Hi, Everyone -- this is the first time I'm posting a new thread -- SO glad to have found all of you!
I am on the waiting list for the Tivoli PM, BUT I just need a "little" something to hold me over for the next few weeks until they arrive (and I can receive one)! I was thinking of getting the small Papillon. I am short, and larger bags look ridiculous on me... you can see my collection below to get an idea of the sizes that work.
Originally, I was turned off by this style, perhaps because it has been around forever and I associated it w/ my mother
(she may have one, for all I know), but lately I have been interested in it. The last time I was in a LV store (a couple of weeks ago!), the SA showed me how it can be worn as a shoulder bag, which I thought was pretty cool -- so to be able to have a cute handbag AND the option of throwing it over my shoulder in a pinch is very appealing to me, as is the fact that it can be zippered.
It just seems different from the ones I already have, and since I am awaiting the Tivoli PM which appears to have a "tote" element to it, I don't think I need a tote-specific type bag.
I recently purchased from eLux and then immediately sent back the MC Batilgnolles and the MC Lockit PM, both because they seemed too "big" for me (and I didn't like how the Batignolles only had hand-held straps and no closure, so it seemed like anyone could just "help themself" to the contents of your handbag!).
In terms of adding another bag to throw into the mix of my "everyday" bags, the price of the Papillon 26 can't be beat. Currently, I trade off daily between my MC Speedy 25 and my MC Neverfull PM. I usually only take the MC Mini Noe when I'm going to a specific event (as it isn't really practical, IMO, to keep tying and untying and making a "perfect" bow, etc.). And the MD Pleaty isn't particularly "user friendly" in terms of the clasp for everyday when I'm running a million errands and have to get into my purse every 5 seconds. For evenings when I am going out w/ my husband and just want something to hold my lipstick, DL, and AmEx (thus, not my whole "life'!) I take the MC Ellipse Mini or the MC Recital.
So, based on my what I already have and my needs, what do you think about the Papillon 26?
THANK YOU!
I am on the waiting list for the Tivoli PM, BUT I just need a "little" something to hold me over for the next few weeks until they arrive (and I can receive one)! I was thinking of getting the small Papillon. I am short, and larger bags look ridiculous on me... you can see my collection below to get an idea of the sizes that work.
Originally, I was turned off by this style, perhaps because it has been around forever and I associated it w/ my mother
(she may have one, for all I know), but lately I have been interested in it. The last time I was in a LV store (a couple of weeks ago!), the SA showed me how it can be worn as a shoulder bag, which I thought was pretty cool -- so to be able to have a cute handbag AND the option of throwing it over my shoulder in a pinch is very appealing to me, as is the fact that it can be zippered. It just seems different from the ones I already have, and since I am awaiting the Tivoli PM which appears to have a "tote" element to it, I don't think I need a tote-specific type bag.
I recently purchased from eLux and then immediately sent back the MC Batilgnolles and the MC Lockit PM, both because they seemed too "big" for me (and I didn't like how the Batignolles only had hand-held straps and no closure, so it seemed like anyone could just "help themself" to the contents of your handbag!).
In terms of adding another bag to throw into the mix of my "everyday" bags, the price of the Papillon 26 can't be beat. Currently, I trade off daily between my MC Speedy 25 and my MC Neverfull PM. I usually only take the MC Mini Noe when I'm going to a specific event (as it isn't really practical, IMO, to keep tying and untying and making a "perfect" bow, etc.). And the MD Pleaty isn't particularly "user friendly" in terms of the clasp for everyday when I'm running a million errands and have to get into my purse every 5 seconds. For evenings when I am going out w/ my husband and just want something to hold my lipstick, DL, and AmEx (thus, not my whole "life'!) I take the MC Ellipse Mini or the MC Recital.
So, based on my what I already have and my needs, what do you think about the Papillon 26?
THANK YOU!
Welcome to tPF!! I'm fairly new as well.
