THe hardware looks exceptionally good with that color. I am not a fan of gold hardware, but in this case it is gorgeous!
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My Bouquet Midi in black straw with black Verona handles (with a 10” drop), ties, and bottom arrived. Dark gunmetal hardware and tortilla lining.
Oooo, I LOVE this in straw. Nice call! It is so sumptuous and the black straw so unexpected. I think you have inspired my new summer handbag.
Didn't know there's still straw left! This is amazing, couldn't have imagined Bouquet in straw. You have a very creative mind.
Bouquet Midi has finally arrived! Ordered in Caramel Merinos with contrast edge paint and fuchsia lambskin lining.
It comes with a messenger strap, which I feel is not necessary since it's a tote. I'll recommend doing away with it and putting the savings towards lambskin lining upgrade instead. Lambskin lining, again, is a winner. I can't stop sticking my face into the bag, it has such an intoxicating smell.
It comes with a messenger strap, which I feel is not necessary since it's a tote. I'll recommend doing away with it and putting the savings towards lambskin lining upgrade instead. Lambskin lining, again, is a winner. I can't stop sticking my face into the bag, it has such an intoxicating smell.
Bouquet Midi looks great in merinos. I love the pop of bright pink.
I agree with you about the messenger strap being unnecessary on a tote, speaking for myself. I went without it, too.
My MIL wanted to gift her niece, who is 6’ tall, a MM bag that would be large enough. We thought a regular Diva would work and appeal to her niece’s more casual taste. I helped design it in black nappa with black Verona for the bottom panel, ties, and straps. It was gorgeous! It was also pretty big. I couldn’t imagine it being any bigger without it looking like a piece of luggage. It was definitely too large for 5’4” me.
My MIL’s statuesque niece, who prefers big bags, loves her Diva.
I completely forgot to take pics of that Diva. Perhaps someone here has one and could take a mod shot?
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Dimensions of bags are so difficult to visualize accurately when we just read them from a piece of paper because people have different perceptions of what constitutes “small”, “medium”, and “large”, right? I compared the written down dimensions of Diva to Soulmate, which I believe is the largest MM bag. The Diva is about 3.5” shorter in height and about 4.5” shorter in width. But, the depths of both bags are similar, 5.1” Diva vs. 5.9” Soulmate.
I have a Soulmate, and the height dimension isn’t so important to me because the few extra inches at the top are more aesthetic than functional, unless I want to put an umbrella in there. As for width vs. depth, depth is more important to me because I’d rather have the room to place items *next* to each other rather than piled *on top* of one another in a bag that has less width.
Clearly, I’m overthinking these things. Just my perspective, which could be completely off base from yours.
I guess you really need to see a mod shot of the Diva.
Dimensions of bags are so difficult to visualize accurately when we just read them from a piece of paper because people have different perceptions of what constitutes “small”, “medium”, and “large”, right? I compared the written down dimensions of Diva to Soulmate, which I believe is the largest MM bag. The Diva is about 3.5” shorter in height and about 4.5” shorter in width. But, the depths of both bags are similar, 5.1” Diva vs. 5.9” Soulmate.
I have a Soulmate, and the height dimension isn’t so important to me because the few extra inches at the top are more aesthetic than functional, unless I want to put an umbrella in there. As for width vs. depth, depth is more important to me because I’d rather have the room to place items *next* to each other rather than piled *on top* of one another in a bag that has less width.
Clearly, I’m overthinking these things. Just my perspective, which could be completely off base from yours.
I guess you really need to see a mod shot of the Diva.
Oh!!! Lovely!! I'd be sticking my face in there too . Did you take a pic of your friend's Bouquet bag?
Another winning bouquet bag! The merinos looks lovely. I also love that lambskin lining.
The regular size Soulmate is too big for me so you are right that the Diva may work. Depth is also important to me because I like to pack my items side by side.@piosavsfan
Dimensions of bags are so difficult to visualize accurately when we just read them from a piece of paper because people have different perceptions of what constitutes “small”, “medium”, and “large”, right? I compared the written down dimensions of Diva to Soulmate, which I believe is the largest MM bag. The Diva is about 3.5” shorter in height and about 4.5” shorter in width. But, the depths of both bags are similar, 5.1” Diva vs. 5.9” Soulmate.
I have a Soulmate, and the height dimension isn’t so important to me because the few extra inches at the top are more aesthetic than functional, unless I want to put an umbrella in there. As for width vs. depth, depth is more important to me because I’d rather have the room to place items *next* to each other rather than piled *on top* of one another in a bag that has less width.
Clearly, I’m overthinking these things. Just my perspective, which could be completely off base from yours.
I guess you really need to see a mod shot of the Diva.