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Today we are doing an unboxing
from Net-A-Porter, from Saint Laurent.
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So as I mentioned, today we have a Saint Laurent unboxing.
A new bag.
Slowly but surely, Saint Laurent
is starting to be one of my favorite bag brands.
First I thought, I don't know,
honestly, it's hard to tell who my favorite is,
'cause I have, I have a lot of Louis,
I have a lot of Fendi, I have a lot of Bottega.
But most of my Bottega stuff is shoes.
Slowly why this is starting to be one of my favorites,
let me tell you why, quickly.
Their stuff is more affordable.
Okay, it's still expensive,
but it's more affordable
as far as compared to other luxury brands
and they're more attainable basically.
And not only that, the quality is outstanding
for all the bags I have from them.
And I have three.
This is number four.
But I have three.
I also have one card holder, two card holders.
And quality for all of them.
Although different materials are different,
different colors, different styles,
they're all basically universal.
Versatile.
Universal as far as, you know,
quality all the way across the brand.
Which is very impressive in things that I look for.
Also a great thing about the brand
is that they go on sale.
They have sales, which we all love, right?
I mean, who doesn't love a sale?
So let's dive right into what I got.
I did get this bag from Net-A-Porter
because the Saint Laurent website
had this bag out of stock.
And y'all know, I don't just wait.
- Boy, that escalated quickly.
- Only person I wait on is Jesus.
And I was not about to wait if I had other options.
- It jumped up a notch.
- It did, didn't it.
- But, if I didn't have other options
I would have had to wait.
But that's just waiting on Jesus, okay?
So it came in a dust bag, as they normally do.
I don't have the box anymore.
I threw it away.
But here it is.
You already know what it looks like.
So no need in dragging this out any further.
I got the small Loulou quilted shoulder bag.
And I got it in this,
I don't know what color is this.
I will have it onscreen.
It's gorgeous.
I did sell my Givenchy Mini Antigona bag in white.
I semi regret it.
I regret it because I loved the bag.
I am going to get the bag again in a different color.
But I just regret it.
I mean, I don't regret selling it
because it was white,
and it showed up dirt like nobody's business.
Now, to be fair, I didn't babysit, you know,
I didn't babysit it at all.
I wore it a lot, back to back to back to back to back.
And, it took a toll on the bag.
This one, I plan on taking much better care of.
I did regret not having a lighter color bag in my collection
other than the Louis Vuitton Croisette in Damier Azur.
I forgot.
Anyway, I'm very happy to have this bag in my repertoire.
I love the silver hardware.
It does have silver hardware on it.
And it feels so plush and things.
Now, I also bought an insert for it.
I refuse to wear it.
I've gotten to the point where I will not wear my bags
unless my insert is in, and ready to use, in the bag.
I'm diggin' an insert.
It does have a snap closure, by the way, if you heard that.
Pretty tight.
And of course you can wear it cross body,
long link shoulder bag.
Or you can wear it, shoulder bag, double links.
And I've got pop of color from my bag insert.
I'll link to where I got it, down below,
in the description form.
But actually it's two different inserts,
because, let me just take this out
so you can see what the actual bag looks like.
In case you don't want an insert.
So I have two inserts, they look the exact same.
I have this one, it has three interior pockets.
It has one bigger one, then two smaller ones there.
And then the exact same on the other ones.
So I have two.
And the reason I have two is
because the inside of this purse
has two interior compartments.
There's one at the back there. and then one at the front.
The front one is slightly wider.
Also there's a zippered compartment in the middle.
You probably can not see in there,
but you know how deep it is.
Also, inside of the actual bag,
there's also an interior pocket along the back.
And there usually is.
See that?
And that's it for the interior storage.
It has a pretty soft fabric on the inside,
so it should be easy to clean.
It's not like, you know, cotton or anything like that.
I actually don't know what the material is called,
that's why I'm not telling.
So I've no idea what it's called.
But I'm sure you can find it on the site,
usually in the item description and things like that.
It tells you everything you need to know about material,
fabric, and so forth.
It's a really nice bag.
I've been wanting a Loulou for the longest,
and I finally caved and got it.
Let me be completely upfront with you guys.
I do have wish lists.
There are some things that stay on my wishlist forever
because I can't justify price.
There are other things that stay on my wishlist
for maybe a day or two, and I'm just like,
okay, screw it, I'm gonna get it.
And that's what happened with this.
I just went ahead and got it.
I just wanted it.
Also on the handle, on both handles actually,
it says Saint Laurent Paris on there.
Yes, there's also a Saint Laurent Paris
in silver writing in the interior there.
