it clean, the smell itself is just awful.
Unfortunately mould is something that seems to come through my wardrobe over winter, usually it attaches itself to my shoes but everything else has always escaped it. I've tried dehumidifiers, damp rid & even repainting my room but nothing seems to escape it in my wardrobe. After finding my purse I quickly pulled out all of my other bags & they seem to be ok... for now! I don't have anywhere else I can store my bags which terrifies me that they may eventually meet the same fate. :cry:
Sadly I'd originally planned to buy a Gucci Disco bag in red this week, I've been lusting after it for almost a year & had decided to pull the trigger on it after seeing Megs review on PurseBlog some weeks ago. See, my LV wallet is too big for the Disco bag so in an effort to downsize I pulled my YSL purse out this morning because it's much smaller. So now I don't have a wallet that will fit into the bag & I sure can't afford to go out and buy a new one. I'm so sad & don't know what to do for a purse. I was so excited to be buying my new bag
Anyway, I thought I'd share the photos of my poor purse before I throw it out because honestly, it's jut horrific & I could absolutely use some sympathy! :rain:
Unfortunately mould is something that seems to come through my wardrobe over winter, usually it attaches itself to my shoes but everything else has always escaped it. I've tried dehumidifiers, damp rid & even repainting my room but nothing seems to escape it in my wardrobe. After finding my purse I quickly pulled out all of my other bags & they seem to be ok... for now! I don't have anywhere else I can store my bags which terrifies me that they may eventually meet the same fate. :cry:
Sadly I'd originally planned to buy a Gucci Disco bag in red this week, I've been lusting after it for almost a year & had decided to pull the trigger on it after seeing Megs review on PurseBlog some weeks ago. See, my LV wallet is too big for the Disco bag so in an effort to downsize I pulled my YSL purse out this morning because it's much smaller. So now I don't have a wallet that will fit into the bag & I sure can't afford to go out and buy a new one. I'm so sad & don't know what to do for a purse. I was so excited to be buying my new bag
Anyway, I thought I'd share the photos of my poor purse before I throw it out because honestly, it's jut horrific & I could absolutely use some sympathy! :rain:
Sorry to hear that this happened to you on such a (once) beautiful wallet.