Novak by McQueen

[klow-chloe']

I hope they're nice too but of cause I'm not comparing then with the croc ones.

 

[PrincessImp.]

Yea, if I had money to spare, the croc one will definitely be my first choice!!

 

[baghag21]

I like the leather/canvas combo too...

meowmix...when will you be in Paris? Would love to know if the Novak will be in stores then...

klow_chloe...which Novak are you thinking of getting?

Do you think the stores will have the bag early next year, January-February 2006? Do stores get new season stock then?

 

[meowmix]

i won't be in paris until mid to late sept... in the meantime i'll be in biarritz. i'll def post if i get any more news... although taitai's doing a fabulous job of informing us

 

[baghag21]

^YES...taitai...thanks for the great job of updating this thread on the status of the bag. Hope you'll get yours soon and post pics for us to have yet another obssession

 

[Taitai]

i won't be in paris until mid to late sept... in the meantime i'll be in biarritz. i'll def post if i get any more news... although taitai's doing a fabulous job of informing us

Meow, remember I told you, MUST try to drop by Monte Carlo, maybe we can get our Gerald Darel python bags together!!

I'm waitlisted in McQueen Milan for the Novak choc croc and red leather, although I am still undecided about the size of the choc croc.

Meow, klow, chiangsi - my friend said to forget New York boutique because the SAs are saying all the leather versions were pre-sold weeks ago, never hit the floor, and the next leather batch is coming in in EIGHT (!) months - probably an exaggeration but who knows. London I think is the same. The NY boutique also apparently carried the leather version in dark brown and a color called rust. The beautiful croc and canvas combination that Swank posted yesterday will be selling for about US$7,000.

 

[PrincessImp.]

^
Thanks for the info, Taitai!
This bag is so different and lovely, it's like a breath of fresh as it's so structured, am looking for something new after the past two seasons of unstructured bags.

Oh yea, if you do get yours, please post pics!
Love to see how the novak will look on you

 

[klow-chloe']

Oh my! thanks taitai ...I think I would settle for the large red leather. The croc and the croc and canvas combo are too expensive.

 

[meowmix]

taitai, oooh i can't wait! i hope my suitcase will be ready

i kinda hope these do catch on... maybe if i don't manage to get ahold of one in these first shipments, the success of these bags will encourage mcqueen to keep continuing the line. i think i'm def going to get a red or green leather one, but i'd like to see the size of one of these bags in person before committing to one. both look really great... and the larger green croc looks beautiful on the runway

 

[gingerale]

hey girls, i think NAP is taking pre-reservation for the choc brown and red medium novaks which is due end of the month. you can put your name down and it means you are guaranteed of a bag when it comes in. i'm liking the brown but i have way too many brown bags.

 

[meowmix]

hmm from the nap pics, i like the brown leather better than the red leather... would like to see the green too though.

 

[klow-chloe']

ginger - where did you find the info from? NAP website? I can't seem to find it. They only ask you to put your e-mail addr and they will notify you.

 

[gingerale]

i actually wrote to customer care to ask them when the bags will be in and someone wrote back to say that they are accepting pre-reservations. her name is lucie. you can write them at [email protected] .

 

[Taitai]

The Net a Porter owner seems to be pushing McQueen. Read snippets of an article from Financial Times:

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Natalie Massenet, of www.Net-a-Porter.com , believes everything is "ladylike and much more pulled-together and polished than it has been for quite a few seasons". Running alongsidethis is what Massenet calls a "breakaway trend", which for this winter includes "quite a lot of rich boho 60s and a Victoriana vibe. But even if you do Victoriana it's still very polished; to summarise the whole season, it's uptown, not downtown."

At Selfridges, Lina Basma, the buying manager for designer wear, says she's still buying heavily into the "novelty jacket" - picture military and cropped tuxes - and the 1960s theme, encompassing "the 60s military with Balenciaga, and the romantic and Victoriana 60s blouses worn with structured pants or very floaty skirts". Anita Wong at Joyce says for daytime "it's long and lean . . . think 1950s capri pants, slimline pants, old Hollywood screen sirens". She also highlights a Russian aristocracy of yore theme, most manifest in "military styling, embellishment, trimming and details".

For more specific details, below is a list of the MIPs - Most Important Pieces - that have been recommended and categorised for easy adherence. Let the shopping commence.

Professional

For Massenet, this is all about McQueen. "He has done just the most fabulous herringbone tweed dress with three-quarter sleeves; it's very chic, perfect for meetings in a boardroom or presentations, worn with just a plain pump and the Novak bag."

Basma agrees wholeheartedly, citing McQueen's 1950s pencil-skirt suits as key items - the "50s office girl" as she calls it. But Kalinski takes a different view: "It's all about separates, so no jacket or trouser suits." He singles out a little coloured suede jacket by Jil Sander, worn over a turtleneck, while Wong advises a Sander blazer with a chiffon-pleated lining.

Partywear

Kalinski recommends fashion's current beloved label, Lanvin, singling out a "navy blue velvet, just-below-the-knee dress with waistband". Basma says that evening wear has gone "much more couture, very glamorous, very sleek; it's not about boho anymore, it's more ladylike sophistication" and gives full marks (again) to McQueen's big black bow dress.

Massenet says this category has to be about "the cocktail dress" and reports that Roland Mouret has "outdone himself", pointing to either a strapless dress or one with little cap sleeves, both figure-hugging, both black. For a spot of differentiation Hadida recommends Missotten's delicate inlaid-lace panel dresses "because they can be worn by day too", or some bejewelled dresses from Ann Demeulemeester.

Playwear

Massenet has two choices: a Juicy Couture paisley maxi dress and Maharishi belted safari dress "that you could slip on with flat boots and a big woolly scarf". Selfridges is predicting a comeback for combat trousers and recommends DKNY Pure. Kalinski plumps for "a velvet Rick Owens knee-length skirt for running around every day - it should be worn with a Libertine blazer (camel corduroy with a blue silk screen pattern)". Wong says playwear is a Dr Romanelli leather bomber jacket.

 

[Guessgirl96]

What size is the one in this pic?

http://www.thefashionspot.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=87692

If I get the bag, thats the size I want. I think I really Im biggining to like this bag, but I'm kind of not sure

Croc is definaltey waaaay too expensive. I know theres red and brown patent, are they doing a green patent leather too?

 

[klow-chloe']

thanks - ginger

 

[Taitai]

What size is the one in this pic?

http://www.thefashionspot.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=87692

If I get the bag, thats the size I want. I can't figure out if I like the bag enough to get it though, theres a part of me that really likes it, but a part of me thats not sure

Croc is definaltey waaaay too expensive. I know theres red and brown patent, are they doing a green patent leather too?

That one in the picture is the small.

The Milan boutique is referring to the sizes as Small and Medium (they're not using the term large.)

I haven't seen the patent leather? Where did you see it?

 

[Guessgirl96]

The very post in this thread is the red patent, and didn't someone mention brown patent as well?

I'm biggining to like the bag more and more the more I look at it, it looks so sophisticated. If these dont turn out so limited and hard to get ahold of, I think I may get one later on.

 

[Taitai]

^^^ Are the regular leathers patent? The leather looks "flat" to me. Not exactly matte, but not patent either.

The website has close up shots of the regular leather. Doesn't seem patent to me.

 

[klow-chloe']

Yes from NAP website the red looks like normal leather but the pic I posted on the first page looks patent to me. The patent would be nicer.