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So, as you can read in my earlier comments below, about 1 month ago I was still stressing about the big Hermès store “loosing my order”.
I had in the meantime decided not to purchase in this store again as they always have a new excuses about the whole local issue (eventhough I have a written document of many months ago were they confirm my Kelly order…) I guess they don’t want my money, so they will not get it…
I had given up on my hopes of getting my bag from this store…

My boyfriend apparently also called Store Number 4 just a few days ago, and they confirmed everything was still in the system. She remembered me and my boyfriend and told him I will definitely get the bag although she thought it still could take up to several months… No new bags were arriving in the store in the next few weeks, Paris confirmed, so for March 17 the Kelly bag was not going to happen anyway…

So I (and my boyfriend as well in the meantime) went back to the “waiting patiently game”.

Until, last Wednesday…
I was having a tough day at work. I work for our local government, and it seemed that all of our usually nice civilians all of the sudden were deliberately trying to give us a hard time…
During our well-deserved lunch break I remember telling my colleagues ‘how this was the worst day ever!’. (of course, I was exaggerating) :-p

But then, my phone rang…
It was a local number I didn’t know, so I picked up thinking “don’t get your hopes up, this won’t be Hermès”…
But it was!
It was Hermès store Two on the line! The one were the SA scribbled down my wishes in a snoody, arrogant way! The store I have not visited in 1 year and 5 months. I know because I wrote down the date I placed my Kelly order! I was shocked.
The SA told me he was calling me regarding my bag. It had arrived. I was even more shocked.
But as I read on many forums, that sometimes you don’t get the Kelly you wished for, I decided to just ask the SA what the specs were of the bag.
Yes, it was a Kelly. Yes, it was the size and Sellier-model I wanted. Yes, it even was the palladium hardware.
I almost fainted! I remember telling the SA that they made my day, and that of course, I was going to visited the store 3 days later (which seemed like forever!).
I called up my mom and told her about the big news, and I didn’t stop smiling all day…

Both my mom and my BF were shocked to find out that the one store (that I pretty much ignored completely after placing the order) got to call me first to say that they had ‘my bag’. I honestly thought this store NEVER even placed my order in Paris to begin with…

So Friday evening I was making sure that I had everything ready to make the purchase, money-wise that is, because in my country you are only allowed to pay a certain amount by cash and a certain amount by cards. I even packed my laptop and bank card-readers so I could use it in store if needed. (Yes, I’m Miss. Alwasy Super Prepared.) All of a sudden I saw a note in my phone I wrote 1,5 years ago about the details of ‘order’.
I saw the following message to myself:
“Ordered Placed – End of 2015 – Store Number 2 – Color of Choice: PURPLE (second choice: Black)”

All of a sudden I panicked!
I never asked the SA which color the bag was!!

At first, 1,5y ago I was pretty sure that my dream Kelly would be a spectacular bright color, preferably purple. However, after talking to a few SA and reading Boptalk I discovered that the beautiful purple color that I loved is not produced every year. I believe that a few stores where I placed the order actually told me: “Go for black. It will be easier for us to order it and at least you know what to expect”. And they were right. For my first Hermès bag I should go for black. I always wear head to toe black. It is my favorite color. And given the amount of money, I should decide to go for a bag in a color I absolutely love….
So, along the way, I decided to go for a bag in Noir…
But since Noir was my second choice, flashes starting to come before my eyes! “What if the bag that arrived is a horrible shade of purple!? What should I do?”. My boyfriend said that if that was the case he was not allowing me to buy the bag. It is a lot of money to spend on a bag you don’t like and he was not prepared of letting me make the wrong choice. He was right.
I could not call the store upfront to check again on the color, so I just said “we will see what happens tomorrow morning” (I was going to go to the store anyway, despite the color. I wanted to see it with my own eyes).
You can imagine that I didn’t sleep at ALL that night. I woke up at every hour. Of course I had a headache the next morning and I was super stressed.

FInally… It was the next morning and we could finally go to the store which is only 20 min. from my house…
My boyfriend wanted to get a breakfast first but I of course said: “First the bag, then everything else!”

I arrived at the store about 15min. after it opened and there already were a lot people inside.
The SA that walked up to me was the exact same snoody SA that helped me 1,5 year ago.
He still had that “attitude” when I told him I was called (by HIM of all people) that my bag had arrived.
So he went to the back of the store to get the box.

