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Good evening ladies! My bag & sense inserts have arrived. I ordered 3 inserts - one felt one for my TP with the hooks (25cm, 2mm in Navy (Heather), nylon in gold for speedy 20 and nylon in burgundy for my mini evelyne. Quality feels good and the nylon is a nice thickness. Just wanted to try them on the bags which I currently use felt inserts for.

The one for my TP is a perfect fit as expected. Pardon the dirty mirror and casual clothes but I used and pair it with my Odeon black strap (shoulder and cross body) and it’s great! I haven’t filled the pouch it with anything yet but looking forward to use it when I go to Melbourne next month for a short break. Better not over fill it but I’m excited to use it. It doesn’t go too well with the chunky chain..maybe the end hooks need to be similar to the LV straps.

Thanks for letting me share!!
Congrats again hun!!!! @Mapoon :heart::heart::heart:
 
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Good evening ladies! My bag & sense inserts have arrived. I ordered 3 inserts - one felt one for my TP with the hooks (25cm, 2mm in Navy (Heather), nylon in gold for speedy 20 and nylon in burgundy for my mini evelyne. Quality feels good and the nylon is a nice thickness. Just wanted to try them on the bags which I currently use felt inserts for.

The one for my TP is a perfect fit as expected. Pardon the dirty mirror and casual clothes but I used and pair it with my Odeon black strap (shoulder and cross body) and it’s great! I haven’t filled the pouch it with anything yet but looking forward to use it when I go to Melbourne next month for a short break. Better not over fill it but I’m excited to use it. It doesn’t go too well with the chunky chain..maybe the end hooks need to be similar to the LV straps.

Thanks for letting me share!!
Nice cost effective bag! You’re lucky to score that, black mc is more rare.
 
Good evening ladies! My bag & sense inserts have arrived. I ordered 3 inserts - one felt one for my TP with the hooks (25cm, 2mm in Navy (Heather), nylon in gold for speedy 20 and nylon in burgundy for my mini evelyne. Quality feels good and the nylon is a nice thickness. Just wanted to try them on the bags which I currently use felt inserts for.

The one for my TP is a perfect fit as expected. Pardon the dirty mirror and casual clothes but I used and pair it with my Odeon black strap (shoulder and cross body) and it’s great! I haven’t filled the pouch it with anything yet but looking forward to use it when I go to Melbourne next month for a short break. Better not over fill it but I’m excited to use it. It doesn’t go too well with the chunky chain..maybe the end hooks need to be similar to the LV straps.

Thanks for letting me share!!
Love it! Still shows up on Canadian site so who knows if only a matter of time or if there is one last re stock coming...I will check religiously 5/16 and 5/22 just in case.
For the chain - these were the two I was considering from bad and sense as one has the common LV end hook and the other has one that looks like @DrTootr end hooks from her Coussin strap. They are are on the longer side but good for taller ladies. It's too bad they charge so much for shipping. Although I think your chunky chain also looks nice.


 
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Cheers @Bumbles and so interesting to learn from you that the black is more rare, I had no idea. So I've got the OG white MC Speedy 30 which I've used for decades and of course my new Speedy 25. With the 30 I was young and carefree lol and did not baby this bag at all, I mean my cousins would sometimes pick me up from my job in the city (last minute plans) to take me surfing after, so that bag was even at the beach, and it held up pretty well considering my reckless youth ways lol

Now my hopefully more mature, wiser and sensible self lol is treating my Speedy 25 MC with the respect it deserves and although I am more cautious when I wear her say versus my speedy 25 cherry blossom or my black TP MC, I still feel like the white MC canvas is overall pretty durable in general. Especially if I compare it to my other white bags from say Chanel, for example. I wouldn't say I find it hard to maintain so far and I have never treated any of my LV vachetta ever. In saying that I might look into doing this going forward as @Mapoon has very kindly given me some recommendations to try. So maybe I'll try a strap first, to test it out for myself and go from there. Of course LV always says not to touch the vachetta, but I have learned in these forums that a lot of people in here do, so that's whats made me curious to finally try it for myself.

So my long answer short is, I would go for the white if you can't get the black, no doubt hun!

The whole long wait for the fluffy charm is a bit yikes to me and a tad off putting! But I figured it's my only shot to grab one from LV itself, because superfakes kinda scare me too as @sleepydoc. mentioned in here and hope my risk comes out ok and I can bring it back with me, I'll keep you posted on how I go.

Aww that's so lovely to hear re my action shots, thank you! And sending big hugs your way and can't wait to see if you do grab a nano speedy, I know it will look fab on you and you'd love it, so please if you remember tag me in so I can see yours. And if I should see any nano speedyS instore at LV (I know it's a longshot but you never know, the more eyes looking out the better) while I'm in Australia I promise to let you know asap x
Thanks for your support and kind words Drtootr! :flowers::hugs:♥️ For sure ‘if’ I’m able to secure anything I will always let you know.

And thanks for sharing your experience with the white MC past and present. I laughed when I read your past, young and carefree self and now your wiser and more mature self treating it with the respect it deserves lol…. Yes!!’ Totally agree. Our younger selves I’m sure were all carefree and didn’t think much abt our bags and their exclusivity and rarity. It was a bag and they were meant to be used. Now we are wiser and more educated so know how hard it is to score them so they are definitely more special.

Have a lovely rest of your week!
 
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Good evening ladies! My bag & sense inserts have arrived. I ordered 3 inserts - one felt one for my TP with the hooks (25cm, 2mm in Navy (Heather), nylon in gold for speedy 20 and nylon in burgundy for my mini evelyne. Quality feels good and the nylon is a nice thickness. Just wanted to try them on the bags which I currently use felt inserts for.

