Givenchy Pandora
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Hi I know there is no official Givenchy authentications here but could anyone who owns one please give me their opinion on this Pandora. I can still return if something looks off. Many thanks to anyone who can help
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I have a ’problem’.
Some years ago I bought the medium Pandora in pepe leather. Unfortunately the leather started to show wear and tear after first uses (I baby my bags). The wear is mainly where the uneven leather gets rubbed to my body. After a year I started to believe there would actually be holes eventually so I stopped using it and then went to onsignment stores to sell it. I was offered roughly 230€ for it which seems like a joke, but that’s the market in Sweden. I didn’t sell it and didn’t use it neither.
The itch for a Pandora has only gotten worse and I am thinking about a small Pandora in goat leather. BUT is it really worth it? (obviously a personal preference but I need some advice anyway) And if I buy that bag - what should I do with my medium pepe?
Some years ago I bought the medium Pandora in pepe leather. Unfortunately the leather started to show wear and tear after first uses (I baby my bags). The wear is mainly where the uneven leather gets rubbed to my body. After a year I started to believe there would actually be holes eventually so I stopped using it and then went to onsignment stores to sell it. I was offered roughly 230€ for it which seems like a joke, but that’s the market in Sweden. I didn’t sell it and didn’t use it neither.
The itch for a Pandora has only gotten worse and I am thinking about a small Pandora in goat leather. BUT is it really worth it? (obviously a personal preference but I need some advice anyway) And if I buy that bag - what should I do with my medium pepe?
@Kmora If you buy the goat leather you should keep your Pepe for a while. They’re two different sizes and leathers. It might make you fall in love with the pepe again. I have a small Pepe, a mini Pepe and a mini goat. I like my pepes more. The pepes are softer. Goat takes longer to soften up although I’d love a goat in size medium or small in black. Goat is a tad dressier and Pepe is more casual, at least imo. I use Collonil on my bags so my Brownish colored Pepe doesn’t show those black or white spots on it from rubbing against my body. I think that helped mine. I would not sell my Pepe for what you were quoted. I’d keep it.
I am pretty late to the game but after three years of chasing the perfect pandora I finally found a preloved one.Condition was described as „very good“ and it turned out to be brand new with a MyTheresa tag still attached.
It is a aubergine/burgundy large goatskin pandora and I got it for 450 Euro!
Three years ago I already had one for a few days but finally returned it because of a few marks/dents on the leather. It was a large black one with the guitar strap and the white lettering I bought on sale and I regretted my decision more than once.
Now I am more than happy that I found this beauty.
What luck, great way to start the new year..and the price is whoa, amazing. I love the maroon color, and can attest to it going well with many colors. Hope this luck follows whenever you get a new G bag!
Thanks for your input - I guess your are right
I am just thinking that I might continue being afraid of using the pepe medium and if that’s the case it would be better to actually have the money instead. But I will keep it for a while at least. The pandora really is a great bag so there might be rolm for both of them even if need to downsize my collection
So glad I found your post! I have a medium Pandora in black pepe leather but just picked up a small Givenchy GV3 in the exact same material/print as your Pandora! I've never had a velvet bag before and I've heard the quality of different brands can vary... I'm pretty confident about the feel of the fabric/material, but wanted to ask how you would rate wear and tear and/if you have any suggestions or advice/how you store/clean it?
Thank you!
I’ve used my Pandora quite a bit and haven’t noticed any wear/tear issues. I don’t use it in heavy rain, no reason other than it hasn’t rained when I’ve used it.
I recently noticed a bit of the velvet material missing at a point on the bottom corner of the bottom zipper, but it might have come like this when I bought it as it was from the outlet. Probably just from that’s where the material is really tight and there is stitching there.
Other than that, no issues. My dogs have jumped on it and not left any scratches. I’ve scratched the leather on the handles and it kind of just rubbed out.
As for storage, I just put it in the dust bag, stuff it with tissue paper, and make sure not the let the handles rest against the velvet. Trying to avoid leaving a mark on the material.
Thank you so much for the advice! It kind of shows in the photo, but the short chain is just long enough that it clears the velvet of the front flap; I've been storing it like that in the dust bag (crossbody strap rolled up inside) and I'll continue to do just that... and avoid rain.
