OP I totally agree with you on that! I have similar bags in my collection (minus the Birkin, maybe in another lifetime lol) but I have a few Chanels and a few Balenciagas. I only have 1 Saint Laurent and it’s a white Monogramme Tote in “caviar” pebbled calf leather with GHW.
I get occasional compliments with some Bals, particularly my Velo in Jaune Poussin. Amazing yellow color. However, nothing beats the number of compliments I get when I use my YSL.
One moment I won’t forget was when I took it to the grocery. This one woman in a red Goyard St. Louis had her eyes GLUED to my bag. I didn’t think much of it until I ran into her a few more times and her eyes would still be glued to my bag. Lol.
She eventually caught up to me at the cashier area and told me that she loved my bag. She asked questions about how I kept the bag clean seeing as it is white and I told her that the pebbled leather version is SOO easy to clean. She compared it to a GST and I told her that I had a GST and preferred this over it because of how easily one can carry this YSL over the shoulder.
So much so that I use this Ysl as my travel bag!