The Balenciaga Thread (June 2003 - February 2009)

[BethC]

Thank you! and Happy New Year!

Everytime I say I'm done for a while, I always find a new color that I like...now I'm waiting for the Electric blue bags to come out, I'm on the WL for a city...

 

[kimair]

beth...gorgeous bags!

i heard that the electric blue bags are starting to come in at bal ny...
i hope that means the yellow isn't far behind...

 

[booradley]

Beth i love your ocean work makes me wish I had gotten a color.. but I never would have been able to choose just one, so I got a black one

Thanks for everyone who offered help and advice to me in this thread, I ended up going with Barneys because it was way less complicated than ordering from Bal NY. Heres two pics of my Black Giant City taken with my crappy macbook webcam (normal camera was lost NYE

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Question though, does the giant city usually come with studs on the bottom of the bag cause mine didnt..

Also is there anyway to make the shoulder strap longer as I didnt realize it was so short, it wont even hang below the bottom of my bag.

And finally on my bill it said it was an "Arena Giant City Classic" does the arena in the name make it different than a normal Giant city because thats what I ordered over the phone..

thanks again and lovely bags to all the girls above me, can't wait until I can afford a yellow giant clutch!

 

[kimair]

congrats on your bag booradley!

no, the city doesn't come with "feet" on the bottom...only the work...
and i believe "arena" comes from the leather that is used...

not sure about the length of the strap...

 

[chauss]

ok kids, today was magenta 05 WE day. hey, the temparture here DROPPED 45 degrees in 24 hours, so it was time to bring out the big guns....B)

p.s. note new bal booties!

p.p.s man, bal just doesnt make leather like they used tooo.......hey nicky g, what's up?B)

 

[PursePrincess]

Chauss,like alejandro saID,You are FIERCE!!

 

[Ciao Bella]

Looking fantastic chauss...as always...love the magenta WE...SO much nicer than the pale magenta of this season and let's see that scarf...another shot of the scarf please!

CB

 

[booradley]

chauss did you put some sort of leather treater on your bag to make it so shiny or did it just come like that?

ok thanks kimair i didnt think it came with feet but someone told me the city did too.

 

[Mona13]

beth - love your bal collection!

chauss - you look amazing! thanks for the pic

ciao - <3 i agree, i wish 08 magenta was more like 05...

 

[chauss]

PPrincess, thanks!

CB, thanks and scarf is louis vuittion sprouse cashmere. it is yummy. i have more pix in the LV sprouse scrf thread.B)

boo, the leather on mag 05 is SUPERIOR!! no treatment, just amazing leather. the only thing i do is an occasional spray of apple guarde.

mona, thanks.

 

[fashionispoison]

chauss i am so jealous of your 05 bbags!

 

[booradley]

mmhm the leather is definately very different.. haha

 

[alix*]

Beth! You have so many
I especially love the dark purple/indigo bag and the black day bag.

 

[Filippa]

I didn't find a black clutch in London...
I only went to Selfridges and Harrods... Selfridges had a gorgeus clutch in red with GGH... But I want a black one!

If I remember right, someone said here that Balenciaga is opening a shop in L.A. Was it Beverly Hills? Is it open now??

 

[caroulemapoule]

I'm so slow, just found this thread today, so I will give you guys/girls some pictures of my current Balenciaga collection...

 

[kimair]

caroulemapoule i love your oval!!
i've been searching all over for one, but i can only seem to find them in truffle (and i'm not a brown bag girl)...
is yours ink?

 

[BethC]

Thanks everyone!!

Booradley- Congratulations on your first Bal - it's addicting!!

I did go back to BAL NY yesterday and added an Ocean makeup clutch and a Lilac (2006) Pochette (clutch)...really gorgeous!! I can't believe that still had one! I totally love it.

 

[BethC]

Here's the new Lilac clutch...

And the Ocean makeup clutch...

And my Ocean work and makeup clutch together...

I'm still waiting for an EB city and two coin purses, one EB and one BG Pink and then I'm going to hold on for a bit...I think!!

 

[caroulemapoule]

Kimair: Thank you. Yes, mine is ink, I got it from the Bal store in Paris, around january/february last year...

 

[fashionispoison]

newest acquisition...05 metallic pink box
pic from ebay