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Need advice girls: should I have Balenciaga certified repair shop put strap on work bag or sell and buy city or part time? Love size of work but needs strap or it will sit in closet and collect more dust
 
#4,472
Andrea777 said:
Need advice girls: should I have Balenciaga certified repair shop put strap on work bag or sell and buy city or part time? Love size of work but needs strap or it will sit in closet and collect more dust
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If you check some of the other threads here the Bal stores in the US are now selling long straps...not sure which particular stores.
 
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Conni618 said:
This is a surprise! I'd love to know how, and where on the bag, they would put the rings.

Can you share contact info for this repair shop? Thanks.
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I guess it would depend on the colour of your bag, but could you have them put on the rings and still use the new Bal long strap?
 
#4,478
muchstuff said:
I guess it would depend on the colour of your bag, but could you have them put on the rings and still use the new Bal long strap?
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I've thought about it forever, mostly for a WE, which would be lovely with a shoulder strap.
I can't think of where one would attach a strap on the Work or the WE. Both would need leather flaps on the sides for the rings, which would bend the bag in half when carrying it. Or, as I tried and failed, a work-around using two straps, one looped up from both sides of each handle. Gets very cumbersome and sloppy.

So I'm wondering where on the bag, this shop was intending to attach the rings. :thinkin:

I think the Velo works because it is narrower than the other bags. It sacrifices the lovely drape for the ability to hang nicely from a long strap on either side. I guess we can't have it all. :girlsigh:
 
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Conni618 said:
I've thought about it forever, mostly for a WE, which would be lovely with a shoulder strap.
I can't think of where one would attach a strap on the Work or the WE. Both would need leather flaps on the sides for the rings, which would bend the bag in half when carrying it. Or, as I tried and failed, a work-around using two straps, one looped up from both sides of each handle. Gets very cumbersome and sloppy.

So I'm wondering where on the bag, this shop was intending to attach the rings. :thinkin:

I think the Velo works because it is narrower than the other bags. It sacrifices the lovely drape for the ability to hang nicely from a long strap on either side. I guess we can't have it all. :girlsigh:
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Velo is another front runner. Thanks I didn't think about the collapsing issue. They were going to put leather on sided and rings. Rago leather repair morristown nj.
 
#4,484
Conni618 said:
If you can get the leather flaps and rings on the sides, the new long black Bal strap would be authentic, and is $165.

I keep buying Works because I love them, but sell them because of the "handle only,' issue.:rain:
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Yes, I decided that I was being silly and just bought a chevre part time and selling my work on ebay
 
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