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i totally agree. The first one I ordered had the middle partition and it drove me batty, so I gifted it to my daughter. Much later I decided to try one without the center partition, so I bought one off BST. Alas, it did not work for me either. I love the look, the feel...everything about that bag. But sometimes a bag is just not YOU and the soulmate was just not ME, lol.
Ah yes. The leather that I coveted for a long, long time after seeing your bag, and then finally got a chocolate Theia. And it is my keeper.
My midi Selene in lead/silver Africa leather is not heavy at all. I am not sure about the iced taupe, but I have had an Africa blue Zhoe which I never used but it was really light and I have an Africa Blue and Africa Bronze midi Soulmate and although they are heavier than the midi Selene they are still not too heavy. I would think that the Theia midi would probably be lighter than the midi Soulmate in Africa leather. That is just a guess on my part.
Interesting how different things appeal to us. I personally love the middle compartment because it has a zipper and I keep my wallet in their and anything else I want secure. The other two open pockets I use for things that do not need to be secured. Having said that I had 6 midi Soulmates and I only have one left. I gave 2 to a friend as birthday gifts and one to my daughter and sold 2. I felt that they were too big for me. I prefer carrying smaller bags. I no longer work in an office only from a home office and part time so I no longer carry a large work bag. I have one midi Soulmate and 2 midi Selenes. I sold my black midi Selene as I never used it. Decided it needed to go someone who would use it more than I did. I think I used it once maybe twice at the most. I prefer Zhoe's, all sizes, Little Tulipanos, Aura's, Mia's and midi Juliet. I also have a Daphne which I love and a midi Alexia and an Angelica. I gave my sister my navy pebble Angelica for her birthday because I bought an inner River Blue Vachetta Little Tulipano on ebay and then ordered an outer Little Tulipano in River blue vachetta to replace the Angelica.
Your Theia is very pretty, too!
Thank you so much, dear djfmn! You are right about wearing what you like at whatever time. Bags should be fun and the great thing with Marco‘s bags is that you can choose nearly any type of leather in any of your favorite colors. Whatever I had in mind, Marco had something to offer or was at least able to source it somehow. This is completely new to me mainly coming from Hermès where I either wait for months or years to get a colour I requested or just never get anything at all.
I‘m in Italy over the weekend enjoying lake Garda but am happy to take mod shots when I am back next week. The Minerva is a tad bit larger than I thought but I ordered it as a work bag for carrying my laptop. It will be perfect for that purpose.
ah yes, the Penelope midi serves many purposes. For me it has been a wallet, a make-up case, a med contain
That would be really beautiful.Your Theia is very pretty, too!
I‘d love to have it in a dark blue suede leather.
Enjoy your time in Lake Garda. I had a midi Minerva that I used as a work bag it was perfect. When I stopped going into an office I gave the midi Minerva to my daughter. She loves the midi Minerva in purple pebbled. It is such a lovely color leather it has a smokey look to it.
I actually ordered the Minerva as it reminded me of my favorite bag I used when going to the university. It was from a handbag brand I sold myself as an SA at that time to fund my studies, so overall I was emotionally attached to that bag. Unfortunately it ripped during a move and could not be restored. When I saw the Minerva I knew I had to have one. I would absolutely order a mini size for casual weekends if it existed as I typically don’t wear a lot with me when not at work and thus prefer smaller bags.
I still like the look of the Star backpack more. Does anyone have one of those they can comment on?
The only person I know who had a Star backpack was @Odebdo. I am sure there are others that have the Star but Deb is the only one I remember having bought one.
