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StarBrite310

StarBrite310

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New color: Charcoal. What kind of leather is it? Would you say the color is more taupe or brown? It looks so nice in photos, but I do see the leather looks a tad shiny.

Anyone have this color yet in any bag?? I'm thinking of maybe ordering it in a MAM.
 
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thegoreprincess said:
There are about 3 different versions of Charcoal. Can you provide a link or image to the one you're curious about?
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http://www.revolveclothing.com/DisplayProduct.jsp?product=RMIN-WY392&c=
 
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Hi, this is my first post. I've been lurking for a couple of weeks for help on deciding what RM to get. Since I've had a Charcoal MAM for a week, I thought I could answer your questions, and I can post some pictures later today when I have time.

First, I love the Charcoal color. Too me, it's a perfect fall/winter color. I would say that the actual grey is closer to the Revolve images, the Aster Alice ones are too bluish looking on my monitor. Charcoal is a dark grey with warm brown undertones, not cold blue undertones. The leather IS shiny, but a nice, interesting, eye-catching shiny, not over-the-top shiny. (Same look and texture of the Raspberry leather if you've seen that in person). The leather has some body to it, yet it's soft and pliable - although not nearly as soft and pliable as the Black MAB (not glazed or distressed, pebbled leather I think) that I also have in my posession right now. Hope that helps, I'll try to take pictures later. I'll take picttures of the Charcoal next to the Black for reference.
 
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nnsuch said:
Hi, this is my first post. I've been lurking for a couple of weeks for help on deciding what RM to get. Since I've had a Charcoal MAM for a week, I thought I could answer your questions, and I can post some pictures later today when I have time.

First, I love the Charcoal color. Too me, it's a perfect fall/winter color. I would say that the actual grey is closer to the Revolve images, the Aster Alice ones are too bluish looking on my monitor. Charcoal is a dark grey with warm brown undertones, not cold blue undertones. The leather IS shiny, but a nice, interesting, eye-catching shiny, not over-the-top shiny. (Same look and texture of the Raspberry leather if you've seen that in person). The leather has some body to it, yet it's soft and pliable - although not nearly as soft and pliable as the Black MAB (not glazed or distressed, pebbled leather I think) that I also have in my posession right now. Hope that helps, I'll try to take pictures later. I'll take picttures of the Charcoal next to the Black for reference.
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Thank you so much and welcome to TPF! It sounds like a great color! Would you say that it can match both black and brown very well?
 
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nnsuch said:
Hi, this is my first post. I've been lurking for a couple of weeks for help on deciding what RM to get. Since I've had a Charcoal MAM for a week, I thought I could answer your questions, and I can post some pictures later today when I have time.

First, I love the Charcoal color. Too me, it's a perfect fall/winter color. I would say that the actual grey is closer to the Revolve images, the Aster Alice ones are too bluish looking on my monitor. Charcoal is a dark grey with warm brown undertones, not cold blue undertones. The leather IS shiny, but a nice, interesting, eye-catching shiny, not over-the-top shiny. (Same look and texture of the Raspberry leather if you've seen that in person). The leather has some body to it, yet it's soft and pliable - although not nearly as soft and pliable as the Black MAB (not glazed or distressed, pebbled leather I think) that I also have in my posession right now. Hope that helps, I'll try to take pictures later. I'll take picttures of the Charcoal next to the Black for reference.
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It sounds wondeful! I can't wait to see your pics, thank you!

It's funny, I generally don't go for black or gray bags but there is something about charcoal..:love:
 
#12
LindaP said:
It sounds wondeful! I can't wait to see your pics, thank you!

It's funny, I generally don't go for black or gray bags but there is something about charcoal..:love:
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I feel the same about gray bags...I have never owned one. But, I really like the pics of the charcoal bags that I am seeing on Amazon. However, I am not a fan of this season's hardware...too orangey.
 
#13
Hey everyone, thanks for the welcome :) Here are the pics, hopefully I'm doing this properly! I'll add my thoughts about coordinating black vs. brown and orange-y hardware in the next post.

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#14
StarBrite310 said:
Thank you so much and welcome to TPF! It sounds like a great color! Would you say that it can match both black and brown very well?
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I think Charcoal goes really well with anything black. In the pics you can see a Charcoal MAM is next to a black MAB and the second to the last pic is the Charcoal bag against one of my black wool coats.

Brown would be a little more tricky if it's a red-brown. I think Charcoal will go well with most browns, but next to my red-brown boots in the last picture...well, that wouldn't be my favorite color combination. Next to the neutral dark brown cork wedges, I think the bag looks great.

I'm still undecided on the Black MAB. The only reason I'd keep it as well as the MAM would be for the extra size. Colorwise, I can't see any time where I'd need the black over the Charcoal. They're pretty much interchangeable, in my eyes. Yes, the shiny-ness of the Charcoal makes it a touch more dressy, but I think a black MAB with gold hardware is already dressy.

Hopefully the pictures can help you decide.
 
#15
cathead87 said:
I feel the same about gray bags...I have never owned one. But, I really like the pics of the charcoal bags that I am seeing on Amazon. However, I am not a fan of this season's hardware...too orangey.
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I agree with you about not being crazy about the orangey gold hardware. It IS orangey in real life. I actually bought the Charcoal MAM after receiving a Raspberry Cupid online and *really* not liking it. While I love the look and extra pockets of the Cupid and the Raspberry color, I hated the amount of gold-orange hardware on it (at least triple the amount of metal than a MAM/MAB). The brassy hardware made the bag look way over the top for my style. Oddly enough, I ended up liking that same hardware on both the black MAB and charcoal MAM. And I'm not usually a gold person:smile1:
 
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