My ideal black bag with black hardware is the medium YSl Loulou. However, I plan to get a Chanel jumbo in black w/gold hardware next year, so I'd really rather not spend an additional $2000 on the YSL since they are fairly similar (both are about the same size and are black leather flap shoulder bags with chain straps).
I am really lusting after a black bag with black hardware though, and I've been into flap bags lately. I was considering the Rebecca Minkoff Edie, but I've heard her leather quality isn't great anymore and that her black hardware chips like crazy. I also think it is a bit TOO much like the YSL Loulou...I love the Loulou, but if I'm not getting it, I don't really want a bag that looks like it but isn't. I have no problem with inspired by bag, but for me, I've found that if I get an inspired by bag that is too close to the original, it just makes me want the original even more.
Anyway, any thoughts on where or who I can look to for a black leather bag with black hardware, medium to large-ish size, ideally with a flap? TIA!
And for reference, the YSL Loulou:
Rebecca Minkoff Edie:
I am really lusting after a black bag with black hardware though, and I've been into flap bags lately. I was considering the Rebecca Minkoff Edie, but I've heard her leather quality isn't great anymore and that her black hardware chips like crazy. I also think it is a bit TOO much like the YSL Loulou...I love the Loulou, but if I'm not getting it, I don't really want a bag that looks like it but isn't. I have no problem with inspired by bag, but for me, I've found that if I get an inspired by bag that is too close to the original, it just makes me want the original even more.
Anyway, any thoughts on where or who I can look to for a black leather bag with black hardware, medium to large-ish size, ideally with a flap? TIA!
And for reference, the YSL Loulou:
Rebecca Minkoff Edie: