LV Marelle MM!

[ForteKitty]

I found out I''m getting one for Christmas! Yippee!!!

PURSE

 

[Mara]

ooooh i love it...i am already on the lookout for my next LV purchase..

i love the looping arm strap. you will have to report back on how it fits on the arm etc.

 

[ForteKitty]

Date: 12/2/2005 2:04:46 AM
Author: Mara
ooooh i love it...i am already on the lookout for my next LV purchase..

Bad, BAD Mara! you just got your Coussin!

I am sooo excited about this... never been much of a purse girl until now. Ya know, this is mostly your fault... you posted that cute purse of yours and I started looking. Now look what happend!!

 

[butterfly 17]

That bag is cute, I believe it has a detachable strap so you can carry it as a clutch when you go out. Very chic!

I actually thought about getting it, but the thing I don''t like about it is that you have to unbuckle both buckles to get to the inside of your bag. It''s a PITA, in my opinion.
Imagine everytime you need to get to your wallet or cell phone, you have to spend time unbuckling it! By the time you get the phone out, it would be too late.

 

[Lorelei]

If Mara is bad then so am I Fortekitty

I have just bought two Dooney and Bourke bags and I love them

Being a bad girl is FUN!

I love that bag you posted too - lucky you , is your SO buying it for you?????

 

[moremoremore]

So pretty! Although I seriously have a problem where my bags keep getting bigger and bigger...That's like a change purse for me LOL

You know it's a problem where I go straight to the luggage section to see if anything can be used as a handbag!

 

[MissAva]

Do you have the Ammar 3? I can fit pretty much everything I need in that bag, though it ends up weighing a ton when I do.

 

[Mara]

Date: 12/2/2005 2:19:35 AM
Author: ForteKitty

Date: 12/2/2005 2:04:46 AM
Author: Mara
ooooh i love it...i am already on the lookout for my next LV purchase..

Bad, BAD Mara! you just got your Coussin!

I am sooo excited about this... never been much of a purse girl until now. Ya know, this is mostly your fault... you posted that cute purse of yours and I started looking. Now look what happend!!

I know...SHHH Greg doesn''t know just yet.

I am still loving my Coussin, but yanno a girl can look around. There are more than a few LV''s I''d love to own.

I love the idea of removing the arm to use it for a clutch, sassy!! Pain about the buckles though but I never can find my phone anyway inside my bag so it wouldn''t be anything NEW to not answer it in time..

re: smaller vs larger bags...every time I go larger I end up packing it with stuff. So I find that by staying a little bit smaller I am more regulated on what I can put into it. The pochette was a little too small for daily use but the Coussin is a little big, still fine but I have alot of extra space.

 

[Kaleigh]

I love it, and have my eye on a LV as well for Chrsitmas!!

 

[butterfly 17]

I love the idea of removing the arm to use it for a clutch, sassy!! Pain about the buckles though but I never can find my phone anyway inside my bag so it wouldn't be anything NEW to not answer it in time..

Mara,
YOu don't use the cell phone holder inside the Coussin? I think that's one of the best features of that bag. It makes finding your phone really easy!!!

Oh, and I am wrong about the removable strap, that is on the marelle pochette, not the MM.
Still, it is a beautiful bag!!!

 

[ForteKitty]

Date: 12/2/2005 10:25:10 AM
Author: butterfly 17

I actually thought about getting it, but the thing I don''t like about it is that you have to unbuckle both buckles to get to the inside of your bag. It''s a PITA, in my opinion.
Imagine everytime you need to get to your wallet or cell phone, you have to spend time unbuckling it! By the time you get the phone out, it would be too late.

What?? i have to UNBUCKLE it? dangit.. i should have checked it out at the store first. It doesn''t have those ultrapowerful magnets that i just snap open? Grr....

OTOH, maybe i should get a tiny LV phone carrier that hangs on my purse...

 

[SeaOats]

Very nice!!!

