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The three are very different IMO. All really lovely although the first pic with colored hardware is really making me reconsider getting a brilliant
Hey there! The brillant is an amazing timeless Delvaux epitome piece - and I have a few of those like 8 or so I think. I have right now I think 6 tempete MM and 3 madame chaine?? They each have their merits and drawbacks tho, the madame is the easiest to use. The tempete is easy except sometimes the clasp doesn't self-guide, if that makes sense, so one must use both hands. It's also narrow and can tip over. The brilliant is VERY easy to put things in, and is stable on any surface, but you sort of have to "teach" your bag to open and close (buckle becomes more molded over time).The three are very different IMO. All really lovely although the first pic with colored hardware is really making me reconsider getting a brilliant
Just out of curiosity, do you have other delvaux bag styles or have you stayed with the Brilliant exclusively to date?
I am deciding. I ended up going to H today and really just tore it up so I might have to hide for awhile
Thank you so much for your feedback!! The chocolate as you see in the pics is actually purple with mauve iridescent wash, it's my favorite color (pink and purple actually). The caramel is a great everyday bag, but I am not as WOWED by it as I maybe should be. It's gorgeous, and if I had lotto money just lying around, I'd keep it. The purple and the MTO make me freak out, this one is gorgeous but I don't like , lose all sense of gravity when I see it??
I saw the mauve brilliant in the store and loooved the color but was unsure about the Brilliant way of opening. I was worried that the leather part that went into the buckle would show too much wear with repeated buckling and unbuckling. I’m pretty new to Delvaux and only have a Givry and a Tempete MM so far. It sounds like you haven’t had any problems with wear on your Brilliants. And that added width for extra stability in the Brilliant vs the Tempete is making me rethink the Brilliant even more. It’s also my impression that Delvaux uses the most interesting exotics primarily on the Brilliant line. Thanks very much for the great analysis of strengths and weaknesses of the different bags.
Soooo true. I should stop looking for a bit, but I just can’t help myself! And I know more are around the corner I will freak over. Thank you for the pearls of wisdom and sanity
FOR NOW. They are trying to get one from Canada, and I am saying PLEASE DO IT SLOWLY cuz I've spend my wad (from this and new H stuff) for the next century. Apparently fish & wildlife, who had the bag for a month, really handled it to the point of having stains inside, and rubbing the bottom feet, taking plastic off other spots, etc. The issue was raised all the way to the top, and they were SO PISSED. They do a triple check when it comes from the mother ship, and F&W basically ruined it. I posted the lovely pics before I opened the inside, which changed my response to say the least.
