Thank you to everyone who shared my excitement about my new Kelly. I'm back home and want to share more details about my experience. Leading up to my trip I emailed my SA requesting an appointment. We met last March when I got my K28 Bleu Zanzibar and she gave me her card and told me to send her an email to make an appointment next time I’m in Paris. I sent the e-mail three weeks prior to my trip and I didn't hear back from her and I settled with trying my luck with the online appointment system. I decided to try contacting her one more time and followed up with a second e-mail when I was on the plane ready to take off that I would be in Paris the next day. When I landed on Wed 3/21 around 11am I signed up for an appointment request online which was super easy. I was travelling with my mom and after dropping off our bags at the hotel we went to lunch. While at lunch I checked my e-mail and my SA responded! She asked if I can be at the store by 3pm. It was 2:10pm when I saw her e-mail and luckily we weren't that far from FSH. We quickly ate and headed over. Walking into FSH, I noticed right away it was much quieter than last year. We walked around a bit and then went to the leather dept front desk and gave the name of my SA that I had an appointment with. Everyone we interacted with was pleasant and nice enough. My SA came out to greet us and took us upstairs to the women's clothing section. We spoke about the new system briefly and she is much happier with the online appointment system. I wasn't sure if she would only take my requests or would she help my mother as well. Luckily she took both! I asked for a K32 in neutral color with palladium hardware only. I requested gold, etoupe, gris asphalt etc. My mother requested a Birkin 30 neutral didn't care about the hardware. We waited for about 20 minutes. During that time we relaxed, browsed, and people watched. There were some chic women shopping around the women's clothing dept. My SA reappeared with two large boxes. First she helped my mom and showed her a B30 Barenia with gold hardware. She talked about the Barenia leather and it was STUNNING! My mom was unsure because as beautiful as it was the leather wasn't for her. My mother prefers pebbled leather than smooth and she couldn't commit. The SA offered to go back and check something else for her. She came back with a Barenia Faubourg Gold B30 with palladium hardware and my mom was sold! She loved the leather so much more. Next was my turn and she got me the second color on my list and I almost passed out from glee and jet lag. K32 Etoupe Togo with palladium hardware. I think this size suits me so much better than my K28 so I’m happy I was lucky to get this. Also I should clarify this was all happening on the sales floor in the women's department and not in a private room. It was quiet but there were still people walking around. I did see one couple being offered bags the same time as my mom and I. I was so jet lagged and loopy I forgot to ask for anything else and bought the bag and left soon after. I did go to H Sevres and George V locations the following days of my trip. I highly recommend the Sevres store! I've never been and it was so nice and easy to shop around. Later that Wednesday evening I received a notification that I didn’t get an appointment through the online system. I never tried again either. I wonder if I didn’t have the appointment with my SA and requested one as a walk in, would I have been seen because it was so quiet. So here is some more eye candy of the bags my mom and I got at FSH. You’ve already seen my Kelly but here is my mom’s B30 Barenia Faubourg!!
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