I had already told my BF about the “ceremony” of Hermès revealing the bag for you. That they ask you to go in another room, and how the service is amazing at Hermès, blablabla… well, to be honest. It really was not.
The guy just came back with the box. He opened it in front of everyone and let me try it on for a few moments and was then ready to pack everything in again once I said I would take it. I said I was super happy with the size and how I was SOOOOO HAPPY it came in black (yes, yes, black! All of that stress for nothing!) I was asking him al sorts of questions about the taking care of the bag and if the lock and keys were inside… and he just answered real quickly and that was that.

At the time of course, I couldn’t care less about his attitude, because I had my dream Kelly and I was not letting anyone ruin my day.
But you can imagine that this store is still not my go-to store when buying Hermès in the future.
I still prefer my little, cute and superfriendly Store number 4. I still have my order “arriving in the next months”. It will be the exact same Kelly in gold hardware. I soooooooo hope they will not call me anytime soon to tell me my order has arrived because I don’t want to turn them down…. they were super friendly and patience with me and I don’t want to let them know I already have my Kelly. I am hoping it will take several months more for the Kelly to arrive and that my sister decides to take the bag instead…

:p

Anyway,
I am SUPER HAPPY with my dream Kelly. She is everything I hoped she would be.
Also, I am so glad I don’t need to stress any longer about all of the stuff that goes on when ordering a Hermès bag.
Now, I can stress out about other things like: should I order a bag insert or not, or what if the bag gets wet while raining… that sort of stull
#firstworldproblems

:p

xx
Tiffany

Below a few pictures of the bag. I still need to make some more pretty onces of course.
The unboxing video is on my Instagram: Tiffany_SA2

– Kelly Bag
– 28cm
– Sellier
– Noir
– Epsom
– Palladium hardware
– dressed up with a Savana Dance twilly (orange purple one). The other blue one is so old I can’t remember the name. :)

I had a chance to preview the new Bordeaux color for Hermes in a Clemence Lindy. A true rich cool toned burgundy. Next to It Rouge H in swift.

I got the email offering me a chance to submit an Ala Carte order the morning after a successfully defended my PhD. I’ve never had a hangover disappear so quickly. I had started playing with the idea of a Birkin for me a few weeks before. Shortly after that I went in my local Hermes to build it. I knew it was going to be a Birkin and I had been trying on different sizes; from which I knew Birkin 40 was the only size on me that didn’t look like I was carrying my mother’s bag!

Next was the Colour shortlist for Ala Carte orders. One might think you can free rein with the Hermes leather store but alas no – one can but dream. Special Orders are a dance between colour preferences and leather choices and availability at any given season. Over the last 3-4 years my collection has really taken shape and I’ve been primarily collecting Blues and Greys. I thought of the SO as the natural crescendo of the Blue and Grey Era (I’m beginning the Rouge Era shortly, FYI lol). So the colours were the blue and grey family.

We played around with Bleu Electrique and Etoupe and I had no intention of changing anything but the interior colour. These Special Orders can become infamously crass and tacky very quickly. About 40 mins later and with a Bleu Nuit Jypsiere and the leather books in the store window with my SM the decision was made – Birkin 40 Version 1 in Etain Togo with Bleu Nuit interior and exterior piping, Brushed Palladium Hardware and tone-on-tone stitching.

**I did request one thing that not on the Ala Carte Menu** I asked the Atelier to use Togo with zero veining. Although the veining of Togo and Clemence leathers are not considered a flaw, I prefer a small peddled Togo rather than having a “lightening strike” across the front or back panels. I thought this would be particularly noticeable on a B40 , where the front and back panels are quite large. The Atelier obliged and I can truly say that it is a flawless skin.

9 MONTHS to the day my Special Order was delivered and I literally did a happy dance in my living room after reading the email. I had literally been in store two days earlier and my SM was explaining that it’s down to leather availability and not all SOs for the store arrive at the same time (a few of the other clients offered had found out about each other at an event and naturally we got competitive LOL). That night’s sleep was splintered with dreams of tiny multi-coloured Birkins and me faking enthusiasm.

I picked it up the next day and with a glass of bubbles my SM revealed it. There are no pictures of the moment because it went in a blur. It was flawless. Looking at it, it was even more spectacular than I had day-dreamed it would be – and I had re-read the Ala Carte Request .pdf a few times a weeks for the 9 months. It was a Birkin a guy could carry. It was special – without being too special – and it was definitely within the ethos of Hermes.

