Thank you for your help! I really appreciate your answers. I would love to see your new bag.
If anyone has the ivory or other light colored Alto, how well are the handles holding up with time? Do they discolor easily from normal use?
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Thank you for your help! I really appreciate your answers. I would love to see your new bag.
If anyone has the ivory or other light colored Alto, how well are the handles holding up with time? Do they discolor easily from normal use?
LID: congratulations on our new blush Alto. I just got a blush in pebbled leather, and I agree with your description of the color. Enjoy your new handbag.
Thank you! I pulled it out again today and it is just a beautiful soft pale pink. The pebbled leather is very nice, too. I can't decide if I like the blush better with the saddle brown trim and pebbled leather or the butterscotch trim and Patterson leather. I guess I am glad they did it in both. One for my anniversary and one for Mother's day! Woo Hoo! I hope you are loving your new blush beauty, too.
LID: I'm sure the Alto version is heads and shoulders above the others.
I love Alto and like pebbled leather. But my pebbled leather handbags are so much more care free that they get a lot more use. I tend to save my Alto 'for good'. Makes no sense, but it's hard to change old habits.I absolutely agree. I am an alto girl on a pebble budget. Love the altos and wish I had one of those lives where I could walk around shopping and lunching with my alto. My body guard would hold my handbag as I try on expensive jewelry. Aaaahhhh. Truth is I had to trade a large florentine to be able to afford the alto. But it was worth it. The altos have not seen much daylight...not an exciting life for them or me. But my trusty pebbles are always there for me.LID: I'm sure the Alto version is heads and shoulders above the others.
I absolutely agree. I am an alto girl on a pebble budget. Love the altos and wish I had one of those lives where I could walk around shopping and lunching with my alto. My body guard would hold my handbag as I try on expensive jewelry. Aaaahhhh. Truth is I had to trade a large florentine to be able to afford the alto. But it was worth it. The altos have not seen much daylight...not an exciting life for them or me. But my trusty pebbles are always there for me.
LID: but we still love owning them and taking those Altos out as a special treat (when it's safe).... for us and them.
BTW, I find the black Alto to be the most resistant to showing the ravages of every day life. And it's the easiest color if you want to 'hide' a little scratch with a fine black Sharpie or black cream shoe polish (a drop on a Q tip).. Since the Alto finish is matte, you have to be very careful that 'repairs' don't become more visible than the flaw you are trying to hide. But black absorbs light, so it's the easiest to 'fix'.
Oh that is good new. I have been longing for a black Alto. I think they are exquisite looking. Some day....LID: but we still love owning them and taking those Altos out as a special treat (when it's safe).... for us and them.
BTW, I find the black Alto to be the most resistant to showing the ravages of every day life. And it's the easiest color if you want to 'hide' a little scratch with a fine black Sharpie or black cream shoe polish (a drop on a Q tip).. Since the Alto finish is matte, you have to be very careful that 'repairs' don't become more visible than the flaw you are trying to hide. But black absorbs light, so it's the easiest to 'fix'.
LID: but we still love owning them and taking those Altos out as a special treat (when it's safe).... for us and them.
BTW, I find the black Alto to be the most resistant to showing the ravages of every day life. And it's the easiest color if you want to 'hide' a little scratch with a fine black Sharpie or black cream shoe polish (a drop on a Q tip).. Since the Alto finish is matte, you have to be very careful that 'repairs' don't become more visible than the flaw you are trying to hide. But black absorbs light, so it's the easiest to 'fix'.
In my opinion, the natural color Alto to be the most resistance. I use my Oriana as an everyday tote. My Lady get banged up and I get complements often. She still looks beautiful!
In case anyone is wondering, this is what Dooney said!
"Hello,
Thank you for contacting us. Our Alto Collection is crafted with beautiful Italian leather with a rich matte finish and a patina that grows even more beautiful with time. The European leather of our Florentine Toscana Collection, however, is vegetable tanned and burnished to a soft sheen that grows even better with time.
Happy shopping!"
Thanks. Glad they actually answered your question.
Looks like they're all new additions to the Macys website! This is great news for me because I have a family member who gets the 20% off for employees! Hope that discount counts for the altos. I had just messaged Dooney asking if Altos were sold at department stores, but they told me I had to contact the department stores to find out. Macys doesn't have the bag I'm patiently and carefully saving for on their website, but I'm wondering if I could find it at their Herald Square flagship or something similar.