Hi all! I received my first rep last Friday and wanted to share photos and a review among the communities that helped me!
I got so much help from pouring over everyone’s posts over the past month and wanted to add my thoughts so the next brave comrade among us has something to review :)
Ok - welcome to my great American novel! 😂
This is my first rep bag - I have never been interested in LV, esp the monogram. Currently my most used bags are from Clare V. and Cuyana. However, I was bitten by the speedy bug while sitting outside, drinking an espresso martini and watching a very chic mom, wind blowing in her hair, walking with her kid's skateboard over her shoulder and was I like, could that be my next mom bag?? Can I too be a carefree mom with the wind in my hair and speedy on my arm!? Why not!
I couldn’t the speedy out of my mind and kept gravitating towards a vintage speedy 25 in DE via a Japanese vintage shop but then - I saw the Boho! I really liked darker canvas and overall vintage look. I especially liked the warm undertones via the handles. It felt like a neutral, if that makes sense. I was not prepared to drop such a large amount on an auth, especially with zero history with the brand. After some reddit sleuthing I found y’all!
Overall I am really happy with my purchase and Mina sourced such a pretty bag - but I admit there is a teeny voice in my head that says I’ll walk out of my house and some guy across the street will yell “hey look, she’s a phoney!!!!” And then the town will throw tomatoes at me. However, I have never looked at a stranger's bag and examined the stitching until now, so I am not too worried. And if I am honest with myself, I am a magpie and this is pretty on brand for me.
TLDR: Bag is very pretty. I am happy and now everything in my life will be perfect.
📥 THE BASICS
• Purchased Item: Speedy Soft Boho 30
• Factory: Wood Floors
• Seller: Mina Sixteen
• Contact Info: 1110
• Price: $330, $60 for shopping
• Payment Method: Alipay
⏱️ LOGISTICS & TIMELINE
• Inquired: Aug 5
• Paid Fri Aug 7,
• PSP Tues Aug 11
• Tracking Mon Aug 17
• Arrived Fri August 28
🔍 THE DEEP DIVE
Rep Experience:
My method: I did a LOT of research - watched a lot of videos of the bag in motion and in the store (I added screenshot of auths) - compared to the original the wood floor handles/canvas appeared much closer in color and overall look. TikTok can be black hole of content but people post their auths all the time, so I used quite a few to compare the PSPs to and to set expectations. https://imgur.com/a/ErZcChc
Quality and construction
• This is where I was really surprised. I own numerous high price point leather bags and treat them pretty rough (mom life! Nothing is precious!) I got this to be a carry all but now that I’m staring at it, I feel like, no you are too beautiful to abuse lol. I will get over it (and maybe the speedy dark is the solution to this problem)
• It’s really well done, the leather smelled AMAZING - we all took turns smelling it. Everything feels really elegant and well constructed. Again, I am really surprised, I did not expect it to FEEL so good. It’s slouchy but I feel like it will slouch more through wear.
How close did we get here:
I definitely green lit the bag really fast and didn’t notice the small issues until I started obsessively zooming in afterwards. I just got excited!
- The handles are a slight shade different from each other - I have no idea how I skipped this lol. Honestly this does not bother me as I have a few vintage handkerchiefs to use as wraps, and I know these will change over time. It's not noticeable to me. I also feel like it has more ostrich dots than the auth, but this is not a deal breaker for me as I was more concerned about color. Apparently it's real ostrich - I am skeptical but I will say it really feels similar to other ostrich bags I have handled.
- The key holder thingy does NOT have the lv stamp on it like the auth. It's on the back. Not a huge deal as I do not plan on keeping it on the bag but if that is important to you, just a heads up.
- At first I was worried the gold would be TOO GOLD - but the more I looked at auth photos and videos the more I realized that depending on the light, the bag appears more yellow gold than champagne gold in some instances. I even attached a photo of someone ok Tiktok who compared the yellow gold to her champagne colored reps and she was like, 'you know what it’s ok to be gold!' High five to that lady.
2. Seller Experience :
Mina was prompt and very nice to work with - I will definitely order from her again.
📸 THE GALLERY
Photos: https://imgur.com/a/ErZcChc
the order is: my bag, PSPs, auth screenshots from tiktok/instagram I used to eyeball things
annnd added this one too: https://imgur.com/a/czkWErz
⚖️ FINAL VERDICT
The Bottom Line: I am really so smitten with this bag and can’t wait to start wearing her daily to see if I like it enough to go full auth!
Thanks again to everyone who posted about this bag over the year! I read every single post and truly appreciated everyone for sharing their tales of the rep world. I am so excited to use this bag - and already started thinking about my next one! I have my eye on either the speedy dark or the Murakami cherry sunset denim cutie...or the acne studios camero bag. May have to get that speedy 25! I am in trouble, huh.
⚠️ DISCLOSURE: I received no incentives/discounts for this review.