Sadly its more here in the U.S and due to the covid my plans got cancelled for this year
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So i bought the medium latte and i was checking the stitching
The handles stitching is a bit like thus
Bag has no creases at all and alignment of the flap is perfect
Has anyone else have this issue on the underside of the handles?
The handles stitching is a bit like thus
Bag has no creases at all and alignment of the flap is perfect
Has anyone else have this issue on the underside of the handles?
As far I know leather is hand stitched and there can be some imperfections.
I think it’s not an issue.
I’m keeping the bag after all That makes me feel better
Also i circled a little frayed stitch that us what im worried about in the long run
Its more of a thread underneath the main thread
My apologies if I'm reviving an old thread, but I would be very surprised if the leather were hand-stitched. That kind of workmanship at the YSL scale/price-point is pretty much impossible. I also think I can see the lock-stitch peaking through on one of the pictures, which is a machine-created stitch, not a hand stitch. And even if it were hand-stitched, the thread should not be fraying. The uneven stitches wouldn't bother me, but a fraying stitch would. I would bring this to a boutique to have it looked at, personally.
I could be wrong, I'm not an expert. But it seems that hand-stitching is extremely rare. Think Hermes Birkin/Kelly (but not other Hermes bags), some exotic bags (I think exotic Fendi peekaboos may be hand-stitched, based on this video, and the external stitching on Selleria peekaboos looks hand-stitched to me), some more niche heritage brands (here's a short thread on it), and some contrast stitching or embellishments on other bags. But a hand-stitched, non-contrast/plain strap on a non-exotic, mass-produced YSL bag seems extremely unlikely to me. I don't know how to explain what the SA said. Perhaps (s)he was mistaken, or perhaps (s)he said "handmade" rather than "hand-stitched."
this is not hand stitching, I'm sorry to disappoint. Here we see a problem with the machine tension on the bobbin thread. I would take it back for an exchange.
Thats the only Latte bag i had. Plus i got a 15% pricematched on it so i think im keeping the bag