Ha ha
You can have this one
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First Decade of BALENCIAGA Motorcycle Bag History
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As someone whose collection is made up of mostly early 01 - 05 bags I really love this thread. There's nothing like the oldies for sure!
Avatar pics are small, but if your clutch is a Flat Clutch model and strapless then it would be F/W '03 with Pewter Hardware, and if its got a Handle attached it's from S/S '04 with the same hardware. The "Makeup" Clutch style came out in S/S '04 as well.
There are differences in leather from season to season or year to year, but there's also individual hide differences within the seasons and years that seem like throw-backs & fast-forwards of those season/year trends. Colors definitely repeat, even when they aren't exact copies.
The old leather is night and day to the new stuff. The oldies are better in my opinion after handling over 5,000 luxury designer brand bags. The earliest leather (season 1 & 2) didn't have the problems of fading, color shifting, etc. plus they were handcrafted if not handmade. They are amazing bags, and everyone I've seen touch one was impressed.
I have a super rare (thanks to a sweet PFer) 2001 Le Dix "Village" bag that has THE SOFTEST Smooth season 1 & 2 leather that's out-of-this-world soft! Softer than anything I've ever touched on Earth, softer than a baby's bottom, softer than vintage Hermes silk. It's dark chocolate brown, smooth calfskin or lambskin, and is a style I've only seen on a celebrity shot and since no one knows the real name, my hubby named it the "Village" as it may be a prototype "City" bag.
Here's the celeb shot with an '01 Chocolate "Village" Flat Brass Moto-Bag:
Of course.....how could I overlook the handle. I let the leather influence me. Duh. Yes, it's 03.
But I have an observation about the no-fading issues of 01 and 02. Couldn't one attribute that designation incorrectly as most of the bags produced during those years were mainly black or shades of brown from chocolate to caramel which didn't fade in any subsequent years either? ( with 09 being the exception) Or am I wrong about that? I know my 03 bags have no fading issues. We don't really have blues, greens, purples or really vivid colors from 01-02 to test the fading issue. Having said that, I bow to the superior knowledge and experience of our resident guru.
^^ Oh wow, I never even knew that style existed. And why does Kourtney Kardashian have one!?!?!? I bet you she doesn't have it anymore and probably has no idea how special it is.
my sentiments exactly
They are just heavenly together
It is impossible to stop talking about the nuances of the oldies iMO! Especially the leather nuances
Avatar pics are small, but if your clutch is a Flat Clutch model and strapless then it would be F/W '03 with Pewter Hardware, and if its got a Handle attached it's from S/S '04 with the same hardware. The "Makeup" Clutch style came out in S/S '04 as well.
There are differences in leather from season to season or year to year, but there's also individual hide differences within the seasons and years that seem like throw-backs & fast-forwards of those season/year trends. Colors definitely repeat, even when they aren't exact copies.
The old leather is night and day to the new stuff. The oldies are better in my opinion after handling over 5,000 luxury designer brand bags. The earliest leather (season 1 & 2) didn't have the problems of fading, color shifting, etc. plus they were handcrafted if not handmade. They are amazing bags, and everyone I've seen touch one was impressed.
I have a super rare (thanks to a sweet PFer) 2001 Le Dix "Village" bag that has THE SOFTEST Smooth season 1 & 2 leather that's out-of-this-world soft! Softer than anything I've ever touched on Earth, softer than a baby's bottom, softer than vintage Hermes silk. It's dark chocolate brown, smooth calfskin or lambskin, and is a style I've only seen on a celebrity shot and since no one knows the real name, my hubby named it the "Village" as it may be a prototype "City" bag.
Here's the celeb shot with an '01 Chocolate "Village" Flat Brass Moto-Bag:
Is it wrong of me to want to hunt this bag done and cuddle it? I would love to just be able to see one in real life
Maybe you will through in some of your beloved oldie pictures
Just to give us a little more eye candy. 
Maybe you will through in some of your beloved oldie pictures
I haven't taken photographs for so long of everything. Listing JUST my early bags:
Flat Brass/early Bags
* 2001 Le Dix Flat Brass first in black
* 2002 s/s 2nd season Flat Brass First in black
* 2002 s/s 2nd season Flat Brass First in caramel
* 2002 pebbled caribou first
* 2002 pebbled caribou le dix tote
* 2002 Olive flat brass hobo f/w
* 2002 Black flat brass hobo s/s
* 2002 Black flat brass hobo f/w
* 2002 Black flat brass hobo f/w #2
* 2002 Chocolate flat brass hobo s/s
* 2002 Chocolate flat brass hobo f/w
* 2002 Caramel flat brass hobo
* 2002 Chocolate suede pewter hardware hobo (fb style)
* 2002 Sand suede pewter hardware hobo (fb style)
* 2003 Emerald green pewter hardware hobo (fb style)
* 2002 multi zip pewter hardware marron suede hobo (fb style)
* 2002 multi zip pewter hardware black suede hobo (fb style)
* 2002 multi zip pewter hardware beige suede hobo (fb style)
* 2002 multi zip pewter hardware chocolate suede hobo (fb style)
* 2002 belted chocolate hobo
* 2002 belted black hobo
* 2002 black drawstring tote
* 2003 olive PH classique
I think I just fainted looking over your earliest B bags
Don't you think they need to come out for some pictures
I just saw my miss spelling too I guess you knew what I meant above
. Your early collection is like a B museum archive!
Pictures or it didn't happen!
Sadly for my wallet - it happened. J/K, it's been over a decade to acquire all of these. I keep saying I'm going to "thin the heard", but every time I get ready to - I realized I'd never find X again - in that condition - at that price, etc. etc. So I end up with backups for my backups. I do use them everyday though, year after year after year. So it's worth it to me.
It is so true you can't find your gems again! But, if you ever decide to thin I'll be waiting
Thank you SO MUCH for this lovely trip down the road with old and rare bags
I wonder something - I have two le dix FBF in caribou - one with strap and one without. I've been moaning over this, but from what I read it might never has had one, is that correct understood ??.