Massaccesi Handbags

[Devyn Danielle]

I checked the cyber Monday promotion. No.... can’t have another dark blue. But from the screen, it look exactly the same as my dark blue Verona.

Beige, dark green, and cuoio are nice contender to me. But I don’t think I need another Selene right now. [emoji848][emoji848][emoji848]

I was wondering if the blue would be the same, but didn’t care to inquire since I won’t be making a purchase. And yes, to answer your question, my Calista is chocolate Verona.

 

[carterazo]

I also looked closely at the Cassandra but decided at 5'4" and a small frame that I just could not carry a bag as large as that. I have learned from my first mistake when I ordered a Divina and found out it was way too big for me. I asked Marco to please make a midi Divina as well as a midi Soulmate and Selene. I loved all the styles but they were all way too big for me. He indicated that a lot more work goes into making a smaller version and a smaller bag. Fortunately he understood there were a lot of ladies who wanted smaller versions of the styles he had made. I love the midi versions of the Soulmate, Selene and Minerva. I have purchased all of these midi versions. I decided against the Divina. One of these days I will unpack all my bags and take a photo of all of them.

I hear ya on the sizes! I asked about a smaller Calista as soon as it came out and was told a firm, no there won't be a smaller one. [emoji45] I DREAM of a small version of this bag. [emoji5] Oh well..

 

[carterazo]

Just got an email about their Cyber Monday promo. 20% off new leather, Trinity, which is similar to Verona but more textured and slightly thicker. Pretty colors!

The green is so pretty! [emoji7] I need a $ tree. [emoji28]

 

[soramillay]

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FB BST trade resulted in a new-to-me MM aura in dark chocolate merinos and dark gunmetal hardware, my first in this style and I really love how it is small but holds my ipad + essentials.
Nagging works!!!!!!!! (Especially with such a good natured TPFer like @tenKrat )

That really looks like dark taupe Vacchetta, are you sure it is Merinos? If so, hmm interesting possibilities there...

 

[soramillay]

Just got an email about their Cyber Monday promo. 20% off new leather, Trinity, which is similar to Verona but more textured and slightly thicker. Pretty colors!

The new leather seems to take dye very well. Colours look very saturated and even. The black is very black. An alternative to Vacchetta for the ladies looking for that inky black!

 

[HopelessBagGirl]

That really looks like dark taupe Vacchetta, are you sure it is Merinos? If so, hmm interesting possibilities there...

I’m sure. I could take photos of it next to my dark taupe vachetta arianna if you want to be convinced.

 

[HopelessBagGirl]

I wish they would have taken natural light photos of these swatches next to the most similar verona versions.

 

[djfmn]

The green is so pretty! [emoji7] I need a $ tree. [emoji28]

I love that green it is such a pretty color.
I also need a money [emoji268]!!

 

[HopelessBagGirl]

I like the beige. I’m a sucker for nice beige leathers. I wonder how many shades lighter than mud it is.

 

[HopelessBagGirl]

Dark taupe vachetta

Vs
Dark Chocolate Merinos

Totally opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of weight and stiffness but the color is very close. Dark chocolate is just a few shades deeper, along a similar spectrum, but more saturated and deep, getting quite close to black. Dark taupe is never close to black in any light, it’s a medium tone if I think of bags as either light, medium, or dark. Dark chocolate looks black in some lights, it’s definitely one of my darkest bags.

 

[mleleigh]

Interesting! I always thought that dark chocolate Merinos was very saturated... like dark brown vacchetta. It looks much lighter in your pic. Maybe it’s the lighting?

 

[HopelessBagGirl]

I disagree, I think it *is* very dark. Darker than the dark brown vachetta if I compare to the swatch in the folder (because dark brown vachetta is so warm and red-toned that it doesn’t seem as close to black as this dark chocolate merinos does).
These photos were taken in the middle of an overcast day, outdoors.

 

[tenKrat]

Interesting! I always thought that dark chocolate Merinos was very saturated... like dark brown vacchetta. It looks much lighter in your pic. Maybe it’s the lighting?

I can confirm that the dark brown merinos is much darker IRL than in the pics. The lighting is distorting the color.

 

[tenKrat]

I really, really like the new dark green Trinity leather. If I'm counting correctly, this is the fourth shade of dark green that Marco has introduced. (I recall forest merinos, dark green vachetta, and dark green Verona.) I have forest merinos, which ended up being a lighter shade than I had hoped. This new dark green looks like the shade I've been waiting for, more saturated. And I love the larger grain on the Trinity leather.

 

[tenKrat]

@soramillay,

Just want to say that you wrote an excellent introduction for the new Massaccesi Leather & Customization Reference thread. Thank you for initiating it.