Please ID this BV - Style, Color, Age - Post here!

[V0N1B2]

I just got my first BV (authenticated here and by all available evidence authentic) - the seller told me she got the bag at an outlet in Florida (the price tag she included from the store also supports that). It is a black new gen Montaigne with suede lining, so it's probably from early to middle of this decade? Do you think it could be one of the not sold at the boutique ones despite black being a stock and not a seasonal color? Thank you !

If you show me the heatstamp and underside of the zippers, I can make a better guess as to the year for you.
I think the Montaigne has now been discontinued, so it's very possible that the bags at the outlet would be transfers from boutiques. I don't think they are making Montaignes "for outlet" but I can't confirm that with absolute certainty.

 

[TotinScience]

@V0N1B2 , here it is! Thank you

 

[muchstuff]

You’re welcome.
It’s not necessarily correct, and the only way to know for sure is to ask BV what the colour is. I think @muchstuff and @jburgh both have this bag in NLG. The one I have seen in person looks a bit lighter than your pics but lighting is everything.

Here's my NLG cervo hobo in two different lights...the last pic is the new steel I saw today at the BV store in Holt Renfrew. As V0N states, it's a true taupe.

 

[muchstuff]

Hi, all! Would anyone be able to tell if this is New Light Grey or New Steel?

I’m leaning towards NLG, simply because my search for New Steel got me photos of it looking taupe-y in some shots... does anyone have the baseball hobo in either color that can compare, maybe the interior of that will help narrow it down?

TIA!
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See post 2913, I forgot to quote you, sorry!

 

[H’sKisses]

Here's my NLG cervo hobo in two different lights...the last pic is the new steel I saw today at the BV store in Holt Renfrew. As V0N states, it's a true taupe.
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Thank you! Based on your photos, it looks like NLG it is!

I was all set to buy an LV Speedy B but my digging through old posts in the BV reference page distracted me and got me searching for a baseball hobo instead! Oh, well... ‍♀️ no crossbody this time around.

There’s a few Speedy Bs out there, but not as many baseball hobos (and I haven’t seen one in grey!) so I HAD to do it. It would have been a shame to miss out on such a pretty bag, right?! [emoji23]

 

[muchstuff]

Thank you! Based on your photos, it looks like NLG it is!

I was all set to buy an LV Speedy B but my digging through old posts in the BV reference page distracted me and got me searching for a baseball hobo instead! Oh, well... ‍♀️ no crossbody this time around.

There’s a few Speedy Bs out there, but not as many baseball hobos (and I haven’t seen one in grey!) so I HAD to do it. It would have been a shame to miss out on such a pretty bag, right?! [emoji23]

Absolutely. It’s really lovely in NLG.

 

[frenziedhandbag]

It would have been a shame to miss out on such a pretty bag, right?! [emoji23]

Definitely and since this style was discontinued, all the more you should get it. It's a wonderful bag.

 

[V0N1B2]

@V0N1B2 , here it is! Thank you

I’m the absence of the heatstamp photo (asked, because I can’t remember if they changed it at some point), I would say this bag is probably from somewhere between 2012-2015-ish.

 

[TotinScience]

I’m the absence of the heatstamp photo (asked, because I can’t remember if they changed it at some point), I would say this bag is probably from somewhere between 2012-2015-ish.

Really dumb question - is the heatstamp the embossed logo? In that case here it is! sorry about that

 

[septembersiren]

Really dumb question - is the heatstamp the embossed logo? In that case here it is! sorry about that

Yes

 

[southernbelle43]

Regarding newbie confusion on terminology used in bag purchases, what the heck are "sizing marks"?

 

[V0N1B2]

Regarding newbie confusion on terminology used in bag purchases, what the heck are "sizing marks"?

I think it refers to the indentations on the handle(s). Like around the holes where the little buckle thing goes.

 

[southernbelle43]

I think it refers to the indentations on the handle(s). Like around the holes where the little buckle thing goes.

Aha, that sounds like something that would be normal? I notice it on preowned bags when they are describing any damage, wear, etc. i have a lot to learn!

 

[whateve]

Aha, that sounds like something that would be normal? I notice it on preowned bags when they are describing any damage, wear, etc. i have a lot to learn!

I've never heard that term before. I've sold bags that have dents from prior buckle adjustments but I didn't ever call them sizing marks.

 

[septembersiren]

I have never heard of sizing marks