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Yes, I can. It’s not a squeeze clasp, so that helps. You just push the clasp to the side.
I have a Mia. I have to use both hands to open and close the clasp on it. I like your idea of a decorative clasp with a hidden magnet. This one is pretty.
I have a Calista in tobacco Aquila matte leather. It’s halfway between a nappa and a merinos. When new, it is less stiff than nappa. Over time, Aquila matte softens, but not too soft or too slouchy like merinos. The feel of Aquila matte is not quite smooth. The texture is almost velvety and nothing like suede. It gets scratch marks easily, but they can be made less visible by rubbing them with the little bit of natural oils from your clean fingers or by moisturizing the leather.
I like the full size Calista better than the midi because it drapes better. My hobos must have some drape and folds to them. If you want a really drapey, slouchy Calista, then get it in merinos leather.
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Marco is working on the details of a bigger Astra Satchel and will let me know in a couple of days!
Marco is working on the details of a bigger Astra Satchel and will let me know in a couple of days!
Thanks! It looks like a casual everyday leather. So beautiful
Darn it now you’ve gone and made me want a calista this looks so amazing and effortless on you!
Do you have any BV baseball hobos? I had some Calistas long ago and I vaguely remember them being quite similar to the BV hobo in size and shape. I wanted to try a Calista again cuz the BV bag is one of my favs.
I do have a BV baseball hobo in cervo, and, you’re right, the Calista is similar in shape and size. If Marco does indeed source cervo, that is the leather I would do another Calista in.
Thank you
Perhaps you should wait for cervo <cross fingers that Marco gets some> because that would be the ideal leather for a Calista.
Forgive me - I’m not sure I know what cervo is! Ahhh!Thank you
Perhaps you should wait for cervo <cross fingers that Marco gets some> because that would be the ideal leather for a Calista.
Deer! She's referring to deerskin leather.
Ah thank you. Clearly need to keep brushing up on Italian!
So, all this talk of different leather has me thinking…
I think I said this in a previous post, but I’m realizing I’m a very tactile person when it comes to leathers. I love soft leathers! So, something like saffiano leather has never been at the top of my list. Something like Arayla’s butter leather is love for me. My Tiffany & Co bag is also ridiculously soft, and I love it. Basically, I like to let my bags, lol. I’m wondering if anyone can chime in on the different feels of Marco’s leathers?
So far, my favorite is probably the lambskin and nappa on the Astra I just got or the black metallic (which, I think is the same as pebbled?) as it’s gotten so soft after just a few uses. I have Verona, which is nice but not my favorite. Velvet Verona is so different from other leathers I’ve experienced, and it’s such a lovely suede-like-but-not feel that it’s up there on my “MM leathers I love to pet” list. I also have the Sorrento (I think that was what it was called? I think it’s goat?), which is middle of the line as far as feel goes, for me. I like it more than Verona but not as much as Nappa or lambskin (though to be fair, I have it in a Little Penelope that I’ve never used so maybe I’d like the feel more after some use).
What do you find to be Marco’s softest leathers? Or, forget soft - what leathers do you love the feel of and why?
I think I said this in a previous post, but I’m realizing I’m a very tactile person when it comes to leathers. I love soft leathers! So, something like saffiano leather has never been at the top of my list. Something like Arayla’s butter leather is love for me. My Tiffany & Co bag is also ridiculously soft, and I love it. Basically, I like to let my bags, lol. I’m wondering if anyone can chime in on the different feels of Marco’s leathers?
So far, my favorite is probably the lambskin and nappa on the Astra I just got or the black metallic (which, I think is the same as pebbled?) as it’s gotten so soft after just a few uses. I have Verona, which is nice but not my favorite. Velvet Verona is so different from other leathers I’ve experienced, and it’s such a lovely suede-like-but-not feel that it’s up there on my “MM leathers I love to pet” list. I also have the Sorrento (I think that was what it was called? I think it’s goat?), which is middle of the line as far as feel goes, for me. I like it more than Verona but not as much as Nappa or lambskin (though to be fair, I have it in a Little Penelope that I’ve never used so maybe I’d like the feel more after some use).
What do you find to be Marco’s softest leathers? Or, forget soft - what leathers do you love the feel of and why?