Fashion houses should not be producing goods outside of their home country, then claiming their a certain "country" brand like French luxury goods when your also producing goods in other countries, your just watering down your brand to meet demand at this point you'r becoming a regular brand.
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Louis Vuitton is a regular Brand.
Totally agree! Besides, those collections that people tend to hate are rarely available online or even in most stores. You may hate the way Jungle collection looks, but some other people are willing to spend triple its price on resale websites. I personally love the giant monogram, I think it’s a fun take on the classic. And classic speedies, neverfulls and almas aren’t going anywhere. So I’m all for what makes your heart sing, despite some finding it cringeyNot LV I guess (although I have those lol ex: you won’t catch me dead with a speedy), but this subforum in general:
There’s a curious amount of judgement. Soooo many people were going on about how tacky the jungle line was/is, for example, unprompted, in reveal or other threads. We get it, you don’t like it. If everybody liked everything LV made - I can’t even finish that sentence LOL. You get the idea. Calling people tacky for their luxury good purchases, unprompted, on a friggin purse forum seems... tacky.
It’s a forum about purses, geez. Let people be.
ETA: and about the “make your heart sing” high horse peeps: this is a forum about luxury goods that nobody needs. No, you’re not on a Louis Vuitton subforum because you need an LV item. Luxury goods are exactly that: luxury goods. I do agree that looking for stitches/defects/etc is silly, but I don’t think it’s silly to say “if you’re spending thousands of dollars on something, make sure it makes ‘your heart sing’ i.e. gives you pleasure”. Of course buy something that makes you happy, why the hell else are you buying luxury goods? No LV is NOT the most durable, a Longchamp will do more than fine if that were the point.
Here’s my unpopular opinion:
I don’t understand using LV Toiletry bags as clutches. Every time I see it, I imagine the person carrying a glamorous shower caddy
To each their own though. I loveeeee reverse bags which I see are quite controversial
I don’t understand using LV Toiletry bags as clutches. Every time I see it, I imagine the person carrying a glamorous shower caddy
To each their own though. I loveeeee reverse bags which I see are quite controversial
I think the light brown on the reverse PM looks like baby poop! Every time I see it I just can’t unsee poop! :-O
Louis Vuitton used to bore me up until a few years ago.
That it is uneducated folly that LV’s elegant, tough, spectacularly designed bags with vachetta leather need to be babied. Vachetta leather was specifically applied to the wear edges and stress points of canvas covered trunks in order to withstand the abuse of the elements and vicissitudes of travel. These bags were tied to open carriages, covered with road dust, rain and snow, stacked at wharf side and loaded into dank, dark holds of ocean-crossing ships sometimes for months at a time. They were toted by the world’s greatest explorers and adventurers—by train and barge and pack mules.
And yet somehow, 165 years later, fashionistas barely out of diapers have decided that Mr. Vuitton, having created a marvel of a lightweight, virtually indestructible bag (which is unduplicated to this day) had no idea what he was doing. They have invented the notion that vachetta is “delicate” and “you must be careful with it.“ Because they value nothing that shows any sign of having actually been used for a practical purpose, they believe ideal vachetta must never lose its perfect pale newness or have dust or spots or scratches. The pervasiveness of this nonsense has pressured LV to remove the protective vachetta from the wear points of many designs rendering them useless for those of us who want to carry anything other than three tubes of lip gloss. And then these same people who won’t buy a bag with vachetta, are shocked and dismayed when their canvas bag wears on the corners and stress points. They feel betrayed and duped that a bag that LV could at one time repair (by replacing the leather) can no longer be repaired because there is none.
And yet somehow, 165 years later, fashionistas barely out of diapers have decided that Mr. Vuitton, having created a marvel of a lightweight, virtually indestructible bag (which is unduplicated to this day) had no idea what he was doing. They have invented the notion that vachetta is “delicate” and “you must be careful with it.“ Because they value nothing that shows any sign of having actually been used for a practical purpose, they believe ideal vachetta must never lose its perfect pale newness or have dust or spots or scratches. The pervasiveness of this nonsense has pressured LV to remove the protective vachetta from the wear points of many designs rendering them useless for those of us who want to carry anything other than three tubes of lip gloss. And then these same people who won’t buy a bag with vachetta, are shocked and dismayed when their canvas bag wears on the corners and stress points. They feel betrayed and duped that a bag that LV could at one time repair (by replacing the leather) can no longer be repaired because there is none.
That’s a really good point. I wouldn’t carry my monogram bags in pouring rain if I could avoid it, but I’ve rarely had water spots that don’t come out of vachetta. Plus I find vachetta becomes more durable as you wear... once it gets a bit of colour and obtains a bit of shine to it, it wears so well. Those who try to keep their vachetta as pale as possible are missing out on this! Plus I prefer monogram with a bit of patina otherwise it’s too stark of contrast.That it is uneducated folly that LV’s elegant, tough, spectacularly designed bags with vachetta leather need to be babied. Vachetta leather was specifically applied to the wear edges and stress points of canvas covered trunks in order to withstand the abuse of the elements and vicissitudes of travel. These bags were tied to open carriages, covered with road dust, rain and snow, stacked at wharf side and loaded into dank, dark holds of ocean-crossing ships sometimes for months at a time. They were toted by the world’s greatest explorers and adventurers—by train and barge and pack mules.
And yet somehow, 165 years later, fashionistas barely out of diapers have decided that Mr. Vuitton, having created a marvel of a lightweight, virtually indestructible bag (which is unduplicated to this day) had no idea what he was doing. They have invented the notion that vachetta is “delicate” and “you must be careful with it.“ Because they value nothing that shows any sign of having actually been used for a practical purpose, they believe ideal vachetta must never lose its perfect pale newness or have dust or spots or scratches. The pervasiveness of this nonsense has pressured LV to remove the protective vachetta from the wear points of many designs rendering them useless for those of us who want to carry anything other than three tubes of lip gloss. And then these same people who won’t buy a bag with vachetta, are shocked and dismayed when their canvas bag wears on the corners and stress points. They feel betrayed and duped that a bag that LV could at one time repair (by replacing the leather) can no longer be repaired because there is none.
I dont like gold hardware with empreinte noir and I dont like the rivets that are on so many designs.
I have a love/hate relationship with the NF. As a mom with little kids it’s a great “carry everything” bag but I hate that it’s so common. It’s the MM size in DE. I also hate the fact that I’m a “bigger” gal and it doesn’t sit on my shoulder super easy because the straps aren’t long enough. The open top doesn’t bug me because I cinch mine most of the time. I love to hate it! Lol 
Vachetta leather isn't scary at all, yes you should maintain it carefully. But the change in leather is very captivating.
My unpopular LV opinion are those who buy hot limited items and resell them for profit.
(Don’t knock me for stating my point of view)
(Don’t knock me for stating my point of view)
Same. As recently as 2016 I poo-poo's the LV mono canvas. Now I'm in love with it.
I dislike all the Holiday pieces they release. The stuff with the pictures on it. I just don’t get them! :-#