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Thank you @BagsAndCarbs.@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.
The veining on the tan is fabulous. Which did you end up choosing?If anyone is like me and debating rust brown (left) handmade vacchetta with tan handmade vacchetta (right), here's a comparison shot:
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I look forward to seeing your bag. Pink leather and dark brown stitching is a lovely combination.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.
The veining on the tan is fabulous. Which did you end up choosing?
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 showOther 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.
@Kylacove, which leather and color did you end up choosing?Thank you for your observations. I'm trying to only order bags that I will love and not just like, and durability is a big factor for a workhorse bag.
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!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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I could not help myself, I simply had to order another Verona Hera Midi with Theia strap, this time in Blue Iris
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"
"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", 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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