Your New Dooney: A mini reveal thread!
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I sent back belvedere lolo. I carried her for a day and she killed my shoulder. So I sent her back [emoji17]
I went to the outlet and picked up pebble grain lolo in cranberry and dandelion. I had a 15% off coupon for cranberry and dandelion was on clearance. Yay!!!![emoji7]
I went to the outlet and picked up pebble grain lolo in cranberry and dandelion. I had a 15% off coupon for cranberry and dandelion was on clearance. Yay!!!![emoji7]
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Great colors. Glad you found good buys. The cranberry is a great color this year. Dooney brightened it and deepened it so it's now very rich and vibrant. Enjoy you new handbags.
Posted this in the wrong thread at first. My ad is navy Florentine Brenna arrived. She is perfect
LJ, did you ask a question someplace about keeping the interior nice on the leather lined bags--I can't seem to find that post? But I only have two leather lined bags and one has not been removed from the packaging yet. My other is my Espresso Toscona Crossbody. I may have carried it ten times. I did not do anything special when I carried her to protect the interior, simply transferred my normal items over. I haven't noticed a problem.
If I was going to use one of these for my every day bag, I would probably get a purse organizer to help protect the interior.
My hobos get the most wear and most of them are pebbled, so fairly resilient.
MrsKC: thanks. Yes, I did ask the question. I carried my red Flo Toscana satchel with the vanilla leather colored lining yesterday for the first time. I put my keys in a little wristlet (I know keys are very dirty), but everything else was in it's normal packaging. Hopefully I won't see any issues from color transfer from my other dark leather goods (cosmetic case, wallet, eye glass case).
I did try a purse organizer, but it didn't seem to work well with the bag.... I had trouble fitting my things inside without stacking them on top of each other. Even tho I got the larger of these domed satchels, I don't find it very large. I don't like to stuff a handbag. And the Toscana leather is very structured (not a bad thing), but the handbag doesn't expand the way a softer unstructured bag might.
I enjoyed carrying the Toscana Domed satchel, and I didn't have any issues fighting with the handles which stand up at all times.
When I switch over to another handbag later today I'll see if there are any marks on the interior.The red cotton or red/white or brown/white woven Dooney interiors have been very carefree. The vanilla colored leather interior is beautiful and so luxurious, but I'm not sure how practical it is in terms of staying clean and also avoiding fraying or holes. Keys and pens would be the biggest risk, so I'm careful to be sure they are in some sort of case/bag and don't come in contact with this lining.
I guess time will tell. Maybe someone else who has used their Toscana bags for a long time will chime in too.
My eBay bargain chestnut flo Brenna arrived. It is the lighter chestnut but not real coppery
Pretty smooth which I knew since I had pics to view in the listing. This gives better idea of color
She has a dark spot on the back but I knew that going in. Really not too noticeable and it will typically be out of sight anyway
Pretty smooth which I knew since I had pics to view in the listing. This gives better idea of color
She has a dark spot on the back but I knew that going in. Really not too noticeable and it will typically be out of sight anyway
Love them! Congrats!
I will need to look at that cranberry next time I go to the outlet, it looks so pretty!
MB: cranberry in pebbled leather this year is a beautiful color.... very rich and saturated. If we weren't so conditioned to Dooney color names, I'd call this years cranberry a true WINE color.
In the past the cranberry was a combination of a darker red and a wine, it was also a muted shade. Another example of strange Dooney naming. And last year's wine was also a very muted and red based shade (at least in the City collection).
So, here we are in 2017 and the pebble cranberry is a very nice Wine shade.
It's worth adding to a collection as long as we don't let prior naming and colors confuse us about what we already have or don't have.
When you are at the outlet, also check out the plum in pebbled leather. It's another really nice color. As always, try to look at the colors in natural light, not in fluorescent lights. The colors really do look different in the front of the store, near the door, where the sunlight comes in compared to the back of the store with only the indoor lighting. Of course, so many stores are buried deep within a mall that it's hard to get any natural light.