Hi guys welcome to my channel I'm Eileen in today's video I want to talk about
the YSL or Saint Laurent pouch. Really I use this as a clutch but on
their website, they actually call this a pouch. The one I have is in the smaller
size they also do one in the bigger version and I would just put a picture
somewhere here to show you how that one looks like. I went for the smaller size
because it looks really cute and it's big enough for me to carry everything I
need and it's quite a bit cheaper and I'm just going to show you what the bag
comes in. It comes in this really sturdy box. The box feels really substantial so
you open up like so and that's the bag
and they also give you a pouch now I have to say this pouch feels really
really well made. In fact it feels even better quality than the Chanel ones and
now with the Chanel classic double flap they would give you a really nice pouch
but if you get like boy flap and that pouch is not really about well made. This
feels a lot better to be honest. so says Saint Laurent on that and also in this
black envelope and there are some care cards, so they just tell you how to look
after the bag. And that's even a little cleaning cloth in here this just looks
like one of those in microfiber cloth that you use to clean your glasses with
and even on this cloth we say Saint Laurent and I have to say that I'm very
impressed with the packaging I feel like it comes very nicely packaged and I
think this will make a really good present for someone special
let's say your mother, sister, girl friend I think anyone will be so happy
to receive this as a gift. So this bag is in black color with gold hardware if you
know me you know my favorite combination is black and gold, I just think is so
timeless and it goes with everything. So there are Chevron patterns on the
back these I think just gives the bag such a clean and classic look and the
leather is in the aged calfskin leather so it's not a very polished leather so I
feel like with this kind of my bag it's almost like the Chanel reissue you don't
really have to worry about scratches too much. The YSL logo is only on the front
of the bag so there's nothing on this side of the bag and on the side it comes
with a leather strap and this is detachable I usually just keep the strap
on anyway and I think it's a very very handy feature to have so if you really
need to be hands-free just put that around your wrist and you're quite
alright to use both hands and usually I do that anyway and they carry the bag
way so I just want to give you a more close-up look at the bag so again this
is in the aged calf skin leather with brush gold hardware so these little
leather strap I just want to show you on the buckle I'm not sure if you can see
that's a little engraving there that says Paris and then on the zipper the
little tag here again does and engraving that says Saint Laurent Paris so I
really quite like the attention to details on this path I think they've
made some really good effort on tiny little elements like these. So let's look
inside the bag oh the zipper this zipper is so smooth so it's really
easy to open and close the bag and in fact this zipper reminds me of the zipper
that Louis Vuitton does, iit's very very well made. Inside the bag
I think it's a very thoughtful design it's not just a black hole and this is
not leather and so the inside of the bag is made of fabric which I'm completely
okay with I feel that with a clutch bag I don't really want it to be very heavy
anyway so with fabric is certainly lighter. So on this side of the bag
there's like a bigger pocket and that's a little leather tat there that says
Saint Laurent Paris made in Italy and on the other side of the bag again
there's a bigger pocket bag and six other card slots
so the compartments are very generous so you can really organize your cards or
your cash very very well and the middle compartment is really quite enough for
me to carry everything else so I usually keep my cards on this side and then leave
a bit of cash on this bigger compartment here and then everything else will just
go in the middle. I just want to show you what I can fit in the bag now because
there's a clutch bag I don't use it for work and I mainly use it for the
weekends for when I go out for shopping or running errands so really I only
carry that very basic essentials. I've organized my carts and cash in there so
there's some cash in that bigger pocket and some cards on this side and I also
put my keys in the bag so this is my coin purse
and I know a lot of people don't even carry cash or coins anymore
so if you are one of them and there's more space for you to carry other things
next is my iPhone 8 plus that goes in very comfortably into that big pocket I
don't usually carry a lot make up in fact I don't even top up my makeup when
I go out try usually just carry a few things this is my sun protection powder
a small hand cream, a perfume atomizer I
usually carry my wireless headphones and these are very handy to have and if I
bring my little boy out for skiing lessons or swimming lessons I can keep
myself entertained and we just listen to some music while waiting for you now you
can see there's still quite a bit of space there for things like and maybe a
little compact powder or some lipstick
so I can zip the back up pretty easily now in the summer months I usually will
bring my sunglasses and if I do put the sunglasses in there I would then take my
little hat sets out from the box
and put them in there and again I can still zip the back up really really easily
and so this is just what I usually bring if you carry a lot more things than you
can definitely consider the bigger version but as for me I'm very very
happy that I got the smaller version I will include a few more things shots
just so you can see how the bag looks on me. So this is the only YSL
piece in my collection and also my only clutch bag so far I'm quite impressed
and I think the quality is really good and I think this goes with a lot of
things I wear. So if you are considering I would say go for it
I really do recommend this piece and I've got this back in August so it's been
about two and a half months now and I've used this quite a bit so far I can't see
any wear and tear it still looks completely brand new this
bag retails at 390 pounds and I actually got this on Mytheresa when you're doing
a 10% off on everything on their website and so that saved me quite a bit of
money now I usually do recommend people to sign up to their email subscription
and I know nobody likes spammy emails but Mytheresa really does some
really good discounts and when they do you really want to be the first one to know
add that wish list item to your basket and check out. I also make this purchase on
Quidco which is a cashback website and that gave me about 3% cashback so
overall I make about 45 pounds in saving which really is quite a bit of
money. Now I love buying luxury bags and sometimes shoes and if I can
make a bit of saving out of that I'm all up for it so I hope you've enjoyed the
video and if you find it helpful give me a thumbs up consider subscribing I want
to thank you so much for watching and have a good day