LV Mini Palm Springs Backpack

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RAntonioli said:
Hello! Such a beautiful piece. I noticed the left side of the small pocket has an indentation, am I correct? I just got a bag with that issue, although I don’t know if it’s an issue. Can you please tell me about your experience, if it’s the case?View attachment 4088544View attachment 4088545View attachment 4088546
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To be honest, it’s not something I worry about. I figured it’s something that will work itself out or not. I just like to enjoy my bags and not sweat the small stuff.
 
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hmann13 said:
Hi! Two things I just decided to join purseforum today and I also recently got hand of a mini palm springs (yay!). I love it so much but the only problem is that its so soft and squishy (if that's the term) that I'm afraid it's going to become unstructured. Does anyone have any bagstuffers they use for their LV mini?!

Thanks!
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I’ve had mine for a long time now and leave it unstuffed, sometimes squished under other bags. So far, its shape has held up pretty well.
 
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epeLV said:
I use crumpled up plastic grocery bags when I store it. I have a plastic grocery bag cut in half and stuffed in the mini pocket at all times, since I don’t use that pocket and don’t like how it often gets smushed in.
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Thanks for sharing! Do u also have any tips for on using the bag? It’s my first lv bag.. the psm zip is a little hard to zip and I’m worry about zipping/unzipping the bag as I have seen the previous posts about the zipper causing tear on the canvas.. I’m a little scared. I wanna enjoy the psm as much as I can :)
 
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Orange__blossom said:
Thanks for sharing! Do u also have any tips for on using the bag? It’s my first lv bag.. the psm zip is a little hard to zip and I’m worry about zipping/unzipping the bag as I have seen the previous posts about the zipper causing tear on the canvas.. I’m a little scared. I wanna enjoy the psm as much as I can :smile:
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I’m still working out the best way to pack it as I’m a tote girl and such a small bag gives me anxiety when deciding what to bring, haha. I recommend throwing in your items in loose or finding small pouches to store things in within the bag. I have several pouches I’m experimenting with. I also pack mine like a bookshelf when possible so I can easily pull things in and out.

Mine is about a year old and still hard to use the zipper. It has not gotten better with use as some suggest. I see no evidence of that peeling on my bag, and I don’t baby it, but I am careful, especially after seeing those posts I am paranoid! I was lucky to get the bag straight up last August and even ended up with two to choose from, of which I chose the one that felt thicker and was better aligned. Every time I use the zipper I am careful and slow! I also don’t use a bag charm on the zipper as a pull. I think that leads to pulling on the charm which pulls the zipper at an odd angle and can nick the canvas. I put charms on but always hold the true zipper pull to open the bag.

I baby the bag hardcore because I know they’re hard to come by and often misaligned, so it’s not like I can easily find a perfect replacement should something happen. Still, I have a tiiiiiny bit of wear on the corners of the small pocket. I presume this is just because those corners are so sharp and stick out, but only my Bag OCD eyes with my hand lens would see it. Have a few threads on the black leather and one tab is starting to peel but I’ll wait to get that fixed until it gets worse. Otherwise it’s held up well and gotten a bit softer overall.

I use a pochette metis strap for it crossbody so I don’t have to constantly redo the black straps that come with it and can leave those set for backpack style wear. I’ve looked at other LV straps but the scale seems off to me when crossbody.
 
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epeLV said:
I’m still working out the best way to pack it as I’m a tote girl and such a small bag gives me anxiety when deciding what to bring, haha. I recommend throwing in your items in loose or finding small pouches to store things in within the bag. I have several pouches I’m experimenting with. I also pack mine like a bookshelf when possible so I can easily pull things in and out.

Mine is about a year old and still hard to use the zipper. It has not gotten better with use as some suggest. I see no evidence of that peeling on my bag, and I don’t baby it, but I am careful, especially after seeing those posts I am paranoid! I was lucky to get the bag straight up last August and even ended up with two to choose from, of which I chose the one that felt thicker and was better aligned. Every time I use the zipper I am careful and slow! I also don’t use a bag charm on the zipper as a pull. I think that leads to pulling on the charm which pulls the zipper at an odd angle and can nick the canvas. I put charms on but always hold the true zipper pull to open the bag.

I baby the bag hardcore because I know they’re hard to come by and often misaligned, so it’s not like I can easily find a perfect replacement should something happen. Still, I have a tiiiiiny bit of wear on the corners of the small pocket. I presume this is just because those corners are so sharp and stick out, but only my Bag OCD eyes with my hand lens would see it. Have a few threads on the black leather and one tab is starting to peel but I’ll wait to get that fixed until it gets worse. Otherwise it’s held up well and gotten a bit softer overall.

I use a pochette metis strap for it crossbody so I don’t have to constantly redo the black straps that come with it and can leave those set for backpack style wear. I’ve looked at other LV straps but the scale seems off to me when crossbody.
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Yup, the bag is super hard to come by and I have to get mine from the MWT collection with stickers. The original one is always oos in my boutique and 1 SA even said its discontinued :confused1: but I’m not sure how true isit.

Actually mine also has a small flaw on 1 of the bottom d-ring tab.. not sure why 1 of the stitch is quite huge and obvious and seem to tear the tab a little.. but my SA said it’s a finishing which I think he doesn’t really mean what he said too. He said that there’s aftercare services, but i hope nothing bad happens. I think I’m quite picky for bag but this time I tend to overlook the small flaw as it’s not obvious from the front and the alignments for my bag is good. Like what you said, this bag is hard to find replacement and still mine is customized so don’t think it’s easy to exchange or replace. But I see previous posts that LV can repair most of the bag so I hope if that time come, my bag can be repaired. Also I read before that life is too short to have a 100% perfect bag .. this just make me feel a little better and I just tell myself that all these luxury bags are handmade so they will not be super perfect, even though sometimes my heart still ache a little when seeing the flaw. :amuse:
 
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