Michael Kors What is the difference between these two? (Hamilton)

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#16
Liyanamz said:
Anyone may correct me if I am wrong but this is to my understanding.

As of now, there are 3 sizes to the Hamilton bags.

The smallest of them is the Hamilton Messenger. The Vanilla one which you posted above. It is really very tiny as seen in the photo here.

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Next up is called the East West Satchel. It is a medium sized bag, rectangle in shape. It fits quite a bit example if you have a long wallet and makeup bag.

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Lastly, the biggest of them all is the North South Satchel which is square-esk in shape. It is big and definitely fits a lot.

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If you are planning to get the pebbled leather, it will definitely slouch but it just adds more character to the bag. Honestly to me, the Saffiano looks a bit stiff but it does look nice too. I hope it helps.
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I think that currently, yes, these are the sizes that Hamiltons are available in. There's also an outlet version that's bigger than the E/W but smaller than the N/S and it doesn't have a lock & key, just a name plate. I think they recently started making outlet versions the same size as the E/W though too.
And someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I've heard of XL Hamiltons bigger than the N/S but I haven't seen any in person.
 
#17
JVXOXO said:
I think that currently, yes, these are the sizes that Hamiltons are available in. There's also an outlet version that's bigger than the E/W but smaller than the N/S and it doesn't have a lock & key, just a name plate. I think they recently started making outlet versions the same size as the E/W though too.
And someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I've heard of XL Hamiltons bigger than the N/S but I haven't seen any in person.
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Oh yeah. There really is an XL one. Thank you for correcting!!!

Yeap, there are also outlet versions of the Hamiltons without the lock and key. Thanks once again!!
 
#18
Liyanamz said:
Anyone may correct me if I am wrong but this is to my understanding.
As of now, there are 3 sizes to the Hamilton bags.
The smallest of them is the Hamilton Messenger. The Vanilla one which you posted above. It is really very tiny as seen in the photo here.
Next up is called the East West Satchel. It is a medium sized bag, rectangle in shape. It fits quite a bit example if you have a long wallet and makeup bag.
Lastly, the biggest of them all is the North South Satchel which is square-esk in shape. It is big and definitely fits a lot.
If you are planning to get the pebbled leather, it will definitely slouch but it just adds more character to the bag. Honestly to me, the Saffiano looks a bit stiff but it does look nice too. I hope it helps.
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Thanks a ton for providing pictures and info, that seriously clears it up a lot! I wish they had easier names to remember them by :P


JVXOXO said:
I'm wondering if they only make the saffiano version now.
If you look on the very first page of the Hamilton Hotties Club House thread, the second post is pictures of a poster's Hamilton Messenger in Black pebbled leather, it's like the white one you posted. That post was from 2010 though so maybe it's an older style that they stopped making.

http://forum.purseblog.com/michael-kors/hamilton-hotties-clubhouse-639924.html
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Sadly, I think they do :( Actually when I was searching for this bag I did an image search on google with the stock photo and I found a thread on here from 2010 and it was the exact bag I'm looking for. I'm really disappointed :( I really love the pebbled leather so much more than the saffiano. I'm even more disappointed after seeing how beautiful it looks "in person" in that picture on the second post!

Well, on to a different bag then i suppose! I can't afford a medium sized hamilton and I think it would be too big on me anyways.
 
#20
alichelsealyn said:
Thanks a ton for providing pictures and info, that seriously clears it up a lot! I wish they had easier names to remember them by :P




Sadly, I think they do :( Actually when I was searching for this bag I did an image search on google with the stock photo and I found a thread on here from 2010 and it was the exact bag I'm looking for. I'm really disappointed :( I really love the pebbled leather so much more than the saffiano. I'm even more disappointed after seeing how beautiful it looks "in person" in that picture on the second post!

Well, on to a different bag then i suppose! I can't afford a medium sized hamilton and I think it would be too big on me anyways.
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I completely understand your disappointment. The Hamilton is my favorite MK style and I would be upset if I couldn't find it in the right size for me. I hope you're able to find a bag just as nice!
 
#23
I think the first picture was another size entirely. Minis have different hardware to hold the lock, are primarily Saffiano from what I've seen, and different dimensions than listed in your link. The one listed on the link has the dimensions of the current version; I'm thinking this year's iteration they just removed the handles.
 
#24
Hmm.. so confusing. It doesn't help that their website doesn't have everything listed and the names are just really hard to remember (in my opinion anyway).

Basically I hope to find the small size Hamilton in the slouchy leather that has the handles, cross body option, and the lock + key. I don't know if I'm going to be able to find that one though as I haven't seen it for sale anywhere yet.
 
#26
Euromutt86 said:
http://youtu.be/CD_NbuRu7Tc I made a video that'll help you with the difference of the slouchy version and the Saffiano. Hope it helps.
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That helped a ton, thank you so much :)

I see what you mean about the saffiano being heavy. I only have one saffiano purse (my purse collection is tiny - it's in it's developing stages :laugh:) but even just carrying by the handle it is heavy and carrying by cross body it hurts my shoulders and my bag is tiny compared to your Hamilton.

As for size I think the size that you have (Large?) would be waaay too big for me, I like small bags usually. I've seen the small saffiano Hamilton in person but I've still yet to see the pebbled small Hamilton and it's driving me nuts because I can't track one down anywhere :(
 
#27
Well, it was the bag that got away :'(

I emailed the Holt Renfrew closest to me and they said:

Dear Alisha,

We currently only carry the saffiano leather in both sizes. The slouchy leather will be discontinued and we only have the large size I'm black and brown at the store. Let me know if you have any other questions!

Thanks,
Sandy
 
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