Massaccesi Handbags
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Hey everybody, the Leather Reference Thread is up!
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/massaccesi-leather-customization-reference-thread.975530/
This is all I managed to do today. Will the ladies with Tuscania, Aquila Matte, Nabuk, Croco leathers please add to the descriptions from a couple pages back? We’ll be putting this in our guide.
Also beautiful bags, everyone! I have to run but will come back to admire them. I am carrying my Modena everyday and loving it!
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/massaccesi-leather-customization-reference-thread.975530/
This is all I managed to do today. Will the ladies with Tuscania, Aquila Matte, Nabuk, Croco leathers please add to the descriptions from a couple pages back? We’ll be putting this in our guide.
Also beautiful bags, everyone! I have to run but will come back to admire them. I am carrying my Modena everyday and loving it!
Massaccesi Leathers
Nabuk: luxe, velvety, plush. A touch heavier than pebbled but not as heavy as vachetta.
Pebbled: Best for slouchy, unstructured bags. Relaxes quickly. Has subtle sheen when draped. Second heaviest leather after vachetta. Very hard wearing. Has grainy texture on the surface, but very uniformly.
Africa: like pebbled but metallic and lightweight. Has a uniformly grainy texture on the surface.
Nappa: Good for both slouchy and structured bags. Far stiffer than merinos or pebbled, especially initially. Drapey and glossy in unstructured form, may crease in structured form. Hold its shape quite well. Very lightweight, almost as much so as merinos. Has quite a smooth surface.
Flat calf, Venezia, and Croco: Best for structured bags. Light, glossy and stiff leather that holds shape over time. Some concern about corner wear. Venezia is textured to resemble shagreen. Croco is textured to resemble crocodile.
Athene: Best for slouchy or relaxed (lived in) structured bags. May need extra backing for structured designs as glazed leather will relax. Feather light and almost papery to the touch, can look ‘dusty’ over time, and also easily catches noticeable scratches from fingernails or keys.
Merinos: Can be used for both slouchy and structured bags. Matte spongey leather, less likely to crease than nappa, durable and hard wearing. Not likely to change terribly much over time. Very soft to touch. Has quite a smooth surface with some natural texture.
Vachetta: Best for mid-size structured bags due to thickness and weight. Will hold shape over time. Will develop patina over time. May have some variation and overcast on leather due to dyeing process of the leather.
Tuscania:
Verona: supple, chewy, slight sheen and overall quite similar to pebbled. Has obviously grainy surface with some natural texture. Great with slouchy bags.
Aquila Matte:
Nabuk: luxe, velvety, plush. A touch heavier than pebbled but not as heavy as vachetta.
Pebbled: Best for slouchy, unstructured bags. Relaxes quickly. Has subtle sheen when draped. Second heaviest leather after vachetta. Very hard wearing. Has grainy texture on the surface, but very uniformly.
Africa: like pebbled but metallic and lightweight. Has a uniformly grainy texture on the surface.
Nappa: Good for both slouchy and structured bags. Far stiffer than merinos or pebbled, especially initially. Drapey and glossy in unstructured form, may crease in structured form. Hold its shape quite well. Very lightweight, almost as much so as merinos. Has quite a smooth surface.
Flat calf, Venezia, and Croco: Best for structured bags. Light, glossy and stiff leather that holds shape over time. Some concern about corner wear. Venezia is textured to resemble shagreen. Croco is textured to resemble crocodile.
Athene: Best for slouchy or relaxed (lived in) structured bags. May need extra backing for structured designs as glazed leather will relax. Feather light and almost papery to the touch, can look ‘dusty’ over time, and also easily catches noticeable scratches from fingernails or keys.
Merinos: Can be used for both slouchy and structured bags. Matte spongey leather, less likely to crease than nappa, durable and hard wearing. Not likely to change terribly much over time. Very soft to touch. Has quite a smooth surface with some natural texture.
Vachetta: Best for mid-size structured bags due to thickness and weight. Will hold shape over time. Will develop patina over time. May have some variation and overcast on leather due to dyeing process of the leather.
Tuscania:
Verona: supple, chewy, slight sheen and overall quite similar to pebbled. Has obviously grainy surface with some natural texture. Great with slouchy bags.
Aquila Matte:
Here is the dark green Verona Calista. It’s showing up a little grey in the pics, probably from the lighting. I have also included comparison shots with the dark green vachetta Siena so you can see the difference in tones. As mentioned earlier, the Verona is more of an evergreen with undertones of blue/teal. The vachetta is a true deep green.
OMG! Such a beautiful evergreen collection you have here. You’re making me regret not to hoard Verona when there’s still a chance. (Not like I don’t think I already have enough and feel guilty a bit, but it’s so gorgeous!)
Verona is really a beautiful leather. I wonder why it was discontinued. Maybe it will come back as an occasional limited run.
There is still mud verona available as of last week. Don’t know about any of the other colors. They are not guaranteeing verona availability anymore but you can always ask Marina if you can get a bag in the verona color of your choice and she can let you know if it’s all gone or not. The ‘now or never’ sale was misleading, in my opinion. They implied it was the last opportunity for verona but what they meant was there are no guarantees after that point. But you can always ask.
Having just acquired my first bag in vacchetta I wanted to learn more about the leather. I know that it is a very tough, untreated leather, just dyed. And that LV bags have vacchetta handles that darken with age as they develop the patina it is so famous for. My question....does anyone know how vacchetta ages when it is dyed very dark, like the dark brown vacchetta bag that I have? Or any of the other colors offered by MM? Just curious what to expect. And also curious how careful one has to be with rain, etc.. Obviously it would not show water spots when it is this brown. I have researched it on the web but cannot seem to find answers to the above. Anyone have a vacchetta bag that is well aged?
In my personal experience, I've found that the dark MM vacchetta leathers (black, dark brown) do not change color with time - the leather just softens a bit and gets a little more smushy... not smushy compared to other thinner MM leathers but smushier than when the vacchetta is new.
Thank you.. That is good to know. I am careful to keep it out of direct sunlight. Even my hubby appreciates that. He came into the den and said, "You left your purse on the kitchen counter directly under that fluorescent light; I turned it off." How about that for a supportive hubby.
Great new leather thread! Thank you.
And I'm happy the family photo thread has been revived. All this info is so helpful.
But now - did anyone get the card holder they were giving away in the spring/summer? I ordered one later, and paid 75 euro for it. I've never used it because the size and shape are not really what I was looking for. Today I took some pix in order to list it, and the zipper doesn't close all the way! It's been sitting in the box so I never noticed. I've written to Marina. Anyone else have this problem?
And I'm happy the family photo thread has been revived. All this info is so helpful.
But now - did anyone get the card holder they were giving away in the spring/summer? I ordered one later, and paid 75 euro for it. I've never used it because the size and shape are not really what I was looking for. Today I took some pix in order to list it, and the zipper doesn't close all the way! It's been sitting in the box so I never noticed. I've written to Marina. Anyone else have this problem?
do you think there will be another round of sale before Christmas and New Years?