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I don't get the organizers. I have slgs of various sizes so I can reach in and know what I am pulling out quickly. I carry less than 10 slgs at any given time though.Which brings me to my point of my unpopular opinion about how I hate those organizers in LV bags, such as Speedy, Neverfull, etc. Why spend so much money for a bag, only to turn around and put a cheap, non-LV item inside of it just so your wallet is in a certain place? It just cheapens it, as well as only adds one more item to put in your bag.
I have the Speedy 40 and love the openness of it. But then again, I don't have 50 slgs that I carry either, so I can find what I need without a problem.
Please don't hate me
The world tour editions are lazy and money grabbing items. Very restrictive in where you can have the stickers, how many you can have and what stickers are actually available. The choice of colours is limited too and overall they lack the truly personal touch of the heritage mon mono items where you get to choose more options. Also its cheeky to call it world tour when for a lot of the items you can only get one world destination stamp. Hardly a tour with only one stop.
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I agree. Some of those designs are outdated, even ridiculous ... A Grand Torino ? Alien ? Green tube of lipstick ? Multiple outer space stickers ?? Even the countries & cities are sooo limited, more choices should be offered. These should be updated seasonally.
Omg you said it and now i cant unsee it!! It does look like a gym bag
Audrey Hepburn popularised the Speedy, so it can't be all bad...but I don't have one nor want one. Too annoying a shape.
Edit: I just realised Audrey Hepburn was very thin and flat chested, so wearing a curved bag like the Speedy would have been a nice contrast. Good styling.
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All of these.
I don’t understand all the obsession with SLG’s all of a sudden, when I was active on TPF no one would bat an eye at a mini pochette or pochette cles. Must be a result of LV creating a sense of scarcity.
I don’t like the Pochette Métis because it’s a lesser version of the Monceau which is more square and MORE briefcase like, so we dislike the Pochette Métis for different reasons!
I actually don’t consider the Neverfull an iconic bag...the Speedy is an icon but the Neverfull was released what...2007? I think its popularity is partially because it’s an easy to use tote that fits into many people’s budget. I have a Catogram Neverfull and love it, but I would never own a plain Neverfull. It’s really not me. But cats are me, so the Catogram Neverfull is a natural fit
Another potentially unpopular opinion: LV should stick to canvas. It’s what it’s known for. I just wouldn’t spend the kind of $$ required to buy a Capucines (For example, which I do not like), but I would buy a Petite Malle or petite Boite Chapeau.
LV Twist - not a fan at all and no idea why people like the weird closure which doesn’t even remind me of LV.
I hope we remain respectful of each other though - totally OK if you are fans of any or all of th e above and find what I love appalling!
LV are doing the opposite! They're reducing production of canvas and trying to squeeze LV lovers into leather and more expensive bags.
They're trying to compete with Chanel and Hermes and the best way to do it is via artificial scarcity.
It annoys the heck out of me. Hanging onto a 1999 Alma and getting new strap in a contrasting colour. Damn them!
My peeve?
People who nurse the vachetta and expect it to remain the same as when they bought it! They're so perfectionist and obsessed they use baby wipes, white erasers etc not realising the pH can and usually will, destroy the bonds of the leather over time.
And for what?
The vachetta is designed to develop a patina over time. It's just ignorant and ridiculous to expect the vachetta to remain a pinky brown and the edges to remain red. The vachetta changes to a honey colour and goes even darker colour over time, and the edges change to a brown. Don't fight nature, it's ridiculous and controlling plus worst of all, you'll destroy the bag!
Boring can be good, the Alma is such a basic bag but you can jazz it up easily.
It was ordered originally by Chanel, that's why it's so perfect and timeless; they asked her if they could keep the design and she said yes.
I used to think the monogram was flashy and when everyone got one I relegated it to the back of the wardrobe, but now... I'm past caring.
I'm going to get several different colours like hot pink, lime green for the strap not caring if they're not LV and just wear it proudly. I'm not going to be bound by what LV produce. They do have a pink but it's lame.
Gucci dare I say it, is more adventurous and cater for the youth market. IMO.
I am so tired of Vivienne. I personally think it's cute but enough already! I was hoping they would do at least a vintage design/print for the Xmas releases this year but it's more Vivienne. Give me something classic with a splash of color!
Agreed. Finally bought some YSL pieces because I don't want to play the availability game sometimes
Well I haven't done this, but I can see the attraction.
In any case, it can be easily fixed with two leather loops inside the bag. This will stop the chain slipping off. People innovate and that's ok.
Not for me I'm older.
I'm a fan of fluoro colours to brighten up a bag. If you're young why not? It's street fashion after all and fashion has become more street based. Virgil has led this. It's not a bad thing.
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Also NG may have had a strict brief.
A genius for reinterpretation of a brand is demonstrated by Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel and Fendi,
and Tom Ford at Gucci.
They didn't wipe the slate clean and do what they liked entirely.
That said TF hates brown and was much more slick than Gucci had ever had.
TF won the right to do what he wanted because Gucci was on the verge of bankruptcy so nobody noticed, and when they did he was absolutely killing it. He presided over a brand revolution but he was still true to the brand.
There would be tight controls on creativity usually. Accessories are the bread and butter of fashion, because bags in particular are not difficult to size.
I think Virgil was doing interesting stuff and I was moved by his final collection. He has revolutionised inclusion of colour and white conservatives might not like it but it's the way of the future. IMO.
Quality.
This is one reason why people are going for vintage/pre-loved/USED...lol!
And another reason to hang onto your classics.
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.
THIS!!!!
ROFL (well.... I nearly am!)
It's just pig ignorant. Worse are the number crunchers at LV who instead of educating the twits, are being dictated by them. This will revert back when they have run out of gimmicks.
Even if I am guilty of preferring light color vacchetta to darker one, but yes you are absolutely right! I needed a smile and a refresher slap regarding the above. Thank you for your post!
I even was patronised by a former LV SA who tried to tell ME about vachetta!
What she tried to tell me was that it should be light coloured pink!!
The twit.
I wasn't carrying an LV, it was a Celine but it did have vachetta which was indeed darker from having been used in real life!!!
I don't know if I can adequately convey how annoying this person was.
Hideous!
It looks like the Country Women's Association of Australia's Christmas raffle circa 1982.