Honestly, if you compare it to my coquelicot First and allow for the difference in lighting, they're pretty close.
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Oh WOW .. yup, I agree! It's funny, I found that the 1st Season Coquelicot (2011 F/W) had less of the orange-hue, whereas the 2nd season (2012 S/S) definitely had more of the orange-hue (I had both bags and sold the 2nd season because of the orange hue)!!
Mine is the F/W 2011 though. To my eye it has an orange hue. I've always thought coq was more orange based, although a lot of people think it's a true red.
You know, it could also be one of those "Balenciaga 'batches'" issues! As we all know, Balenciaga (especially when they started producing a LOT more bags for a season), would make them in batches. In 2007 S/S, when Balenciaga made the Anthracite bags, there was a LOT of discussion on the color .. some were more 'pure' Grey while others complained that their bag had a distinct Teal background hue. Some folks preferred the 'true Grey' and others preferred the 'Teal' version .. and seeing many pictures, boy .. they were right.Mine is the F/W 2011 though. To my eye it has an orange hue. I've always thought coq was more orange based, although a lot of people think it's a true red.
- Picture #1 is my 2011 F/W Coquelicot which, to me (my eyes) does present as a "True Red".
- Picture #2 is my 2011 F/W Coquelicot (bottom) compared to the 2015 F/W Rouge Lipstick (top) and as you can see, they are pretty darn close (pic was taken outside so that I could get the best lighting)!
Lighting does make a huge difference, which is why the hunt for a particular shade can be such a challenge when you cant see the tags! Here's my 2011 coq indoors and out...
WOW!!! .. what a huge difference and totally agree that in the sunlight, yours definitely looks Red with an orange undertone! Sheesh, Balenciaga even gives us a hard time on the Red colors!!!!
On TRR ("First Look" - so if you don't have that, you will see it tomorrow) .. looks to be an early Pewter Hardware White Weekender (but the pics aren't great)!! https://www.therealreal.com/product...enciaga-classic-motocross-weekender-bag-dheug
would you consider this a good price? or should i hold out?
it's got a few knicks and scratches but it seems to be in pretty good shape for being 15 years old.
The ONLY issue that I see, is that the tassels are cut (that bugs the sh!t out of me - DON'T TOUCH THE STINKIN' TASSELS!!!!). They also don't mention that the Mirror is included, so chances are, it's not (I kind of like to have all the bits & parts, but I know others don't find that to be a game-changer). Other than that, the leather seems to be VERY nice and you might be able to find a pair of black tassels around (either on TPF or eBay, etc.).
YIKES .. that's a LOT of $$$ for a First!!! Never even seen this site before, there's so many of them now!
How is this a price reduction? Did they mess up the prices or? This is one of the pretties I was following when researching on multiple websites. Not sure I’d buy from them but man, they have some beauties!
I noticed that with something else yesterday. The price went from $14?? to $1940.
