Hi! I can share my experience with my Petit Palais in black empreinte.
I had a trip planned, 7 days in a country where it rained heavily and continuously so I wanted to take only one bag that I could wear both in the morning and in the evening, to any event, that could stand heavy rain and that would not be too flashy yet look "designer".
So, my Petit Palais was used heavily and without babying (too much) from day to night. All of the time. It got really very wet but I could dry it quickly, I see that the leather did not suffer.
It doesn't have feet but the bottom is pretty much ok, very tiny wear considering the intense use. I mean, 7 days with me is like a year wear for others because even though I take care of it, I really do push it to the limits.
I have pros and cons if you are still interested.
Here are my pros:
- easy to wear from day to night, casual to dressed up
- leather seems to not suffer from heavy rain and it got very wet
- I can carry a little umbrella, essentials, including a tiny snack or a mini bottle of water but see the con related to the structure
- great that we can hide the handles if we just want to wear it crossbody
- big pro to be able to wear it crossbody
- the side pockets are amazing to carry the mask and pop it out easily and quickly and it doesn't touch anything else in the bag
- I personally like that it doesn't have too much going on, still the big logo but the design is simple (vs for example the Coussin), I hope you see what I mean
Cons:
- the crossbody wear since it's diagonal it's annoying, the bag tilts
- the zipper is probably one of the worst designs I have even seen:
the longer pull on one side only looks silly, and the shorter side just doesn't close properly because as soon as you wear it, it starts to open a bit (the zipper pull doesn't stay put) so it's like it's never properly shut, very extremely annoying, as soon as you carry or move the bag or want to reach something in the side open pockets, it might open slightly
- there is a design flaw in the structure imho, the side with the shorter zip just keeps popping out on the side, giving the bag an unaligned structure (one side stays put, the other just pops out), you can solve this issue if you don't fill the bag too much but even with a moderate filling it can happen. When I don't use it I make sure the zip is closed and I pop that side inside as soon as I see it popped out ... this is what really bothers me about this bag, its pretty design is somehow suddenly not anymore...
- missing feet
I hope this helps someone!!
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