Novak by McQueen

[morgan38]

I like it, but it's too expensive. I believe that it's around $13,000, right?

 

[klow-chloe']

That's probably the price of the croc one. They also come in leather and tweed which are cheaper. But the croc is the most beautiful out of them.

 

[Taitai]

I love it, esp. the croc. Its very film noir. I can see it being carried by a femme fatal in an old 40s B detective film. But I personally love that era and style.

The girl carrying the croc Novak I saw was in jeans, couldn't have been more than 24. THE BAG looked awesome with her very casual (but very chic) outfit. I think the bag would look good with any outfit.

 

[Browneyes]

I like this bag alot - i also saw it at the very end of the UK Vogue August.
I was wondering if anyone has seen it in tweed? or has any pictures to share of it in tweed? Because i really love what McQueen has been doing with tweed this season! but i haven't seen this bag in tweed yet...

 

[Taitai]

The Novak is included in Vogue's September MUST HAVE's. There's a photo of the brown croc version.

 

[la_mie]

Damnit I really want it Anyone been successful in getting one so far?

 

[Taitai]

Damnit I really want it Anyone been successful in getting one so far?

Nope
I've been calling the McQueen boutique in London. They have my name down but they made it clear, NO promises because they're getting the bags in such limited pieces. With the Vogue Sept. article, it's probably gonna be even more difficult to get the bag.

The London boutique quoted the price for the croc as 6,400 GPB.

 

[wyatt.]

thats not bad. i would have liked it more if it was shorter but wider

i agree. it looks like a bowling bag at the moment, and most likely a bottomless pit of a purse

 

[baghag21]

klow_chloe...thanks for starting a thread on this bag!!! I was just thinking about the bag last weekend when i saw it in one of the mags!!!

Would love to see one IRL to see if my heart does a flip or a flop !!! I love rigid, structured bags and this is definitely one of them. It is seriously vintage inspired. Without a doubt, the crocodiles look the best. Just like with most bags, the exotic skins look the best. However, personally, the only bag I would currently consider investing in a crocodile one would be a Birkin, Kelly or Constance .

While seemingly unique, the bag does look like a hybrid of Gucci and Pradawith a contemporary vintage flair. The fairly fussy details i.e. bamboo-like handle, twist lock, the wide vertical and the narrow horizontal leather piece with the rectangular hardware hold them together may work against it as being a bag that could survive on its own. Perhaps a dose of "limited edition/quantities" and a dash of the "celebrity-endorsement" may catapult the bag into longevity status....!?!?!?!

 

[Taitai]

Snippet from Daily Mail's article titled "THE WAITING LISTERS"
(**ps...they got the price of the croc Novak wrong! )

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Big designer brands, meanwhile, foster the advance feeding-frenzy by inviting favoured customers to 'trunk' shows -- a concept imported from the U.S., in which clients are plied with champagne and treated to a sneak preview of the season's key offerings.
Those who are already in on the pre-ordering secret point to the other advantages. If, for example, you are going to spend £500-plus on a hot new handbag or boots, you might as well land your prize as early in the season as possible, in order to get maximum wear from it.

Moreover, shopping in such a targeted way, they claim, means that you are less likely to make mistakes.

With the economy stalling, house prices stagnating and High Street sales at their lowest in six years, you could be forgiven for thinking that queuing for luxury items was a thing of the past.

But you would be wrong. If anything, the bar has been raised, since it is often the stratospherically expensive items that sell out the fastest and command the most impressive lists.

This season, for example, there are already queues at Harvey Nichols for the £500-plus crocodile ' Novak' bag -- an elegant, Fifties-style design from Alexander McQueen's debut handbag collection.

An even bigger trophy is McQueen's Fifties-style ruby red satin dress. The dress, which will cost approximately £7,500, is due to arrive at the Bond Street store in September and there are people on the waiting list already.

Not surprisingly, some items sell out -- or have already been assigned to prescient customers -- before they even hit the shops.

 

[klow-chloe']

Thanks for the article taitai "the £500-plus crocodile ' Novak' bag"

I want 10 of that bag please

 

[aya_k]

Snippet from Daily Mail's article titled "THE WAITING LISTERS".

can u link the actual article? i would love to read the whole thing. thanks

 

[coralmilk]

I really like it but I saw that red one in vogue portugal and it was 8000€. That's way too much...

 

[pasfoti]

Can anyone tell me if the Novak is out already? I was told they are not out yet but eBayers are already selling them.

 

[fashionista-ta]

I saw a price of $1200-1300 for plain leather--not bad. I like the bag a lot, especially in the smaller sizes--I think McQueen's off to a really good start.

 

[Taitai]

Thanks for the article taitai "the £500-plus crocodile ' Novak' bag"

I want 10 of that bag please

Klow, I know!!!!

I've been calling the McQueen boutiques almost every day asking for an update. Milan told me that they are getting it in Croc chocolate brown!!!!!! I would love this in chocolate brown!!!! Here's a teeny picture in croc choc. BEAUTIFUL!!

 

[masquerade]

the brown crocs are too die for. and i love that the smaller sizes can go over the shoulder

are the bags hard? the look like they are more of cases then a traditional purse. they are just stunning.

i think this may be the new celebrity it bag.

 

[Taitai]

the brown crocs are too die for. and i love that the smaller sizes can go over the shoulder

are the bags hard? the look like they are more of cases then a traditional purse. they are just stunning.

i think this may be the new celebrity it bag.

Yes the bag is very structured. I've only seen the croc light blue/grey/taupe-ish in real life. That was the sighting that got me really interested in the bag. The croc had variations of the color - so it didn't look flat, but very rich in color, and I liked that the hardware was darker in real life for that color.

 

[meowmix]

that choc brown looks and sounds beautiful!!!

 

[klow-chloe']

It is indeed beautiful