The Zumi Thread
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Wow, great.
So glad about this thread. I too have been caught by the Zumi bug. Just not sure about the colors. I wanted a caramel bag this Spring, and have been looking at Loewe’s Lazo (also new), but I believe I prefer this. Only that it only seems to come in snakeskin in the natural leather color and while It looks great, I find snakeskin too fragile for an everyday bag, which is what I’d want...
I know most pics show it handheld, but one of the things I love most about this bag is how good it looks on the shoulder. With handheld bags, the strap often looks like an add on: the bag still looks like a handheld bag, only hanging from a strap, like in the Kelly or the Speedy... but this one, because of the way the top is designed, and how the hardware is placed and how the handles fold... it just looks great on the shoulder and like a different bag than when carried by the handles. Love that!
Exactly, and the rings for the strap fold away completely if you take it off.
As yet camel only in python or a etoupe/dark beige in croc. It would ve good to know what's coming in for the AW because I think more are coming
Zumi bags and Zumi in the flesh at the 'To Kill Momentum is a Sin' reading at Gucci Sloane St from the book Zumi. We were give the book as a gift at the end of night.
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So I passed by my local Gucci to check the Zumi, and wow, does it live up to expectations.
For the top handle, the store had received both sizes in grained leather only, in the black, off white and green. They didn’t know what else they were getting or when. The exotics are to order.
I really like the smaller size. It looks so great as a shoulder bag. The strap is properly adjustable so you can wear it many ways. I love the mechanism to attach the strap, with the little hidden square rings. The bag looks very compact and I wouldn’t have thought but it can fit an iPad confortably and despite the neat compartments. It is very nicely made inside out, the handles in particular are beautiful. The green is tempting, looks very much like Celine’s amazone.
Two minor things. The first bag I was shown, the hook to attach the strap didn’t work. The hardware is very nice, but I don’t know it is top quality... Then the horsebit GG detail, it looks bigger that I expected, particularly in the small size (meaning it is not scaled down, so it is the same size on both). Maybe I had that impression because most pics are of the bigger size. And nothing wrong with it but it is just that little bit loud, which may not work for every environment as a work bag. But then, it is a Michelle bag so no one expects it to be subtle.
For the top handle, the store had received both sizes in grained leather only, in the black, off white and green. They didn’t know what else they were getting or when. The exotics are to order.
I really like the smaller size. It looks so great as a shoulder bag. The strap is properly adjustable so you can wear it many ways. I love the mechanism to attach the strap, with the little hidden square rings. The bag looks very compact and I wouldn’t have thought but it can fit an iPad confortably and despite the neat compartments. It is very nicely made inside out, the handles in particular are beautiful. The green is tempting, looks very much like Celine’s amazone.
Two minor things. The first bag I was shown, the hook to attach the strap didn’t work. The hardware is very nice, but I don’t know it is top quality... Then the horsebit GG detail, it looks bigger that I expected, particularly in the small size (meaning it is not scaled down, so it is the same size on both). Maybe I had that impression because most pics are of the bigger size. And nothing wrong with it but it is just that little bit loud, which may not work for every environment as a work bag. But then, it is a Michelle bag so no one expects it to be subtle.
I;m glad you tried it
I agree they should have scaled-down the hw on the smaller size IMO
Am I crazy to like the strawberry one?
The strawberries look mind-blowingly similar to what I drew as a child in the 70's.
The strawberries look mind-blowingly similar to what I drew as a child in the 70's.
Not crazy at all, my sis is gaga over it too. I think it has a vintage charm about it, my only reservation is that (like the Flora-print) I would feeling drawn to it Spring and Summer but not so much the rest of the year. Not usually a problem as I've bought season-specific bags before but I feel I have enough fair-weather bags now.
I love it too! The Zumi isn’t really my style in the regular colors but the strawberry one is quite tempting.
Buying something that makes you feel nostalgic is such a great feeling.
This bag is not making my heart sing the way I feel it ought. I like it...but don't "LOVE" it. I am absolutely in love with both horsebit AND interlocking GG, and here we have them both flawlessly and seamlessly merged together, along with the classic structured silhouette to which I usually gravitate as well. Maybe I need to see it in person, I want to love it SO BAD!! I need to get to a Gucci Boutique post haste, and shame on me for not getting in to see this sooner!