Thanks for letting me share my SO story!

I got the email offering me a chance to submit an Ala Carte order the morning after a successfully defended my PhD. I’ve never had a hangover disappear so quickly. I had started playing with the idea of a Birkin for me a few weeks before. Shortly after that I went in my local Hermes to build it. I knew it was going to be a Birkin and I had been trying on different sizes; from which I knew Birkin 40 was the only size on me that didn’t look like I was carrying my mother’s bag!

Next was the Colour shortlist for Ala Carte orders. One might think you can free rein with the Hermes leather store but alas no – one can but dream. Special Orders are a dance between colour preferences and leather choices and availability at any given season. Over the last 3-4 years my collection has really taken shape and I’ve been primarily collecting Blues and Greys. I thought of the SO as the natural crescendo of the Blue and Grey Era (I’m beginning the Rouge Era shortly, FYI lol). So the colours were the blue and grey family.

We played around with Bleu Electrique and Etoupe and I had no intention of changing anything but the interior colour. These Special Orders can become infamously crass and tacky very quickly. About 40 mins later and with a Bleu Nuit Jypsiere and the leather books in the store window with my SM the decision was made – Birkin 40 Version 1 in Etain Togo with Bleu Nuit interior and exterior piping, Brushed Palladium Hardware and tone-on-tone stitching.

**I did request one thing that not on the Ala Carte Menu** I asked the Atelier to use Togo with zero veining. Although the veining of Togo and Clemence leathers are not considered a flaw, I prefer a small peddled Togo rather than having a “lightening strike” across the front or back panels. I thought this would be particularly noticeable on a B40 , where the front and back panels are quite large. The Atelier obliged and I can truly say that it is a flawless skin.

9 MONTHS to the day my Special Order was delivered and I literally did a happy dance in my living room after reading the email. I had literally been in store two days earlier and my SM was explaining that it’s down to leather availability and not all SOs for the store arrive at the same time (a few of the other clients offered had found out about each other at an event and naturally we got competitive LOL). That night’s sleep was splintered with dreams of tiny multi-coloured Birkins and me faking enthusiasm.

I picked it up the next day and with a glass of bubbles my SM revealed it. There are no pictures of the moment because it went in a blur. It was flawless. Looking at it, it was even more spectacular than I had day-dreamed it would be – and I had re-read the Ala Carte Request .pdf a few times a weeks for the 9 months. It was a Birkin a guy could carry. It was special – without being too special – and it was definitely within the ethos of Hermes.

Thanks for letting me share my SO story!

What a creative idea gemineye_girl, I’ll need to try it too ;)
Thx for sharing.

One of our community members forwarded me these images of a Birkin created with 7 types of leather in shades of green with a rose lipstick chèvre lining. Rumor has it that it retails for 30K. What do you think?

Love this topic girlfriend! I can’t wait to see the many replies.
For me it has to be the rodeo charms, CDC’s and clic clacs, oh and maybe a few shoes ?
I love everything I have, and truly the CDC’s are an obsession now but it;s fun to talk about it as Birkin Bait, LOL

Beautiful bags and matching accessories collection gal! ❤️?? Yeah! Don’t limit oneself and miss out on all the other colors or hardware fun!
For me, it’s also a mixture too. Gold, silver, rose gold! Dainty accessories! Exaggerated accessories ! Bring them on! I used to wear more colorful clothes. So recently into the black and white phrase! ? But always rotating the colors too. ❤️Kisses and hugs from instagram ! Eve~

I love your article, even though I can’t afford Hermès bags, I am like you, what I wear is for me not to be like everyone else and be a follower, never will be!! I am so happy to be just me!!! I wear and like both W or Y gold, big or smaller bags but bigger is more practical, I love neutrals but last year I found a lot of summer dresses exploding with colors and I am still shocked about it haha so if I move ahead there is always hope ???

