Anyone have BOTH of these??? I just got back from the boutique where I had my choice of leather satchels (in all colors), YAY!! YES, I was a BAD girl, lol!! Just wonder if I made the right decision to get a leather rather than a patent one, though??
The white was nice, but I just bought a couple of white bags recently, so it was between the burnt orange and the natural. I do have to agree with the SAs that told me about the scratches on the natural bag a couple of weeks ago at another store...the scratches did look very odd and noticeable for some reason, at least the bag I looked at today. Not like my camel Lily where they kind of blend into the leather and look almost natural. I suppose this can be taken care of with Apple, but I decided that it just wasn't me, so I ended up with the burnt orange that I had reserved.
I do love the color...BUT...honestly, I don't care for the way it looks without the packing materials. Their bags were not stuffed very heavily, and I think they had a chance to wrinkle pretty badly as a result of being squashed. I also think it gets very "wrinkled" because the leather is fairly thin. Guess I'm used to the thick Legacy leather, lol!
So I wonder if the patent leather would be a better choice for me??? I do realize the patent has a crinkle effect, but it's kind of supposed to be there (rather than simply looking like I slept on top of the bag, which the leather one does... if that makes sense, lol!). For those of you that have BOTH the leather and patent satchels, can you please let me know how stiff the patent is relative to the leather version?? Does the patent wrinkle up this bad?? The thing is the patent satchels were all in transit today, and won't hit my store till Monday....so I was not able to look at them. I purchased the leather one and will keep the tags on till I decide if I can deal with it. I'll try to stuff it with more packing materials and see if that helps too.
Thanks in advance for any info and advice!!
The white was nice, but I just bought a couple of white bags recently, so it was between the burnt orange and the natural. I do have to agree with the SAs that told me about the scratches on the natural bag a couple of weeks ago at another store...the scratches did look very odd and noticeable for some reason, at least the bag I looked at today. Not like my camel Lily where they kind of blend into the leather and look almost natural. I suppose this can be taken care of with Apple, but I decided that it just wasn't me, so I ended up with the burnt orange that I had reserved.
I do love the color...BUT...honestly, I don't care for the way it looks without the packing materials. Their bags were not stuffed very heavily, and I think they had a chance to wrinkle pretty badly as a result of being squashed. I also think it gets very "wrinkled" because the leather is fairly thin. Guess I'm used to the thick Legacy leather, lol!
So I wonder if the patent leather would be a better choice for me??? I do realize the patent has a crinkle effect, but it's kind of supposed to be there (rather than simply looking like I slept on top of the bag, which the leather one does... if that makes sense, lol!). For those of you that have BOTH the leather and patent satchels, can you please let me know how stiff the patent is relative to the leather version?? Does the patent wrinkle up this bad?? The thing is the patent satchels were all in transit today, and won't hit my store till Monday....so I was not able to look at them. I purchased the leather one and will keep the tags on till I decide if I can deal with it. I'll try to stuff it with more packing materials and see if that helps too.
Thanks in advance for any info and advice!!