Hi! Loooong time reader, first time poster - if this was covered elsewhere please let me know! I was wondering if any of you have seen/experienced this kind of wear on your Bal bags...particularly ones that have graphic prints on them...
Is this normal wear and tear for these kinds of bags/prints? Or is it a print issue?
Some background: I've used this bag maybe 10 times since I bought it over the summer. Probably a total of 20 hours of use all told, mainly carrying my phone, wallet and like hand sanitizer inside (not overstuffed etc). I'm very gentle with my bags and carried this one carefully.
Used the Balenciaga nourishing cream on it the other day and was horrified to see that the paint (or whatever the printing is) on the top two inner corners of the bag seemed to peel off the second I (gently!) rubbed in the cream. Never seen this happen with any of my lambskin city bags.
The paint color on the handles has cracked and chipped off too, but since the leather underneath is yellow, it's not that big a deal... I'd previously asked the Bal store repair expert about the handles and she told me that nobody has ever complained about the blanket bags, so I don't know what to think about the bag corner chipping/peeling.
Any thoughts you all have would be appreciated! I definitely regret buying this bag for a multitude of design/ease of use reasons, but now I wonder if Bal bags with printed designs are just way too delicate and not worth buying in the future...
Is this normal wear and tear for these kinds of bags/prints? Or is it a print issue?
Some background: I've used this bag maybe 10 times since I bought it over the summer. Probably a total of 20 hours of use all told, mainly carrying my phone, wallet and like hand sanitizer inside (not overstuffed etc). I'm very gentle with my bags and carried this one carefully.
Used the Balenciaga nourishing cream on it the other day and was horrified to see that the paint (or whatever the printing is) on the top two inner corners of the bag seemed to peel off the second I (gently!) rubbed in the cream. Never seen this happen with any of my lambskin city bags.
The paint color on the handles has cracked and chipped off too, but since the leather underneath is yellow, it's not that big a deal... I'd previously asked the Bal store repair expert about the handles and she told me that nobody has ever complained about the blanket bags, so I don't know what to think about the bag corner chipping/peeling.
Any thoughts you all have would be appreciated! I definitely regret buying this bag for a multitude of design/ease of use reasons, but now I wonder if Bal bags with printed designs are just way too delicate and not worth buying in the future...