All of this info is so helpful – I am so glad someone told me about PurseBop! I’m traveling to France and Italy later this year and want to make a few purchases. Hopefully a new LV bag and a Goyard. SN: I also feel like I’ve found “my people” on PurseBop. #homesweethome

What a beautiful story! Love Barenia! Many congrats on this amazing bag! She is a true classic ❤️❤️

Sharing Australian Updates as per @stylishsheba

Hi everyone,
Good news for my fellow Australians too as Van Clef & Arpels have also reduced their prices between 3 – 5% here. Because our website doesn’t have the prices listed, I only have the details of pieces I was inquiring about in December and their new prices my SA gave me, but to give you an idea, here are a few of the differences:
Magic Ring Mother of Pearl (MOP) 1 Motif Ring was $5,450, now $5,200
Earrings (matching) 3 Motifs was $11,000, now $10,500
MOP or Onyx 5 Motif Yellow Gold bracelet was $5,250, now $5,000
I’m really happy the price differences were passed on here as I have my eye on a few things!
Love Stylish Sheba xx

Ccomparison shot of the new Blue ZanzIbar (Clemence Evelyne) vs Blue Hydra (Chèvre Birkin)

Mustafa warm welcome to Boptalk!
That Etain looks magnificent on you. Do you have a chance to visit back to the store in the next few days to see if they can find you a color you like?
Envious, I love Paris. Keep us updated. Smiles :)

I saw the wisteria in Jypsiere on the US website

If you can afford the purchase, you can afford to pay the duty on it –

It never pays to try to avoid taxes. Someone I know failed to declare her purchases, was searched, fined and put on a watch list so that she is checked every time she comes into the country. I have always declared and, despite trying to pay my tax, was waved through on multiple occasions. And, as Purse Bop says, penalties and fees will add up to an amount way more than you would have paid had you just declared your purchases.

What an amazing news. The prices dropped in Canada too! Yay! I couldn’t believe when I checked the website, pulled up an email right away which I received from my SA last month, with detailed information on items and prices.

Perlée Clover bracelet sz. small in white gold $33,200 now $31,500 = $1700
Perlée bead of gold in white gold $6,150 now $5,800 =$350
Magic alhmabra ring (grey mop) $4,950 now $4,700 = $250
Prices in Canadian dollars!

Thank you for posting this article.

Here’s my new bolide 27 in Blue Zanzibar epsom PHW ( no filter) . I think this colour is between blue hydra and blue paradise …. what do you guys think?

I could not agree more with the the “Total Eclipse of Luxury”-article.
It is true, true luxury has died a long time ago. And social media plays a huge part in this: luxury items seem so suddenly so available. And people compare themselves a lot with their Social Media Influencer: “If she can buy this, then so can I”.
This has not only lead a bigger “variety of customers” to the stores, but also lead to pushing brands to be more trendy, and produce even more “new stuff” to keep the buzz going, as well as pushing all of this to their many stores. Especially their outlet stores. When visiting some of the huge Prada and Burberry outlet stores here in Europe, I am truely convinced that a lot of items in their stores are produced ONLY and directly for their outlet stores. This results to poorer quality in materials and finishes, but also in the fact that some brands are no longer perceived as “luxury brands” because you see their bags or clothes everywhere on everyone.

Honestly,
I don’t own an Hermès bag (yet). One of the reasons why I have placed my name on the wish list for a Kelly bag (aside from the artisan aspect and the fact that the Kelly bag is so beautiful, of course) is the fact that Chanel has become so ubiquitous: you see their bags everywhere! At the time, when my sister and I bought our first Chanel bags, we saw them rarely. It was always something special to see a girl walk by with a Chanel bag. Nowadays, you see many girls wearing the classic flap bag or boy bag. It is not that special anymore. Also, people travel a lot more than in the past due to low cost airlines. They go on holidays and come with tons of fake bags. And they show off the bags on Instagram too as if it were real ones.
Furthermore, the prices of the Chanel bags have augmented that much, that you are practically at the same level as an Hermès bag!

Anyhow,
For those who like reading on the topic of luxury and how everything changed the last decades, I can really recommend you the books below. I have read and re-read them a hundred times…
– Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster” by Dana Thomas
– The End of Fashion: How Marketing Changed the Clothing Business Forever” by Teri Agins

:-)

xx
Tiffany

Hey Boppers!

I’m so excited to share with you my new Hermes addition!
Many weeks ago I was collecting a few pieces from my local Hermes store and my lovely SM had two swatches aside to show me….Blue Zanzibar and Malachite. She asked my thoughts on the colours and if I’d be interested in a Verso Birkin 30 that was due to arrive this season (from what I’ve been told Hermes have produced a limited number of these bags in size 30 and 35, my local store was only receiving the size 30).

Fast forward and I received the call on Friday to say that my blue beauty had arrived…. I could not wait to see it for real and I wasn’t disappointed!

