WannebeMK,
While I've not posted an NBF or any other bag on the other forum, one of our members posted her NBF day and an auth. day. As I recall, she was trying to point out the differences between an auth. and an excellent rep.
Get this: the psychos accused her of being duped in that they thought the auth. day was a replica. I don't remember the details, but it was HEATED.
Can anyone chime in with better memories?
As a side note, the side seams on my fangfang NF D.A. create an angled seam where the squares turn into little triangles. Anyway, at first I freaked out, but after pouring over the snapshots of auth. NFs on the other forum, realized that none of the bags have a consistently lined-up side seam.
In other words, you might expect that the squares at the seam line up perfectly so it looks like one continuous piece of fabric, but not so. The auths have a wildly varying, non-consistent side seam alignment. I've seen them so that the same colors batch so it looks like there are rectangles, where the squares are correct widthwise but don't quite line up vertically, and where they are sewn at an angle like mine.
Makes me feel better. I've cinched the sides in and I really like the profile. The tote is great.
I've decided. In the far-reaching future, I would order an orange alligator clutch from OMAS. That's about as structured as I could go. The deciding factor was my mom.
As some of you know, she's a rockin' 83-yr.old cancer survivor and all-too-recent widow after 50 years of marriage. So today, I get home from work and she's calling for me...
"Honey, check this out!"
And she emerged from the hallway carrying her vintage tobacco alligator bag from the 1950s. OMG. Lined in caramel lambskin. So Grace Kelly.
Way to go, Mom!
