I had a dream. When I had taken photos of my Matte Apple Green and Matte Dark Purple LM Midi's, I thought how awesome it would be to have a Matte Orange bag. My three favourite colours ... all in a row. So I asked Jackie if next time she was sourcing leathers she could see if they had any matte orange available. Jackie came through (thanks Jackie! 
) and I could make my bag dream come true.
Just this past week I received my Matte Mandarin LM Midi and I have to say ... it's gorgeous! Now, at first when I took it out of the box in the florescent kitchen lights it looked like a reddish/orange and I thought "it's nice, maybe not the colour I was expecting and it didn't wow me", but when I took it outside in natural light I could see how juicy and stunning it was. It's a very bright orange, not as wearable as say the Balenciaga Mandarin (I'll include a comparison shot below incase anyone is interested), but it's a truly gorgeous pop of colour. The more I've used it, the more I love it. I think I do need to be more careful with this colour since it is very bright (than the Bal Mandarin) to make sure it doesn't clash with anything I wear. I think it will go great though with blacks, browns, grey's and blues.
It looks like this leather is still available on BEC is anyone is interested.
As for the leather ... it's not as velvety as the purple mattes, but still does have some velvety texture to it, but I don't find mine dry.
I was having some issues with my camera so some of the photos aren't as clear as I'd like, but most of them turned out fairly good.
In Natural Light ...
With Flash ...
The close up of the leather is with no flash.
Coming up next ... comparison shot with Bal Mandarin and my trinity of LM Midi's in my three favourite colours!
) and I could make my bag dream come true. Just this past week I received my Matte Mandarin LM Midi and I have to say ... it's gorgeous! Now, at first when I took it out of the box in the florescent kitchen lights it looked like a reddish/orange and I thought "it's nice, maybe not the colour I was expecting and it didn't wow me", but when I took it outside in natural light I could see how juicy and stunning it was. It's a very bright orange, not as wearable as say the Balenciaga Mandarin (I'll include a comparison shot below incase anyone is interested), but it's a truly gorgeous pop of colour. The more I've used it, the more I love it. I think I do need to be more careful with this colour since it is very bright (than the Bal Mandarin) to make sure it doesn't clash with anything I wear. I think it will go great though with blacks, browns, grey's and blues.
It looks like this leather is still available on BEC is anyone is interested.
As for the leather ... it's not as velvety as the purple mattes, but still does have some velvety texture to it, but I don't find mine dry.
I was having some issues with my camera so some of the photos aren't as clear as I'd like, but most of them turned out fairly good.
In Natural Light ...
With Flash ...
The close up of the leather is with no flash.
Coming up next ... comparison shot with Bal Mandarin and my trinity of LM Midi's in my three favourite colours!
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