 

[ForteKitty]

I GOT IT!! (sneaky me... i said it''s losing monetary value as we speak, so he gave it to me early!)

Pro: I LOVE the style, it''s slim and easy to carry.

Con: Those stupid buckles are a bother.

I dunno if i want to keep it or not, but i can''t find any other style i''d rather have at the moment, so I''m gonna wait a while and just let it sit.

But it is beautiful!!!!

 

[Mara]

Date: 12/9/2005 9:05:30 PM
Author: ForteKitty
I GOT IT!! (sneaky me... i said it''s losing monetary value as we speak, so he gave it to me early!)

Pro: I LOVE the style, it''s slim and easy to carry.

Con: Those stupid buckles are a bother.

I dunno if i want to keep it or not, but i can''t find any other style i''d rather have at the moment, so I''m gonna wait a while and just let it sit.

But it is beautiful!!!!

I want ARM SHOTS!!! We don''t have to wait til Xmas right?

Is there another LV you''d want if the buckles prove to be too much of a PITA? I don''t know that I''d love buckles, they should be snap on or something for ease of use.

Just hang it on the door and stare at it for a few weeks, I love doing that with my new purses.

 

[ForteKitty]

Date: 12/10/2005 3:19:52 AM
Author: Mara

I want ARM SHOTS!!! We don''t have to wait til Xmas right?

Is there another LV you''d want if the buckles prove to be too much of a PITA? I don''t know that I''d love buckles, they should be snap on or something for ease of use.

Just hang it on the door and stare at it for a few weeks, I love doing that with my new purses.

Hahaha, i''ll get arm shots tomorrow. I''m gonna take it to a hockey game tomorrow, so it''ll get plenty of photos!

Welll... i do like the ellipse petite, but i can only carry it, not wear it. It''d get annoying after a while. I LOVE the horizontal Coussin, but they didn''t have it at South Coast so i didn''t see it in person. And it''s $175 more than than the regular one so i don''t think it''s worth it. Your Coussin looked fabulous on you, but it was too big on me. I"m 5''2 and 105lbs, and it made me look like a short bag lady.

Maybe it''ll look better if I was wore heels, which puts me at a whopping 5''5, but i''m a flip flops girl.

The mini one of this bag is ADORABLE!!! Sac de Nuit MM However, I think someone would murder me if i got it....

 

[ForteKitty]

Actually, what do you think of this? Ribera Mini

 

[ForteKitty]

No arm shots yet. I ended up taking pictures of everyone else at the game.

We took it to the Costa Mesa store again to see if there was another style which was more "user friendly", but I couldn''t find anything i like as much. The lady who was helping me mentioned that my purse was made particularly well, which made me wonder why she said it. I was under the assumption that all LV purses are made the same. She then pulls out the Marelle from under the counter, and I noticed that their purse was not sewn very well at all! The front flap was slight wavey, and the stitching looked rough. Then I looked at the inside, and noticed that their''s was made in the USA, and mine was made in France! At that point I freaked out because I thought mine was fake or something, but she assured me that eLuxury gets their merchandise from the French factory, while a lot of the stores in the US receive their merchandise from the US factory. *whew* US factory? I didn''t even know there was a US factory?!

Anyway, i''m gonna keep it. Surprisingly, it stores a ton of stuff for susch a flat purse. Wallet, camera, house & car keys, cell phone, lipgloss, compact, lotion, and some other random little things. I tried shoving a water bottle in it, but that didn''t fit. Well, it did, but it wouldn''t buckle anymore.

So... I''m happy with my purse.

Now I need a matching wallet.

 

[Sundial]

Congratulations on your new bag ForteKitty! It is SO cute and all LV is good!!!

 

[SeaOats]

Congrats!!

I''m glad you are going to keep it, I think it is just lovely!!

Still waiting for those "arm shots" hehe

 

[ForteKitty]

i feel stupid asking someone to take a picture of me wearing the purse, and all the ones i tried taking with a timer... well, I looked awful from the side. Didn''t realize i gained that much weight!!