Hi there. I recently acquired this NÉONOÉ MM bicolor in black. I got the last one in stock. I’ve carried it for a few days but started to have a weird, creeping suspicion about it. The first feeling I could not shake, was that this bag was a return. Upon closer inspection, it had no price tags. But, perhaps LV doesn’t have price rages on their bags? Not a big deal, as the bag was purchased for me anyway. But, if we’re being honest, I’m not thrilled I was sold a return. I’m skeptical this bag is a new one since it was premiered around 9/2020 and still on the shelf 6/2021? Perhaps the reason so long on the shelves is the pandemic, and not a return.
I decided to try and let that go. I don’t know if any of you have read Blink by Malcolm Gladwell…but he opens up the book with the story of kouros, about an Ancient Greek statue that was sold to the Getty Museum in California. The Getty did all the normal background checks to establish that the kouros was authentic. And after 14 months of due diligence, The Getty staff established it to be the real thing. The statue of kouros was sold for just shy of 10 mil.
However,
An art historian named Frederico Zeri was taken to see the statue and immediately felt it was fake. The Getty had done 14 months of authenticating. It had to be genuine. They had countless experts, geologists, etc look at the kouros. Another art historian looked at it- and while they agreed that while it had form of a proper classical statue…it lacked the spirit. A third art historian came to look at the statue of the kouros and felt a wave of “intuitive repulsion”.
Blink is a book about hunch power. And while, I swear, I’m not here to sell you a book, I thought about that book when I looked at this bag. When I really looked at it. It’s beautiful, but something is starting to feel off. I cannot find a date code in this bag and it has started to release a chemical scent. A scent I didn’t notice the first day out of the box. It just smelled like leather. Now it gets more chemical hydroxyfufu the longer it’s out. I was just handling the bag, and the chemical scent is on my fingers now too. I am not an expert but something seems off to me about this bag.
I looked on Fashionphile.com to see if I could find pictures of the date code for this bag. I did. Most of the date codes for this particular bag were just below the bag straps, tucked into the interior lining seam. I double looked inside my bag, nada. I came across one neonoe mm bicolor black that had a datecode tucked into the little zippy wristlet that came with the bag. I looked inside mine, and there indeed is a tiny black leather flap tucked into there but no date code on it. It is blank.
Stumped, I called LV’s 1-866 number, only to be told aggressively she could not tell me where it is in the bag.
I cannot, for the life of me, find a date code on this bag. Is there anyone with experience about this particular bag? I know it was a limited release so it may be different from other neonoe’s but something about this bag doesn’t seem right. I don’t know if it’s just because I’m inexperienced or something is legitimately up? Why was this bag on the shelves for so long? Why doesn’t it have a price tag on it? Why doesn’t it have a date code? And why does it stink of chemicals?
(pics attached, sorry about nails, just got sns taken off)
I decided to try and let that go. I don’t know if any of you have read Blink by Malcolm Gladwell…but he opens up the book with the story of kouros, about an Ancient Greek statue that was sold to the Getty Museum in California. The Getty did all the normal background checks to establish that the kouros was authentic. And after 14 months of due diligence, The Getty staff established it to be the real thing. The statue of kouros was sold for just shy of 10 mil.
However,
An art historian named Frederico Zeri was taken to see the statue and immediately felt it was fake. The Getty had done 14 months of authenticating. It had to be genuine. They had countless experts, geologists, etc look at the kouros. Another art historian looked at it- and while they agreed that while it had form of a proper classical statue…it lacked the spirit. A third art historian came to look at the statue of the kouros and felt a wave of “intuitive repulsion”.
Blink is a book about hunch power. And while, I swear, I’m not here to sell you a book, I thought about that book when I looked at this bag. When I really looked at it. It’s beautiful, but something is starting to feel off. I cannot find a date code in this bag and it has started to release a chemical scent. A scent I didn’t notice the first day out of the box. It just smelled like leather. Now it gets more chemical hydroxyfufu the longer it’s out. I was just handling the bag, and the chemical scent is on my fingers now too. I am not an expert but something seems off to me about this bag.
I looked on Fashionphile.com to see if I could find pictures of the date code for this bag. I did. Most of the date codes for this particular bag were just below the bag straps, tucked into the interior lining seam. I double looked inside my bag, nada. I came across one neonoe mm bicolor black that had a datecode tucked into the little zippy wristlet that came with the bag. I looked inside mine, and there indeed is a tiny black leather flap tucked into there but no date code on it. It is blank.
Stumped, I called LV’s 1-866 number, only to be told aggressively she could not tell me where it is in the bag.
I cannot, for the life of me, find a date code on this bag. Is there anyone with experience about this particular bag? I know it was a limited release so it may be different from other neonoe’s but something about this bag doesn’t seem right. I don’t know if it’s just because I’m inexperienced or something is legitimately up? Why was this bag on the shelves for so long? Why doesn’t it have a price tag on it? Why doesn’t it have a date code? And why does it stink of chemicals?
(pics attached, sorry about nails, just got sns taken off)
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