Here are some photos….. excuse my poor photography skills but I’ve tried to capture the real colour as best I can :) the blue is really vibrant whilst the green is dark. Oh and the leather is Togo :)

mrs_ledeme x

Today’s update:

My boyfriend walks in asking me casually if the purchases I made at Hermes are always under my own name or if I ever use my sister’s contact details. Me being curious I asked him why he needed the know. He explains that he visited the store (nr. 3 – see earlier comment below) today and he informed about the bag since my birthday is in a few months. The SA’s there checked the system 2 times but they could not find me in the customer data base (they only found my sister who only bought there once, for heaven’s sake) nor did they find my order. He said that the SA will check with the person who made the order 14 months ago and will get back to him. They also highlighted that a Kelly bag usually takes 2years to arrive, but “as I am not local” it will probably take a lot longer…

Honestly, I am so upset. I have done so many purchases in that store and all of a sudden I am not even a customer in their customer list anymore? They can’t even find the order while in January they answered my mail saying that I was still on the wish list…

This is so frustrated. I can understand why some people only buy pre-loved.

???

I absolutely LOVE these new Kelly handles ? It gave a modern touch to a classic bag! Totally in love with them ❤?

If I want a sporty canvas bag to take on my sailboat I’ll buy a waterproof one that I don’t care if it will self destruct after my vacation. Hermes and its new batch of MBAs is continuing to POPULARIZE and to dilute the EPV wonderful brand. Great for the nouveau riche who want an Hermes and can afford a $8000 bag plus $1000 strap at 25! Does nothing for me or my taste nor spending power. Plus the number of knock offs on streets of Paris and NYC are overwhelming and fakes are hard to detect these days. Sadly this pandering also is resulting in less stringent qc standards—my Kelly from 25 years ago looks 100% better than the one I bought only 3 years ago and I am not the only one who thinks this.

When the MBAs with no sense of real history of the brand started taking over a few years ago the first thing they did was put all the parfums, body lotions and cremes in the same non-descript white bottles and jars. I screeched at my saleswoman and then wrote a letter to which they never responded. If I want plain generic white bottles I can go to CVS in NYC or to Sephora anywhere. I think my love of HERMES is diminishing rapidly—if I want trendy I look at other brands such as Prada or Chanel. So as are so many of my contemporaries, I am going increasingly bespoke—wonderful creative designers, many of the same tanneries as Hermes, with all the clasps, zippers, and straps the PERFECT length and width for me, yes, me! Maybe it is my age. But what am I going to do with a handbag during the day that does not fit my sunglasses, my bifocals, and my Android plus wallet and keys?

Sorry to rain on your parade but I am really not enthuses and actually disappointed. Well, the wine colour suede worn with the herring bone coat is a great colour and the suede looks so supple—the top handle colours sort of ruin it for me. So I shall look for that colour if available without all the do dads.

Best shopping. To bed now because shows tomorrow. Bisous

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Thx for the update my Tiffany

I thought about writing a small update as it has been a while… (hopefully I won’t jinx it… :-s)

So,
I first of all: yes, I am still waiting for my bag. It has been about 1 year and a 2 or 3 months now… I guess that is still normal… *sigh*

My boyfriend was so kind for calling the different stores where I placed my order last year, as we celebrated our 10th year anniversary last year and he wanted to surprise me…

– Store number one: I have bought several items here in this store, often scarfs and small leather goods, both for me as for others. But I don’t have a special relationship with any of the SA there, but they are always supernice and friendly. When my BF called they told him, that they still have all of my details written down, but they don’t work with “orders”. “No bag is ordered, you just let us know what your wishes might be, and if anything similar ever pops in, we will call you…” I am so confused by their answer. All of the stores basically always give you a different answer and I really don’t know what to believe anymore…

– Store number two: remember the store that just scribbled my wishes pretty quickly on a piece of paper? Well, we are just skipping that store these days. Again, I bought quite a few things there, but they are never really friendly and seem to look down on people all of the time. So I am no longer investing any time or money in that store.