The back doesn't have a pocket,
if you wanted to know about that.
All your pockets are in here, or your pocket,
yeah, two pockets, a zippered pocket,
and then the side pocket that I showed you.
I really wanted a bag with silver hardware too,
because I think all the bags I own are gold hardware.
So I just wanted something a little more casual.
This definitely gives me casual vibes.
I do however, have a plan for this one so it doesn't stain.
I can wear dark denim with it and it'll be okay.
This is some suede and nubuck protector.
It's a water and stain repellent.
I saw this on the purse blog forum, a purse forum,
and it was highly recommended to protect your lighter bags
from staining and rain damage and such.
It comes in a bottle like this.
It's Synovia, that's the brand.
S-Y-N-O-V-I-A.
That's the brand.
And I got it from Nordstrom.
It was 11 bucks.
I actually got three cans of this
so I can have it on hand.
'Cause from what I read, correct me if I'm wrong,
let me know if you've used anything like this.
I think if it gets rained on,
after you've sprayed it on here,
you'll have to repeat the process.
I don't know if that's true.
It is a water and stain repellent though.
So, I'm excited to see how this works.
I might actually, I don't have anywhere to hang it.
I kind of do.
- So bold strategy, Cotton.
Let's see if it pays off.
- Oh no, I can't hang it there.
I thought it came out, and I don't know.
Bad idea right now.
But I'm gonna spray this right after the video,
and keep you posted on how this works in the future,
and if it protects anything, if it's just a bunch of crap.
I don't think that, because a lot of people
recommended this to me.
So yeah, this is the bag.
It's really nice.
Do y'all want a 'what's fits?'
Let's see what fits.
I mean, honestly, it fits a ton, you know.
I have a card holder here.
This is just a random Saint Laurent one.
You know, it's very roomy inside,
like look, that barely takes up any space.
I mean, obviously it fits your phone in there.
I just have a 10 Pro Max, y'all know that, 11 Pro Max.
Gonna put that in here.
Normally, like I always say,
I don't put my phone in my purse.
But, because it fits, why not?
So that's where we are now.
So we have room for, let's just say this is a six key.
This is like a necklace, sort of, yeah, it's a necklace
that you can put in, like cards and things like that.
It's a random accessory.
That can fit in there.
Let's just say this is the six key
'cause I don't have that in here right now.
Look at that now.
Still room on this side a little bit.
You can put lip product in there.
You can put Air Pods.
You can put a full size wallet even if you wanted to.
Hand sanitizer, hand wipes, the list goes on.
You can store a lot, okay?
So I don't have many more necessities than this.
These are all of my necessities
that I would carry in a purse.
You know, lip product, card holder,
sometimes I'll carry a six key if it fits.
If not, I don't worry about it,
'cause I can get in my house without a key.
Phone, I don't put that in here.
Hand wipes can fit wherever I want to put it,
whatever bag I want to put it in, so.
I really like this.
I'm gonna put this back.
Because I plan on spraying this bag.
Uh-oh, Grub Hub texting me, I ordered food.
Okay, got it.
Also, if you want to know price, let's get into that.
Because this was not on sale.
Also I should tell you,
Saint Laurent is one of those brands that do go on sale.
Like for Black Friday they had a lot of bags on sale,
but I got it right before Black Friday,
so I kind of defeated the purpose of it.
Not right before, I got in October.
I guess that is right before.
It was 21,10, 21,11, basically.
And also if I haven't told you in the past,
or if you haven't heard,
if you see a bag that you want
on an overseas website,
Net-a-Porter, 24S, Selfridges,
Mother Teresa?
Mytheresa, sites like that.
You can save some coins,
because they're cheaper overseas.
Think about when you travel, you buy a bag in Europe,
it's much cheaper than to buy it in the States.
So, think that same mentality
when you buy bags from overseas online,
you save a couple hundred bucks.
So in a sense, I'm really glad
that it was sold out on the Saint Laurent website,
it's like my sign to go somewhere else to find it cheaper.
Although it was just a couple hundred bucks,
that's a couple of hundred bucks
you could put on something else.
Even if it was $10, I would probably do it.
And also the shipping is super fast too.
From Net-a-Porter, it literally takes a couple of days
with express shipping.
And I think the express shipping was free.
If not, they have like ShopRunner,
or something like that, that gives it to me faster.
But I'm gonna spray this as soon as possible
because I don't want it to stain.
I really like the color.
I like the off-white, ivory look to it.
I do plan on getting a true white bag.
I do believe I want Chanel Classic Flap,
or like a Chanel 19 or something.
I don't know yet.
If you have any recommendations, leave them below for me.
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