Hello, ladies! I’m hoping someone will give me advice and out using a Bal bag for travel.
I usually use a large Le Pliage, long handles, custom ordered from France around 2010. I’ve lost count of the times it has crossed the ocean. Unbelievably, it’s still in great shape, including the corners. I have a felt purse insert inside, and it holds everything from iPad to headphones to gum, and she has held up amazingly, being dragged through security machines, shoved under airplane seats, stuffed in the overhead, thrown in trunks of taxis. Picture of said faithful-serving Longchamp below.
My Bals, all Cities, Firsts and one mini, have been sitting in my closet for years, because I kept choosing my Chanels instead. Recently the Bal bug bit me again, and I bought a few of CeeJay’s bags, but now I am wondering if the Weekender could serve me as well as the Longchamp, and of course be more chic… what do you say?
Would it stand up to the abuse I described above? Would a Weekender be about the same size? What year would you recommend?
And where do you suggest I look for a good one in chèvre?
Would have to be dark, I suppose, although I would adore one in blue.
Thank you in advance for any help
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