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From what I experienced in Lyon and Strasbourg, you do not need an appointment but if you are looking to buy bags, they use the wishlist system: for all styles in Strasbourg and for QB in Lyon. Otherwise both are small compared to Paris boutiques but they have nice SAs and are located in beautiful areas. Enjoy your stay!
thank you! How does the wishlist work? Does this mean I would be able to ask for a non-QB in Lyon? 😅
I was in Lyon a couple years ago and was offered non QB bag- Pico 22.
I was in Lyon during Christmas time and visited the boutique. I met a nice SA and asked about a K28. She told me that they are using a wishlist system. She then took her iPhone and completed a form with the specs I wanted. I was only allowed to choose one size, one type of leather, one color… and I would get the reply in 3 to 4 months. Because I was living abroad at that time it is no surprise that I did not get anything. Luckily my SA in Paris is a magician and I got the bag the next year from him.
IDK about non QB but I remember the boutique was quite packed with people asking about bags. You should just ask 😁
I was in Dijon and Lyon in 2022. Dijon store is really small but I did get some homeware that I had been unable to get in Canada during the Covid low stock era. SA was really nice, she told me they only get bags in once a week. And they only had a few non-QB bags on display the day I was there. They do close for lunch - which I thought was kind of cool. I think it was for two hours.
Lyon a much bigger and better stocked store. At the time they had just one of each BKC on display but lots of other non-QBs displayed. I was able to get a gold mini-Evelyne as a walk in. I actually think you could score a QB there as a walk-in dependent on spend and SA connection. HTH
I was in Marseille last week. The SAs were very nice, but only very large bags were available. I wasn’t interested so I didn’t ask what they were.
Heya.
I will be visiting the city (Deauville) for a day next week. I'll check the situation then, but I think you might go before me. I was able to get a Constance Elan at FSH in Paris. Good luck.
I saw SA showed 2 ladies 3 bags (2pcs of K28 and B25) at Lyon Store few days ago. I'm not sure where they from but they spoke French to SA. Also not sure if 2 ladies take the bags or not because I left before them.
Aix is uber-small and the SAs are not enthused with tourists. I asked for a watchband and was told to get it at my homestore, they only sell bands with the watch. I asked for a homegood item and he told me they don't have it, even though it was sitting on a shelf behind him (could have been display item only, but he could have shown me alternatives). I also have to say that there were maybe 3 customers in the store and it seemed terribly croweded, trying to get out of the store was an obstacle course.