Sooo, I got my first Balenciaga bag ever last thursday and it was the first time that I used Vestiaire Collective. I got her through VC from a nice french woman for 310. The whole buying process went very well, I contacted the seller before for more photos so we already had a connection. She informed me as soon as she sent the bag off to VC to Paris. VC kept me updated through small notes on their website. I was very impressed by the fast shipping from Paris to Germany. Only 1! day and it arrived!
Now onto the bag. I knew there would be a few things to fix. On the sellers photos were a few white spots on the leather, a bit discolouring was visible and you could see that the tassels were split. Before purchasing her I read a lot about dying and moisturizing etc. so I was prepared When I unpacked her I was very happy about the colour, size and style BUT: The leather was very dry and papery... it felt very thin and rough at the bottom. The typical Balenciaga finish was only left on a few parts of the bag. I got a little bit worried about the quality of Balenciaga bags at this point. Could I ever fix the rough, almost suede like bottom?
Here are a few before photos:
Colour rubb-off and discolouring
A part with the typical leather look
Used edges
Rough and dry bottom/corner of the bag
Broken edges on the middle of both handles
Split Tassels with extremely thin parts and some small scratches. One split half was even ripped in two...the second part is sadly missing so I've got 3/4th of a whole tassel if glued together...
Now onto the bag. I knew there would be a few things to fix. On the sellers photos were a few white spots on the leather, a bit discolouring was visible and you could see that the tassels were split. Before purchasing her I read a lot about dying and moisturizing etc. so I was prepared When I unpacked her I was very happy about the colour, size and style BUT: The leather was very dry and papery... it felt very thin and rough at the bottom. The typical Balenciaga finish was only left on a few parts of the bag. I got a little bit worried about the quality of Balenciaga bags at this point. Could I ever fix the rough, almost suede like bottom?
Here are a few before photos:
Colour rubb-off and discolouring
A part with the typical leather look
Rough and dry bottom/corner of the bag
Broken edges on the middle of both handles