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Saffynyc said:
Yes I love her to tidbits . I really think people in Meatpacking are the best ! Madison and Wall Street are annoying .
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The feedback for the Meatpacking store has influenced my choice to go to this store during my next US trip.

HKsai said:
Bought this gorgeous scarf preloved. Slowly building my vintage scarf collection :heart:
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GORGEOUS!
 
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MightyBigRed said:
The feedback for the Meatpacking store has influenced my choice to go to this store during my next US trip.
I went to Meatpacking store during my trip 3 weeks ago, Emma was the name of SA who served me, I have to say she is the nicest and downhearted Hermès SA I ever met. I highly recommend the Meatpacking store and ask for Emma.



GORGEOUS!
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TC1 said:
View attachment 4527828 I wasn't going to buy any more bags this year after finally buying my B35..but this Evelyne GM in Feu showed up at a trusted reseller (I also had it authenticated) and I couldn't stop thinking about it!
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I have one also! You won’t regret it . It’s beautiful and such a beautiful color .
 

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went on a bit of a shopping spree in August..... and now i am on ban island until my Bday in Nov:crybaby:

1. O Kelly Bracelet in Gold
2. Constance Mini in Etain swift with RGHW
3. Roulis in Anemone / Evercolor w Permabrass (THIS IS MY FAVE PURCHASE!)
4. Micro Tshirt
5. Twillaine Cardigan - Brides de gala
6. Dragon Tshirt (for hubby)
7. Velvet Sneakers
8. Bearn Long Wallet in Rose Extreme /Epsom with GHW

I THINK that's it, but not sure.. will post pix soon~ thanks for letting me share:blush:
 
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Jaaanice said:
went on a bit of a shopping spree in August..... and now i am on ban island until my Bday in Nov:crybaby:

1. O Kelly Bracelet in Gold
2. Constance Mini in Etain swift with RGHW
3. Roulis in Anemone / Evercolor w Permabrass (THIS IS MY FAVE PURCHASE!)
4. Micro Tshirt
5. Twillaine Cardigan - Brides de gala
6. Dragon Tshirt (for hubby)
7. Velvet Sneakers
8. Bearn Long Wallet in Rose Extreme /Epsom with GHW

I THINK that's it, but not sure.. will post pix soon~ thanks for letting me share:blush:
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Everything sounds delightful and look forward to pics, especially of the bags and wallet!
 
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Anthropolo said:
I found this treasure on a private online auction. There weren't many bidders and I eventually got it for "only" 1150usd. Can you believe it? A Crocodile Kelly 28 from before 1945 (as there is no date code)

This was the sellers main picture:
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It arrived a day later at my doorstep, and the first surprise was that the bag was still in its original dustbag. And the seller just packed it in a used Birkin 35 Box, which i was looking for anyway to store the Birkin I recently bought in. And people pay hundreds of dollars for just for a box like that online!

So I started off by conditioning the bag with some leather wax conditioner, and let it sit for a few hours:
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It had uniformly smoothened the leather a bit. I proceeded to polish the hardware. I'm including a before and after image of the hardware so you can see what difference it made:
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Also some scales were basically falling off the sides, so I gently glued them back into place with a special leather glue (That can be removed with induced heat if needed at a later point). I did the same for seperated leather pieces, that probably had deteriorated glue residue inside and were once sewn together. But since some threading was lose, there were gaps and that was an easy fix to just glue them back closed. It can be sewn back together at a later point anyway if desired. But for now this is a totally sufficient solution. I tried to be as gentle as possible and not to leave and visible marks of touch-up all around.
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The final results speak for themselves. I think it still has the same "untouched" vintage feel to it but arranging it properly. Instead of leaving it to slouch like the previous owner did, I fulfilled the purpose of what a sellier Kelly is supposed to look like, and am now forcing it back into the original shape. If it was a retourne I would not have minded whatsoever, but this just looked wrong on a sellier. So these are the final shots of the almost 100 year old piece:
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I hope you enjoyed this quick post of my very special find.
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Congratulations on your find! What a huge difference before and after. Beautiful bag. How long did it take you to recondition your bag?
 
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