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@tenKrat your black and white bag is so pretty. And your mil bag, so summery!!! Having a nice mil is the best thing.
I’m also left handed!! So many of us! Scissors are my cryptonite. People say I’m clumsy but the world is just not built for me! Watches need to be special for left handed people to… In Spain lefties were “corrected” because it was the mark of the devil lol. My grandma was left handed and corrected, but she always picked up her kids and grandkids with her left hand. And stirred the spoon in her soups and stews with her left hand as well (the important things in life right?)
For can opener, get and electric one!
 
@tenKrat your black and white bag is so pretty. And your mil bag, so summery!!! Having a nice mil is the best thing.

In Spain lefties were “corrected” because it was the mark of the devil lol. My grandma was left handed and corrected, but she always picked up her kids and grandkids with her left hand.
Thank you @BagsAndCarbs.

I have Spanish ancestors, and my grandmother used to “correct” my brother when we were growing up. I felt so bad for him when she would scold him harshly and swat at his left hand. He was never “corrected”, good for him. It’s a silly old superstition.:annoyed:
 
I really want something edgy and unique for this bag. I had some ideas and got recommendations from Marco. I'm going with a Little Selene Zip in hot pink pebbled leather with dark gunmetal hardware.

I'm doing mint lambskin because I like my interior to be a pop of color that contrasts with the leather.

I was thinking about contrast edge-paint or contrast stitching. Marco suggested dark around edge paint to go with the bamboo handles and contrast stitching in dark brown.

My birthday is next week. This is definitely a treatyoself bag.
I look forward to seeing your bag. Pink leather and dark brown stitching is a lovely combination.
 
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Other than each version being thinner and lighter than the last, I'm a bit confused which Vacchetta is the best. Marco sold me on the Cuoio Toscana by saying it was the leather sought after by people wanting fine Italian made leather bags. Now the handmade Vacchetta is being promoted as the most luxurious. I don't mind some marks but I hate to be constantly rubbing them out. Does anyone have experience with the 3 versions of Vacchetta? Thinking of a taupe Ellen with rose gold hardware.
 
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Other than each version being thinner and lighter than the last, I'm a bit confused which Vacchetta is the best. Marco sold me on the Cuoio Toscana by saying it was the leather sought after by people wanting fine Italian made leather bags. Now the handmade Vacchetta is being promoted as the most luxurious. I don't mind some marks but I hate to be constantly rubbing them out. Does anyone have experience with the 3 versions of Vacchetta? Thinking of a taupe Ellen with rose gold hardware.
Based on tonight's quite brutal nail scratching of my sample of Rust Brown Handmade Vacchetta and carefully selected areas of my bags in Bordeaux Vacchetta and Deep Purple Cuoio Toscano, I'd say that Cuoio Toscano is the most resilient. Not a mark to show :wtf:

On my Bordeaux Vacchetta the scratch marks show well but are fairly easily rubbed out with some leather grease /Renapur and a massage.

The Handmade Vacchetta sample scratches easily and I can't seem to rub it out. Maybe due to the shiny surface? But the Handmade Vacchetta is SO beautiful. Rustic elegance.

Maybe Cuoio Toscano is the best workhorse (and a very beautiful one at that), Handmade Vacchetta the exquisite but more delicate and temperamental Arabian and normal Vacchetta somewhere in between?
 
My Hera Midi in Bluette Verona, with Beige lambskin lining. For the first time, a bag from MM smells more amazing inside than outside! Lambskin lining is truly divine, glad I impulsively decided to top up for it.
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Oh @Cleda this is a really gorgeous Hera! The leather is already so scrumptious on the sides, whoa. I really am enjoying lambskin these days too. Soft, and I'm discovering it is surprisingly quite hardy!
 
Thanks @christinemliu, I love the beautiful pleating on the sides too, that caught my eye the moment I unboxed the bag! Verona is perfect for a style like Hera. The option to upgrade to lambskin lining truly spoils us MM customers. It is such a significant upgrade, I highly recommend everyone try it!

I could not help myself, I simply had to order another Verona Hera Midi with Theia strap, this time in Blue Iris :rolleyes:

My Brown and Black Hera Midis are my most elegant, beautiful (and practical!) bags...
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I feel Hera is the ultimate Verona bag and Verona is the ultimate Hera leather.
There has, however, been an issue with all my Heras, including my full sized Pebbled Hera, - "leather pull" :frown:

"Leather pull" is my term for when the weight of a bag with contents causes the leather around/next to/below the bag's strap connector to stretch or bend.
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I truly hate "leather pull" :mad: , which is why I request that D-rings on Zhoes and Penelope Messengers are sewn on top end of bag...
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Anyway, Marco and I have figured out how to similarily avoid the "leather pull" on Heras, so I feel I should share it, in case any of you might want this Hera solution yourselves.

Simply request "Leather strap attachment sewn on top edge of bag" . If you like, you can use this photo to illustrate:
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My Hera Midi is made according to @Fancyfree's suggestion, to avoid leather pull. Now that I have received the bag, I can see the difference: The loop at the top of the handle attachment sticks out the top, instead of laying in-line with the top of the bag. It is such a subtle difference I wouldn't have noticed it without bringing out another Hera Midi for comparison. Thanks for bringing this issue up @Fancyfree, I think this is a forever bag for me (last of the Veronas, and my first lambskin lining), it would be unfortunate if the leather pull happened as that will irk me.

Left - Leather strap attachment sewn on top edge of bag
Middle and right - Regular unmodified
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