New 2024 Le City - What do we think?

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#91
ghoulish said:
I like this tote more than the Le City (I think the extra loud features work on it, tbh). I didn't even realize they made a larger, supersized version. I've only seen the small totes. Something about this particular combo of size and features I love!

Here's the small version for comparison:

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well, once again i make sure the SA know NOTHING!
i was asking him about other sizes, since the one i saw was XL, he said 'no, just one size' :facepalm:
(it was kinda funny when he started telling me the story of the City bag, how it was discontinued and now revived back, lol)

this pink is much softer, like warm pink, and it looks very jeans+white t-shirt friendly
hard to tell from the picture, but going from the mirror size i'd say it's about First size
 
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#92
ksuromax said:
well, once again i make sure the SA know NOTHING!
i was asking him about other sizes, since the one i saw was XL, he said 'no, just one size' :facepalm:
(it was kinda funny when he started telling me the story of the City bag, how it was discontinued and now revived back, lol)

this pink is much softer, like warm pink, and it looks very jeans+white t-shirt friendly
hard to tell from the picture, but going from the mirror size i'd say it's about First size
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Weird because the smaller sizes have been around for much longer. They were on Balenciaga's own website in tons of colors. Only the Mini remains now. https://www.balenciaga.com/en-us/neo-cagole-mini-tote-bag--black-7856901VG9Y1000.html

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The Small is available on lots of other sites, though it's no longer on Bal's own site. Bal's habit of scrubbing all info and photos of bags off its site is really lame.

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The small always reminded me of a Cagole version of the First. It's cute as hell. I had no idea there was an XL version until you posted. I wonder if there are also medium and large versions. I see no photos or listings of the XL on the internet.

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#94
ksuromax said:
sides were floppy (probably because the bag was empty) and i understood it's too East-west for my liking
there are no feet, for this size of the bag it will be heavy to carry it in the hand all the time, and if you put it down it will either scuff, or pick up dirt too quickly (most likely both!)
and it's too big for such a VIVID INTO YOUR FACE colour :lol:
though, my DH said the pink one was looking good on me, i still feel it's a little bit too big
but handles are amazing, they will even go on the thick coat!
also, i felt like it was a little bit overloaded with the giant and semi-giant studs
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I'm only guessing, but it looks like the sides are floppy because of the weight of the shoulder strap. If so, it won't flop when carried by shoulder strap, even when empty.
 
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@Deco I know there is a medium size listed on Saks.

I really, really like the XL size. It looks like it's part of the fall collection, which may be why Bal scrubbed it from their site. They're still running Summer as the main collection.

From what I've seen, that odd nylon insert is to "allow extra shoulder carry", but isn't that point of the long strap?
 
#100
muchstuff said:
:huh:
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Didn't you know Bal bags needed their own bloomers?

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#101
ghoulish said:
@Deco I know there is a medium size listed on Saks.

I really, really like the XL size. It looks like it's part of the fall collection, which may be why Bal scrubbed it from their site. They're still running Summer as the main collection.

From what I've seen, that odd nylon insert is to "allow extra shoulder carry", but isn't that point of the long strap?
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Ah, found it. Looks like the medium is the size of the small City.
 
#103
ksuromax said:
sides were floppy (probably because the bag was empty) and i understood it's too East-west for my liking
there are no feet, for this size of the bag it will be heavy to carry it in the hand all the time, and if you put it down it will either scuff, or pick up dirt too quickly (most likely both!)
and it's too big for such a VIVID INTO YOUR FACE colour :lol:
though, my DH said the pink one was looking good on me, i still feel it's a little bit too big
but handles are amazing, they will even go on the thick coat!
also, i felt like it was a little bit overloaded with the giant and semi-giant studs
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Overloaded is an understatement. I actually felt itchy when I saw all the measles…
 
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#104
muchstuff said:
I've found that happens whenever a new style is introduced, I suspect the resellers were gifted the bags!
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Not directly to a reseller. Possibly an influencer then almost straight to the reseller. Kering do the same with stuff gifted their other brands, gift just before the catwalk show (wearing obligatory) and then the influencers move their gifts on.
 
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#105
papertiger said:
Not directly to a reseller. Possibly an influencer then almost straight to the reseller. Kering do the same with stuff gifted their other brands, gift just before the catwalk show (wearing obligatory) and then the influencers move their gifts on.
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Sorry, I misspoke, I meant seller, not reseller. Thanks for catching that!
 
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