All of a sudden, I started paying attention to the pochette metis around September. I went through all the questions you had about which one to get. Here are my two cents.
Monogram is understated, and very casual, goes with pretty much everything in the wardrobe. But you do have to worry about vachetta over time. And the fact that it is all over the place. Too much visibility.
The reverse is so hip. I do like it on some girls. But to me, it is still a 2 colored bag so it might not work so well with prints, florals, or super bright colors. But if you wear lots of neutrals, go for the reverse. In the resale market the reverse fetches the most money, to me it has the most return on investment.
For a few hundred dollars more, you get to own the empreinte. The true question here is which color to get? Hello? That's even more headache. I loved the red (cerise). It's the only color that really called out to me, but wearing a red bag requires too much coordination and time which I simply don't have.
In all seriousness, only you can decide. But if so many girls are asking themselves this same question, then Louis Vuitton has done a tremendous job because it means they are all equally beautiful bags.
Reverse! I have to admit that I actually used to think it was kind of ugly, but the pics do not do it justice. The minute I saw it I had to have it. It is beautiful. I don’t like the monogram look and hate vachetta so I don’t recommend that. The black ME is gorgeous and I may get one later but when I compared it with the canvas it was a bit heavier so I went with canvas.
I don’t have it with me today, but I am pretty sure my reverse has GHW.
HAHA You're right! It totally does have GHW. I don't know why it had SHW in my imagination!
I also have 2 small kids and mainly dress casually (casual smart for work) and I chose the PM Monogram. I was almost getting the empreinte in black as it was so hard to get the monogram but in my opinion the PM is a casual crossbody bag that looks like a briefcase, hence Monogram or monogram reverse looks best on this style. I was totally anxious to get home and check itHAHA You're right! It totally does have GHW. I don't know why it had SHW in my imagination!
OP, your Life Situation sounds like Mine
If you’re planning on using this bag as your everyday bag, I’d get another bag as we all know about the issue this bag may come with and it seems like ppl who do not have issues with this bag, rotate their bags every couple days to prevent it from wearing off... with kids, I tend to overstuff my bags so I usually don’t wear it much when I’m out with my kids.
Both. Glazing issues or canvas cracking on Monogram and reverse.
