Identify this Balenciaga
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Thank you! I’ll search some more. Yeah, it’s one of those that looks kinda brownish then greyish. The lighter more grey color is full light.
No pocket on the back of the mirror. If you think it’s pre 2011 then maybe it’s Galet! This pic from my closet is a dimmer light, it’s so much more brown toned in shade!
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That narrows it down to pretty much F/W 08 to F/W 2010. Your lighting looks a little warm, best pic is outside but not in direct sun or deep shade.
I’ll take one tomorrow during the day! Thank you! I’m pretty happy with it, they took my offer on PM and other than a rubbed corner it’s in very nice shape. The handles are just slightly darker. The inside is spotless! I had a city but it was a little hard for me to fill it up, I like how the twiggy is shorter.
Hello hello - I have date question!
Since being at home has me organizing and reorganizing + going a little purse-crazy, I decided to start taking photos of all my bags. When I was photoing my caramel-colored flat brass bag (which I had assumed was an 02 bag since it came with a mirror), I realized that there was no zipper stop on one side, which I thought was only a first season thing. There is a top stop, just not a bottom stop.
Muchstuff - I looked back at when I posted in the AT thread, and realized that when you OK'd, I totally missed that you referred to it as a F/W 2001 (voilà, bc there was no zipper stop!). But it also looks like the top stop wasn't visible in any of my pics to get the full picture.
Attaching more here. What do you think? I just always assumed that because it had a mirror that meant it had to be 02 (plus it came with a dustbag) - so maybe the lack of a bottom stop on the zipper is just a fluke? Pictured with entirely zipper-stop-less-caribou.
Since being at home has me organizing and reorganizing + going a little purse-crazy, I decided to start taking photos of all my bags. When I was photoing my caramel-colored flat brass bag (which I had assumed was an 02 bag since it came with a mirror), I realized that there was no zipper stop on one side, which I thought was only a first season thing. There is a top stop, just not a bottom stop.
Muchstuff - I looked back at when I posted in the AT thread, and realized that when you OK'd, I totally missed that you referred to it as a F/W 2001 (voilà, bc there was no zipper stop!). But it also looks like the top stop wasn't visible in any of my pics to get the full picture.
Attaching more here. What do you think? I just always assumed that because it had a mirror that meant it had to be 02 (plus it came with a dustbag) - so maybe the lack of a bottom stop on the zipper is just a fluke? Pictured with entirely zipper-stop-less-caribou.
And I'm assuming the back of the inner tag is blank right?
I checked my pebbled First (sold now) no stops on either end. My black 2001 LE Dix gold tag, no stops on either end.
I don't have a second season bags, my caramel and olive ones are third season with stops on both ends.
So, do we assume the S/S 2002 second season bags had a stop on one end and not the other or is yours an anomaly? The zipper stop thing I don't know, we need to check a second season bag @fayden and/or @Conni618 which of you has the second season First?
I'm guessing that yours is probably second season based on the fact that it has a mirror. Or, yours is a first season which got a mirror
. Things weren't quite the same back then and there were anomalies for sure. I'd be interested to see if the second season bags have a stop on the one side of the zipper.If the mirror was shown in the original AT request I apologize for steering you wrong. If I did
. I know more about the FBFs now than I did before but it's still tough to pin down some details when they were in flux from season to season. We have to speak in generalities but there were outliers. Let's see if the ladies with the second season bags get back to us.@kerryisntreal have you seen this? (The font on your bag does look more like the second season than the first I think).
http://www.realdealcollection.com/bal_01-02_bags.html#hist
http://www.realdealcollection.com/bal_01-02_bags.html#hist
Yes! This is what I kept poring over trying to make sense of the zipper stop, and then kept getting hung up on mirror being the giveaway for 02 vs 01. You’re right now that I really look at the tags. The blind embossing is definitely a bit clearer which seems to track with the second season (and yes blank on underside).
Lol maybe they just ran out of the bottom stops that day and whoever was making it was just like “whatever, I’ll sew it in...” ♀️
...I PM'd Connie and Fayden, we chat a lot and have spent quality time over the FBFs so we'll see what they come up with!
Thanks, I appreciate it!
All this time at home has had me reflecting on the physical things I choose to keep around, and (among other things) it’s certainly reaffirmed Balenciaga as my first and truest purse love. Durable, enduring, and with a bit of a story/history
