hey there ladies, was hoping for an opinion. Last week, the first day of the markdowns at Nordstrom, I bought a back up large Pinky Le Pliage, (have another I adore I bought last year) the coin purse to match and the gold color Neo Le Pliage…….used the gold one for first time for several hours sat and sunday each day when I was out and cant believe the marks......then when I wipe them, I can see the water circular marks ever so slight...….OMG. Doesn't seem possible to clean it. I keep my pinky looking new and clean as I clean her after use....wipe her down and she looks great, the gold neo is absolutely worse, do any of you have experience with it. Hate to use and return to Nordstrom as I do love the bag, but thinking will look awful in a very short amount of time.
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I can imagine that the gold Neo would show stains pretty easily because of its light color. And I'm sorry to say that all Neos seem prone to showing water marks, in my experience. I like the Neo line, but it's not as fuss-free as the Pliage nylon bags.
Can't agree more. My mum has a navy neo crossbody that she loves but we just cannot seem to remove the water marks. Only my black neo seems okay for now.
Wonder why the navy is a problem but not the black? Both dark colors.
I had always pondered too. I used to have medium neos in navy and purple but as soon as I started getting water marks and can't clean them, I rehomed them quickly. It took me some time to warm up to a neo again. Thankfully, the black that I got had been rained on multiple times, but with no signs of it. I like the colors of neo but don't think I will get another one, aside from black.
Thanks for the response. I was considering a neo so this info may have saved me the irritation. Such a weird thing, I can't figure out why two dark colors, made of the same material, would react so dissimilar. Wish we had a pipeline to Longchamp - but not to their customer service dept. as I find CS usually isn't very knowledgeable. (I really hate it when CS is a 3rd party contract)
Wonder if an application of a protective product would eliminate the problem?
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I wrote to Longchamp and the answer was no. They do not recommend any application at all. I think it makes sense because if water already stains, I cannot think of the stains a protective spray like apple guard might cause. [emoji25]
Glad to be of help. I like the Khaki neo when it came out and wanted to just give it a try but the moment I stepped into the ladies restroom, I saw a lady trying to clean off the water stain on hers and that immediately made me hold off my purchase.
My only guess is that black hides the stains? As it is just too dark to see anything else? Whereas navy is still dark, but just not as dark as black.
Well I once had my Navy one in light rain and had a small ramen stain on it and it all came off with no marks, touch wood. I have Black Neos too but those have been luckier by far ie no rain, no soup
SmokieDragon - plz, what did you use to clean your navy neo? Thanks
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The ramen stain came out with a wet tissue paper which I may have added some liquid soap to. As for the rain, it dried off without me doing anything
I absolutely returned it.....same day I posted the remarks. Im shocked with the water marks. I have 3 Neos in black and one in purple and adore them but haven't taken them in the rain yet.....and being darker they don't show dirt well. that gold one about killed me.....would look like a wreck with real use no doubt and though marked down at Nordys and now sold out.....I would never use it and had to return. they may as well not even produce the lighter colors....who could deal with obvious marks so quickly with no hope of cleaning them?
I have two neos, one in navy and the other in red. Both have been out in rain and snow and I haven’t had any problems.