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#16,774
HopelessBagGirl said:
I am definitely waiting for the spring releases. I might take a pause from ban island at that point as it will be about 3 months on ban island when the spring styles are introduced. Unfortunately the styles haven't been my thing in so long (2 years almost?), all way too big and also usually unstructured. So I'm not holding my breath about theMarch/April release.
Would love to be wrong because I could go for one new bag in the first half of 2018 and still feel like I'm being good.
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I feel the same HeopelessBagGirl , I also haven’t bought a MM. Bag in two years as the styles are just so big , I would love a Gucci Disco bag shape , or a smaller bag the constant larger bags are so off putting.
I do have a Phoebe and Flora so something bigger than those two would be nice
 
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Re: big bags. In the past few years that I have been a handbag fan, I adopted a new rule for myself: determine if I should buy a bag I like based on which device it fits :D. Ie if a bag is tiny, it should be roomy enough to fit my phone; a medium bag should fit up to an ipad 10 inch; and a large bag must fit my laptop (and obviously still have room for a few other things). A lot of MM bags, also by the virtue of their amazing leather you do not want to stretch, are somewhere in beteween medium in large by this categorization, which rules them out for me. So I admire them from afar :).
 
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TotinScience said:
Re: big bags. In the past few years that I have been a handbag fan, I adopted a new rule for myself: determine if I should buy a bag I like based on which device it fits :biggrin:. Ie if a bag is tiny, it should be roomy enough to fit my phone; a medium bag should fit up to an ipad 10 inch; and a large bag must fit my laptop (and obviously still have room for a few other things). A lot of MM bags, also by the virtue of their amazing leather you do not want to stretch, are somewhere in beteween medium in large by this categorization, which rules them out for me. So I admire them from afar :smile:.
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How smart of you. These are great rules.
 
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TotinScience said:
Re: big bags. In the past few years that I have been a handbag fan, I adopted a new rule for myself: determine if I should buy a bag I like based on which device it fits :biggrin:. Ie if a bag is tiny, it should be roomy enough to fit my phone; a medium bag should fit up to an ipad 10 inch; and a large bag must fit my laptop (and obviously still have room for a few other things). A lot of MM bags, also by the virtue of their amazing leather you do not want to stretch, are somewhere in beteween medium in large by this categorization, which rules them out for me. So I admire them from afar :smile:.
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My only rule is that the bag does not look too big on me which is often an issue with larger bags.
I am not a big bag person. The biggest MM bags I have are 3 Midi Selene's which I love and 5 midi Soulmates (about to go down to 4 selling one) which is another favorite bag along with an Aphrodite my first MM bag ever. I have way more smaller MM bags. I have a midi Zhoe, 2 regular Zhoes - about to be 3 just ordered a pink nappa and 2 Zhoe Legends, 2 Phoebe's, 1 Stella, 1 Daphne, 1 Angelica, 1 midi Sabrina, 1 Diva, 2 Auras. Sold my midi Minerva in taupe never used it just too big for me.

The only thing I am looking for is that it fits my essentials, phone, kindle, makeup bag, medium pouch, keys, pen/pencil holder.
 
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I like larger bags, (but I consider the Selene midi a large bag) and only have three small ones. I have a lovely blue Venezia Penny Messenger that I would like to sell and I just received my black vachetta Zhoe after hesitating to buy one for a year!

I have been carrying it for several days now and have found that it is the perfect size for everything I carry in a purse. I am so glad that I bought it. I will still carry all of the others, but at least now I know that smaller bags work for me as well.

Plus I started out this handbag journey convinced that the slouchier the bag, the softer the leather, the more I liked it. Now I appreciate the structured ones as well.
 
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You can tell that I am not that busy today!! I have what I hope is not a totally silly question. MM calls his leather vacchetta which until today I thought was the same as vachetta, i.e., what is used on the LV and some others. But strictly speaking vachetta is undyed, untreated leather, pale in color that develops a patina with age. Does anyone know the difference? I looked at his description and it does not really say, just that it is a nice thick leather with natural variations and I am assuming that it is a full grain leather. I suppose I could ask him but thought one of you could enlighten me,
 
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southernbelle43 said:
I like larger bags, (but I consider the Selene midi a large bag) and only have three small ones. I have a lovely blue Venezia Penny Messenger that I would like to sell and I just received my black vachetta Zhoe after hesitating to buy one for a year!

I have been carrying it for several days now and have found that it is the perfect size for everything I carry in a purse. I am so glad that I bought it. I will still carry all of the others, but at least now I know that smaller bags work for me as well.

Plus I started out this handbag journey convinced that the slouchier the bag, the softer the leather, the more I liked it. Now I appreciate the structured ones as well.
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So pleased to hear you like the Zhoe and it works for you. My pink Nappa Zhoe is on its way and I cannot wait for it to arrive.
I also consider the midi Selene a large bag but it is so easy to carry and so practical as a tote. I use all 3 of mine midi Selene's on a regular basis. The midi Soulmate is also a large bag for me. It has more than enough space for what I need to carry even when I carry a water bottle and a sweater.
 
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