– Store number three: This is a major store in a major, expensive, rich city. When we walk through the streets, I always get the impression that literally everyone is sporting a Kelly or Birkin, or maybe that’s just my imagination. I have bought so many beautiful things in this store. Everyone is always supernice and friendly. I know some SA by name there, but when I tried to place my order with one of my contact persons there, he said I needed to come back after the January sales to place an order, as everything hectic at the time due to Christmas. So in February I went back, and placed my order with a SA who I didn’t know so well because ‘my’ SA was not there. At first she looked like she didn’t want to really take my order, but as I insisted (due to her colleague telling me to come back in February) she wrote down my wishes anyway. When my BF called them many months later, they of course said that the bag was not there yet, but it was good to call in regularly to show them that you are still interested. However, about a month ago, I checked again with them by mail -as suggested- and they somehow replied that the bag is still on their list, but they however “need to put a focus on local customers first”. This store is not in my home country, but as you know, I live near the border and I have several stores all within a hour’s drive from my home. I visit this town and store at least every 4-6 weeks! I was quite upset. I do see myself as a ‘local customer’. I just happen to live across the border! I explained this to them nicely of course in my reply, but I never got any feedback…

– Store number four: This is the relatively small, franchise store that is less then 25 minutes from my home. It is a pretty new store, so in the past, I never bought many things there, because of the many shopping trips to store number 3. However, they are always very nice to us. In December 2015 they happily wrote down my wishes, pulled out an demonstration Kelly for me, they really took their time. I was very happy at the time, but I figured that -because it is a franchise- it will take forever in getting my dream bag. But when my BF called them a while ago, they said that the bag is ordered for me. (on my name, is this how it usually goes, girls? like litteraly ‘especially for me’?). I was so happy! They said it would arrive in SS2017, which means it is possibly that the bag only arrives in December 17 or even later. They also said that it will probably not be in palladium hardware as requested but in gold… Again, is this normal that Hermès HQ changes your wishes? We will see what happens when (or IF) the bag eventually arrives, but if it will be gold hardware, I wouldn’t mind as I can pair them up with my gold zipper-Tom Ford boots (which sadly don’t match my Chanel silver hardware purses).
In the meantime, I really have put all of my faith and trust in this store. I have got to know SA pretty well, we have mailed a few times about some small purchases for myself and sister. I have for instance bought some Terre d’Hermes perfume there and some tableware… I try to visit the store frequently… and try not to spend ALL of the money that is meant for my dream bag on other things in the store… :-p

To make a long story short: Every store I visit seems to have a different approach and a different “explanation” or theory about the ordering process. And I literally don’t know who or what to believe any longer…
And the problem is: I am not such a patient person when it comes to my clothes or bags… :-p

If any of you have similar experiences or more advise to give, you are of course most welcome to share…

:-)

xxx
Tiffany

I agree with every thing you said with the exception of your first statement. I do not think the primary appeal of a Birkin or Kelly is exclusivity but rather quality. I do readily admit it’s elite status does play a part. For me the Constance is in this category as well.
I’m currently waiting, rather impatiently, for that call. My experience is that I established a lovely relationship with someone in my local boutique (as in we email and she hugs me when I enter) but have only purchased less expensive items. One day when looking at an Evelyn (which I lived but hubby hated) she said “when you’re ready for that Kelly let me know”. Honestly I was taken by surprise. I don’t consider myself a “big client”. Long story short the next time I went in we talked about colors and leathers and she said be patient it might take me awhile, I’m not very patient though lol.

I know I walked into the mothership store in Paris in August and bought a Kelly. I’d never shopped there before and I didn’t follow any process. Secondly when I returned to my home city a month later my local SA called me with a black and ghw Kelly which I bought and at the same time she offered me to do a custom bag. Thirdly 4 months later I got a call from my local SA offering me a red 30 CM birkin. So, these are more than 2 bags a year and easy to get!

@lionnlibra shares this comparison shot of Blue Hydra to Blue Zanzibar.
Any other pictures?

Thank you so much for your prompt reply! For the work bag (budget<€3500), I was thinking a small to medium sized bag like the Prada double bag. But it's a little boring and safe. I don't need something big enough to fit a legal size notepad. And for the weekend bag I was thinking something like a mini bag (budget <€2000), I currently own a small black small Chanel flap, I would like something a little more casual but will stand the test of time.

How exciting, a trip to Paris and the anticipation of buying a bag to boot! With the current currency situation any bag is a win-win situation.
Do you have a particular size in mind? For example, do you need to fit a legal size notepad in it?
For your evening bag do you have a budget in mind?

Pic courtesy @tkloves

I so love this bag that i took the picture to my boutique. Can you please tell me where you received yours?? my boutique says it doesn’t exist in the way it is depicted in the photo.

Love this article! I haven’t yet been fortunate enough to be offered a SO. But this guide clears up a lot of the questions I had about the process. I’ll be prepared when the day finally comes!