Curious as to how your bag turned out? I have a new one with this same issue…defo feels like it’s sown differently to my DE Neverfull which is perfectly flat- my new DA one feels like it’s bulging a bit at bottom?
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The leather wrinkling is perfecly normal.
The tab... well, the thing is, that the ateliers doing the repairs are special. At the normal ones a bag sees 30 people during production, each doing just one specific little step, while here a single artisan disassembles and brings the bag back to life. If they have at hand certain parts still being made regularly, like straps, or have the dyecut at least to recreate, they'll use them, but if not, they will redo them by hand from scratch, from a piece of raw leather. I have seen many instances of repairs of older models, where certain parts were clearly and literally hand-made just for that piece. I know that it looks a little less Vuittony than the literally mass produces tabs that are on the regular bags, but this exact piece was truly hand-made, cut, stamped and painted (might be the reason for the more pronounced wrinkly looking edges) by an artisan just for you. I'd like to show you all an interesting example. Here is is the official press photo of the Steamer 45. Look at the part where the handle connects to the flap, and also at the corners inside at the bottom. Both the corners and the handle needs to be hand stitched, and this is how it looks and can look even on this $4000 legend.
I don't say all these to convince you to keep it, but personally this would not bother me, I would find it to be more unique and more made for me. But I totally understand your concern, especially if you plan to resell the bag.
Thank you so much for the detailed explanation and sample @BULL ! Now I understand why all other parts look perfectly stitched, while the inside tab doesn't... I'll still drop by the store to see what they say. Would also be interesting if my bag is now chipped or simply date/identification-less. I don't plan on selling the bag, but in case I ever had to it's better to have the perfect looking tab, if it is even possible to get in this case.
Yes, I believe they can try again. And hopefully it has a chip, but you can check that too at home.
Is the stitching visible on the inside too? If yes, they don't need to disassemble the bag again to replace only the tag.
Yes, the stitching is visible on the inside too. Good to know that it would be less work for the tag. I can't even imagine how much effort it was to replace the piping... the Saumur has quite a bit of Vachetta, which I love.
Just googled about the chip and will download an app to search for it
Just googled about the chip and will download an app to search for it
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I’ve had minor stitching issues with some of my pieces as well. Sorry that happened to you. With that said, someone else will happily snatch that piece up. It doesn’t affect the performance of the piece
And it’s irregular at the bottom of the pochette. Personally, I think it should be RTV’d and placed in the associate website, but I highly doubt it. Most stores have waitlists for this piece. As far as you being done with LV, that’s sad, especially over some wonky stitching. I handle pieces every single day and I can assure you this is the exception, not the rule. Mose pieces are indeed perfect, maybe you just had a unfortunate streak of bad luck and fell victim to a few wonky pieces….
Does this bulging at bottom of Neverfull seem normal? My DE def doesn’t have this. It seems like it’s maybe stitched funny. Even with bag organiser in - when it’s on my shoulder I can still see bottom of bag.
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That definitely does not seem normal to me, looks like a factory flaw. I've been noticing more and more of these flaws on popular styles. Does it have a date code? If so can you let me know what factory its from? Curious!
Just wondering if you've had any issues with that cracking in the crease???
