for instance, look at this travesty. the chloe paddington was awesome because of the leather and the padlock. in general, the padlock is made from heavy hardware and now, the paddingtons have this lucite lock which is a fancy way to say PLASTIC. seriously?! you are going to charge us purse sheep THAT much for plastic?!!! yous so wrong...
the original padlock.
the cheap lucite versions (thanks calamari for the first padlock pic).
then comes marc by marc jacobs. when i bought the dr. groovee bag, i really dug the tarnished metal that he used for the hardware. i think it gives it character and fitted the leather really well. now, the new generation of dr. groovee bags have this super polished metal which i think looks cheap. i don't like the shine. what do you think?
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(calamari) the leathers are different from season to season too. i find that the later leathers on the paddys are much thinner and less supple. their rationale is that it makes the bag lighter. also on the later production of the mj stams, i believe the metal placard on the inside was relaced with a leather tag or the logo was directly embossed onto the lining. seems like they hike prices up every season, but quality goes down. i's a lose-lose situation.
i think it's a lose, lose situation too. i don't think the chanel quality has been that great either.
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