^^ HI PI.
When I first started playing w/ goyards, I thought the same thing, this is garbage. That being said, I love my Goyards now. I have one GM and one PM St. Louis. GM used only for travel and PM used for sporting events, playful running around.
Now that I am in love with the Marquise style, I would not buy another St. Louis.
When you first get this flat bag, I can understand how you thought---WTH is this?? Am I crazy or is everbody else? But once you fill it and start using it, it does grow on you.
Not sure why, but I don't like the bright colors. My biggest venture out of the ordinary for a bag is the dark blue or marine. If you had one muted color, I would say keep it. I think from your post that you won't carry any of these and would send them all back.
Have you seen the Marquise style?
That made me laugh because that was exactly my first impression..."Huh??? Did I get the right bags? Am I missing something?" A lot of Goyard fans I see in other forums here and all have amazing taste, so I KNOW these bags must be worth it, but it's going to take some time to grow on me, I think. I haven't seen the Marquise style...I'm going to do a search for pictures!
I think I'll probably send these back and wait to go to the SF Boutique when DH and I go there in October and actually see and feel these in person before purchasing any more.
Thank you everyone!
Don't shoot me for saying this, but....I'm a little disappointed in Goyard, to be honest...
These bags remind me of the linen/plasticy bags my grandmother used at the marketplace to carry her vegetables in! They sell them at roadside stands all over India...people there were "green" before it was fashionable, LOL. But anyway, that's how they feel to me. And reading all the issues with cracked straps has me a little nervous. I was so excited to get them, but lifting them out of the box was kind of a disappointment. I thought I'd wait a few days and have them grow on me, but, I think of my grandma's inexpensive bags every time I pick one up! And knowing I spent a few thousand on these would probably kill my grandmother!
Would you send them back if you were me?