Mono owners, are you still in love with bags that have aged/dark/uneven patina?

#16
Honestly, no. My mono bags are at that honey stage but I never use them anymore and haven't bought mono in a long time.

Actually, what DesigningStyle said is right on the money - there is a difference between dirty and dark! I live in LA and Las Vegas and I see lots and lots of LV and have been totally turned off by dirty, black, stained vachetta sightings. Ew.

But I do love to see a vintage piece with nice, even patina!
 
#17
I love the look of a patina on the leather, but I have seen some speedies with BLACK handles, and this just looks dirty to me. There's a real difference between patina and dirty, and somehow you can always tell!
 
#18
I try to be so careful with mine so it'll patina evenly! I'm kind of a nazi about it. I always carry it on my wrist instead of in my hand. My newest mono, the speedy 25, is only a couple of months old so the vachetta is still pretty pale. I don't know how I'll feel when it gets dark.
 
#19
On monogram canvas bags with vachetta I prefer a darker clean patina. I do not at all like the white new vachetta. I do not care for the look of light honey either next to monogram canvas, on azure I love the honey color best. I feel the darker patina has a richer more sophisticated look to it when next to the monogram canvas. It also looks more classic to me as well. I like it to be a nice rich caramel but not dirty and not dry.

I have three mono bags in my collection, and only my papillon 30, a bag I bought pre-owned, pleases me in terms of it's patina color but I think the piping could use conditioner, has some dry spots. My bv has stains on the strap and I find it ugly now. My mono speedy is still too light for my taste. Here is a pic of my mono collection to show you what I mean regarding my bv and the color of my mono speedy. I think my pap looks a drop lighter in that pic than it really is irl. In the modeling pic w/ my pap 30 you can see better the actual color of the patina which I adore.

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#21
i'm the exact opposite! i love how the aged vachetta looks :P and actually, i'm not too fond of how it looks when it's fresh out of the store~

though, i must say that i'm bothered when i see lv vachetta that looks like it has been rubbed in poo! it's ridiculously close to black and i wonder if that's a part of the aging process or if they're just dirty??! :shrugs:
 
#22
I use mine in bad weather. I only have 1 (my old Speedy.) I don't love it but it gets the job done and I don't have to carry my nicer purses and worry about them getting ruined. I'd keep it if only for something like that.
 
#23
As long as it's very clean and an even honey patina, it would be fine with me. I have a Speedy 30 and as I use it, it started to have an uneven patina especially on the handles. I used an Appleguard leather conditioner and wiped the leather. For some reason, the leather changed to a very even honey patina. I love it!
 
#24
Darkened,waterspots, scratches, you name it and my vachetta has it! I love it though, It's how I will always know that these are my bags, that certain character that it gives.
 
#28
I really like how it looks but can't bring myself to own bags with a lot of vachetta. I have the Mirage because of the black handles and the damier line because of the no fuss handles etc. I think for me it is because I am so clumsy that I need things I don't have to worry about that much.
 
#29
I love patina! In fact, I love my mono bags even more as they get darker. I just got a BH and I am carrying it nonstop, hoping that it will get dark soon. The patina on my Speedy is not even at all, it's "dirty" as some members have described it, but I don't mind. It's a handbag, I carry it in my hands, this is what happens to pale vachetta. The bag looks lived-in to me and that's just how I like it (I like the sag, too!).
 
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