For Fun: Will you buy the classic/original Puzzle or the Puzzle Edge from now on?
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The depth of the slouch on both these examples leads me to suspect they are the medium size with a change of strap.
According to Jonathan Anderson's Instagram post, they are "extra soft" so I think that they're small classics made with a much slouchier leather than previous versions. I don't think having feet will be particularly useful with this much slouch (the bag can't stand anyway, let alone stand on feet), but it does open up the possibility of feet maybe being put back on for other leathers? We'll have to wait and see.
Makes me wonder, if that's the case, perhaps the small puzzle edges aren't selling as well after a year of effectively replacing the small and medium classics, so they're bringing back the classic models not only in different leathers that are priced at a higher point than the edge, but also adding feet and what looks like a cloche of some sort too, along with different straps etc. May be that was the marketing/sales strategy all along, remove the original classic puzzle, replace it with something, let's say not as desirable, but calling it the same name, the absence of the original creates DEMAND, reintroduce the original at a higher price point - justified with a few extras - be it different woven handles, different straps and now potentially feet again on the small models, and/or softer more luxurious/delicate leathers - in limited numbers and watch those bags fly off the shelves. Kudos to Loewe, that's a great business plan.
