Identify this Balenciaga
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Hi everyone i am new here. Could you tell me which model of bag? Is it a day messenger bag?
Can you tell which year it was made? Thank you
Can you tell which year it was made? Thank you
Hi muchstuff
I messaged Corey and she kindly sent a really helpful reply!
This is what I sent her...
I found this same bag, though main colour green and not red, (possibly Mystery Green if this is a 2004 style) in a consignment shop in London on Saturday. I didn’t buy it as wanted to find out more about it and work out whether it’s actually an authentic Balenciaga. Everything about the bag I found is beautiful - and the tag definitely looks like an authentic Bal leather tag, as does the mirror. It’s also beautifully made, with patches of both python and perforated leather. The only thing that worried me, apart from the fact that I can’t find any info at all about this style anywhere (apart from your attached picture!) is that the zipper on the small internal pocket had a strange Lampo logo on the bottom of the zip hardware - definitely not the normal auth Lampo logo. I wondered whether this was early Lampo, or actually means it’s fake.
The bag I found looks exactly like the one in your photo so I’d be surprised if the fakers were at work on a such a rare model.. but you never know.
And here’s Corey’s reply -
It should be fine, I don't recall ever seeing a fake of this cool and unusual design. LAMPO zippers had an all capital letter italics logo font that became thought of as "fake" but what really happened was the fake-makers were using the old style zipper on pieces that should have changed to their lightingbolt-logo font zippers. I hope you get it, I have the red one in my collection and love it!
All the best,
Corey
Real Deal Collection Team
And an update - I did manage to buy the one I’d seen! It’s just beautiful and so unusual. So glad I got Corey’s opinion - thank you muchstuff for pointing me in the right direction
Here are a couple of pics of my new baby..
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Wow ...... it looks really cool ! Good scored ! 
Hi muchstuff
I messaged Corey and she kindly sent a really helpful reply!
This is what I sent her...
I found this same bag, though main colour green and not red, (possibly Mystery Green if this is a 2004 style) in a consignment shop in London on Saturday. I didn’t buy it as wanted to find out more about it and work out whether it’s actually an authentic Balenciaga. Everything about the bag I found is beautiful - and the tag definitely looks like an authentic Bal leather tag, as does the mirror. It’s also beautifully made, with patches of both python and perforated leather. The only thing that worried me, apart from the fact that I can’t find any info at all about this style anywhere (apart from your attached picture!) is that the zipper on the small internal pocket had a strange Lampo logo on the bottom of the zip hardware - definitely not the normal auth Lampo logo. I wondered whether this was early Lampo, or actually means it’s fake.
The bag I found looks exactly like the one in your photo so I’d be surprised if the fakers were at work on a such a rare model.. but you never know.
And here’s Corey’s reply -
It should be fine, I don't recall ever seeing a fake of this cool and unusual design. LAMPO zippers had an all capital letter italics logo font that became thought of as "fake" but what really happened was the fake-makers were using the old style zipper on pieces that should have changed to their lightingbolt-logo font zippers. I hope you get it, I have the red one in my collection and love it!
All the best,
Corey
Real Deal Collection Team
And an update - I did manage to buy the one I’d seen! It’s just beautiful and so unusual. So glad I got Corey’s opinion - thank you muchstuff for pointing me in the right direction
Here are a couple of pics of my new baby..
Thanks peacebabe! Feel very lucky to have stumbled across it!Wow ...... it looks really cool ! Good scored !
From a glance it looks like a Papier A4, but seeing a tag would help a lot! Any chance to get a snap of the tag?
The bag is brown, but your tag is white ??
Kinda not sure if its authentic now.The tag looks sloppy?
