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@MarryMeLV_Now is right. The adjustable strap kinda restrict your strap to facing the “Louis Vuitton” wordings “outside” and the flower blossom motifs “inside”. Technically you can flip it but that would mean the adjustable metal part would hinge on your back or shoulder “poking” you. The adjustable metal adds to the weight but not so much that it makes your shoulder aches since the volume of the bag can contain is not that huge anyway. I don’t like how the metal would hit if I rest the bag strap down. I had to be careful to exercise caution to prevent the adjustable metal part from hitting whenever I want to rest the strap down cos it’s quite “weighty”. It’s significantly heavily than MPA’s adjustable metal.Thank you so much for this insight! I couldn’t tell that wearing the strap on the other side would be hindered by the adjuster
I’ve been checking preloved and can’t find one.
I figure the loss will be the same if I find and buy the strap preloved as it would to buy a whole new bag and sell one set.
Why can’t LV get these straps right?!
Maybe consider an extender for your strap. I am under 5'2" and the jacquard strap fits me perfectly. I also purchased a vachetta adjustable strap, but on the longest length, it is still the same length as the jacquard strap.Thank you! Seems my desire to do this is changing with all of the helpful and insightful info!
Since I would be selling to something like Fashionphile, I estimate my cost will be the same if I buy new bag and sell old bag as it would to buy just a strap alone. So either way it’s not a winning situation but knew that going in.
Since the adjustable strap doesn’t seem as beneficial as I thought, I’ll try looking at different straps (Felicie strap and go, or Pochette metis strap).
Y’all saved me a bit of grief here and I thank you!
I just got the speedy 20 so I do have the adjustable strap, and I like that you can wear it as a shoulder bag as well as crossbody, but the strap does not sit right at all if you flip it over to wear the flowers on the outside. I doubt that I will use the adjustable strap that much with the bag - I prefer the look of my pink and khaki MPA straps and my pochette Métis reverse strap. I purchased both the khaki and PM straps pre-loved and love having them to mix and match with bags - it’s hard to pay reseller prices for spare straps, but cost per wear wise they have turned out to be some of my best purchases! I also purchased a vachetta strap from Etsy and that looks nice with the speedy 20 too…and I am not as scared using an Etsy strap as I am my LV vachetta strap from my BTP speedy 25! I am a fan of preloaded straps, even though they are spendy!Thank you! Seems my desire to do this is changing with all of the helpful and insightful info!
Since I would be selling to something like Fashionphile, I estimate my cost will be the same if I buy new bag and sell old bag as it would to buy just a strap alone. So either way it’s not a winning situation but knew that going in.
Since the adjustable strap doesn’t seem as beneficial as I thought, I’ll try looking at different straps (Felicie strap and go, or Pochette metis strap).
Y’all saved me a bit of grief here and I thank you!
Maybe consider an extender for your strap. I am under 5'2" and the jacquard strap fits me perfectly. I also purchased a vachetta adjustable strap, but on the longest length, it is still the same length as the jacquard strap.
I purchased the Etsy version as a conversion kit with hardware to make my cerises speedy 25 into a speedy b, so it is the speedy 25b width. It does look like a lot of vachetta when worn with the speedy 20 as all the vachetta - my cerises speedy has patina of course, so I did choose the “slight patina” color for the Etsy strap - it’s a little darker than the vachetta on the new speedy 20, but it seems to work ok!
One other thought would be to ask LV what the cost of a replacement strap is (assuming it would be the new adjustable strap)?Thank you! Seems my desire to do this is changing with all of the helpful and insightful info!
Since I would be selling to something like Fashionphile, I estimate my cost will be the same if I buy new bag and sell old bag as it would to buy just a strap alone. So either way it’s not a winning situation but knew that going in.
Since the adjustable strap doesn’t seem as beneficial as I thought, I’ll try looking at different straps (Felicie strap and go, or Pochette metis strap).
Y’all saved me a bit of grief here and I thank you!
I totally agree with you! I like the non adjustable one. If I need to lengthen the strap, I just extend it with a short chain, and I actually like the look of an added chain, and imo, it makes me look slimmer!