The one for my TP is a perfect fit as expected. Pardon the dirty mirror and casual clothes but I used and pair it with my Odeon black strap (shoulder and cross body) and it’s great! I haven’t filled the pouch it with anything yet but looking forward to use it when I go to Melbourne next month for a short break. Better not over fill it but I’m excited to use it. It doesn’t go too well with the chunky chain..maybe the end hooks need to be similar to the LV straps.

Thanks for letting me share!!
Your tp looks gorgeous M 🤍🤍♥️💜💚🩷💙💛and all ready to go on her maiden trip to Melbourne now! You will rock it for sure. Don’t forget to take some pics for us.

I’m so glad you decided to get this tp! It is really perfect for you and will be very special to come. Not alone it will be so carefree to use. And how lucky were you to get it as well, without a wait time. It was really meant to be. I really like the hold short chain you put on it. It will be nice carried with that as well.

I can’t believe the bag and sense inserts came so fast. It was posted from KR right? If you don’t mind me asking, was the shipping ok for 3 items? I have been meaning to get some inserts for my bags but never got around to it and also the shipping costs for samorga back in the day was almost just as much as the inserts combined. I think bag and sense is the new samorga right? From what others were saying.
 
Your tp looks gorgeous M 🤍🤍♥️💜💚🩷💙💛and all ready to go on her maiden trip to Melbourne now! You will rock it for sure. Don’t forget to take some pics for us.

I’m so glad you decided to get this tp! It is really perfect for you and will be very special to come. Not alone it will be so carefree to use. And how lucky were you to get it as well, without a wait time. It was really meant to be. I really like the hold short chain you put on it. It will be nice carried with that as well.

I can’t believe the bag and sense inserts came so fast. It was posted from KR right? If you don’t mind me asking, was the shipping ok for 3 items? I have been meaning to get some inserts for my bags but never got around to it and also the shipping costs for samorga back in the day was almost just as much as the inserts combined. I think bag and sense is the new samorga right? From what others were saying.
Shipping is 24USD (to Canada). So not cheap.
 
Love it! Still shows up on Canadian site so who knows if only a matter of time or if there is one last re stock coming...I will check religiously 5/16 and 5/22 just in case.
For the chain - these were the two I was considering from bad and sense as one has the common LV end hook and the other has one that looks like @DrTootr end hooks from her Coussin strap. They are are on the longer side but good for taller ladies. It's too bad they charge so much for shipping. Although I think your chunky chain also looks nice.


Yes shipping on bagandsense is pricey but it's a flat rate at USD$24 so maybe you can consider adding other stuff like inserts to make the overall order worth? I used the code lvlovercc to get 20% off, hopefully it will help you? That's why I added 2 more inserts. Still cost me over AUD$100 for the whole order but the quality is worth it.

I just ordered a black acrylic chain (60cm) with silver hook from Aliexpress maybe you would like to just order through here instead?

 
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Your tp looks gorgeous M 🤍🤍♥️💜💚🩷💙💛and all ready to go on her maiden trip to Melbourne now! You will rock it for sure. Don’t forget to take some pics for us.

I’m so glad you decided to get this tp! It is really perfect for you and will be very special to come. Not alone it will be so carefree to use. And how lucky were you to get it as well, without a wait time. It was really meant to be. I really like the hold short chain you put on it. It will be nice carried with that as well.

I can’t believe the bag and sense inserts came so fast. It was posted from KR right? If you don’t mind me asking, was the shipping ok for 3 items? I have been meaning to get some inserts for my bags but never got around to it and also the shipping costs for samorga back in the day was almost just as much as the inserts combined. I think bag and sense is the new samorga right? From what others were saying.
Thank you so much dear!! I sure will!! Definitely lucky to get them since many black MC items have been removed from the website.

Yes it came from Korea. She was from Samorga and not sure what the company issue was but now she's the owner of Bag & Sense.I did gently follow up with them since I order over a week ago and from her social media I know she was travelling and she was prompt to reply and action the postage pretty quickly. Shipping took about a week which is normal via Fedex - posted on 8/5, I received it on 14/5.

Shipping is flat rate of USD$24 which is why I added 2 more inserts to make it worth. I was looking around for discount codes coz Samorga and other brands used to have them. I randomly used lvlovercc (as she's friends with the owner) and it worked with a 20% discount which took off USD$19 which I thought was still some savings so overall my 3 items still cost me about AUD$160 which is definitely pricey for inserts but I felt that they are worth it...I wont be buying from a good while...but mainly I know their TP insert is the only one that actually works as I got it before and sold it with the emp TP I got a few years back.

The gold chain (I got from KD as part of the package with their TP insert which wasnt great) is a good length but the end hooks are circular so it doesnt really sit well..I think with the clasp of LV chains (the little U shaped version) would hook and look better so I ordered another chain on Aliexpress to use on the shoulder instead.
 
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How exciting! It looks fantastic. You’ve done a great job with this conversion. The black toiletry pouch is such a shiny and vibrant colour. You must be really happy to snap this up before it got deleted. Really lucky indeed! 😍🥳
Thank you so much lovely!! Im soo happy with it now and looking forward to using her! I waited that long to finally get her as it wasnt love at first site (on the LV site as it was pretty loud)...Im glad the price for the cherry one made me backtrack to this and very lucky to have gotten her on the 5th restock...and now it's gone forever
 
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