My Own Little Louis Vuitton. (Louis Vuitton Handbags)

Member Name: bubbles12

Product:	Louis Vuitton Handbags
Date:	28/10/08 (856 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: gives you good fashion status, a must for every woman.

Disadvantages: the price...

I am sure many of you will know the brand Louis Vuitton, I instantly think handbag and my eyes light up at the thought of them.

Although I have always dreamed of a Louis Vuitton bag, I have never had the money to buy one and if I have had a bit of extra cash, I could think of other things to spend it on as these can be really expensive.

My dreams finally came true on the 8th October this year, my husband treated me to my very own genuine Louis Vuitton handbag for my birthday, I knew I had married him for a reason, bless him.

LOUIS VUITTON HISTORY

The Louis Vuitton Designer fashion brand was founded in 1854, by a man named Louis Vuitton Malletier also known as Louis Vuitton or LV for short.

Louis Vuitton is a Famous French designer, who specialises in fantastic leather goods such as handbags, wallets, belts, luggage and even jewellery, all of which are made by hand in Paris.

Over the years we have seen many different designs and colours of the Louis Vuitton brand, many of which have been designed by the famous fashion designer Marc Jacobs. The most recent Louis Vuitton designs also being inspired by Marc himself.

Louis Vuitton is recognised internationally by many fashion followers, and is constantly advertised by major celebrities supporting their brand. Therefore making them the must have bag.

This brand is one of the oldest fashion designers in the world, and has become so desirable that Louis Vuitton no longer need to advertise as the items speak for themselves, They now only sell their brand through retails stores or at their web site www.louisvuitton.com.

MY OWN LITTLE LOUIS VUITTON

On my birthday my hubby took me to Leeds to visit the Louis Vuitton shop, I didn't have a budget as such but I was not allowed to spend thousands.

As soon as I saw this bag I knew it was the one, it felt like when I was getting me wedding dress, you just know when it's the one.

I settled for a monogram canvas clutch bag, from the current 2008 Beverly collection range. This stunning little clutch bag has a clasp that closes the bag and is engraved with the signature Louis Vuitton brand logo.

The bag is dark brown with little beige LV logos all over it and gold/ brass detail buckles, it also comes with a removable strap so you can use it as a clutch or a shoulder bag.

The bag is fully lined with a suede material, similar to a shammy leather and has a cowhide trimming around the bag and on the strap.

This bag consists on one main compartment and a smaller zipped inside pocket, attached to this pocket was a leather cowhide tag that displayed my bags unique serial number.

Although this bag is a lot smaller than I would usually go for at only 10inch x 4.7inches long and 1.8 inches wide. I adore it and I will only use it on special occasions, as I can only fit so much into it.

If this amazing bag wasn't enough it came with its own protective Louis Vuitton dust bag to protect it when it is not in use, and it was wrapped up perfectly in a Louis Vuitton store bag that was made of thick card and embossed with the brand name, then neatly finished with cream LV branded ribbon.

I also got all of the authenticity cards and paperwork to correspond with my brand spanking new Louis.

Lastly as I was leaving the shop a sales assistant informed me that they do s repair service, so if I damaged my bag in any way they could fix it for me. I didn't even know Louis Vuitton offered this service so I learned something I didn't know about Louis Vuitton.

PRICE

Some of you may now be saying how crazy I am, as this cost my old man 420.00.

I know, this will pay my mortgage for a month and I am so stupid at letting him spend this money for a little bag, many may think I should have got knock off for 30.00 but I have always wanted an authentic Louis Vuitton bag.

COUNTERFIT BAGS

As Louis Vuitton is such a desirable brand, it has now become one of the most counterfeited brands available today, with only 1% of Louis Vuitton bags around being original and authentic.

So the next time you walk down the street and see a young girl proudly supporting a LV monogram bag, you can bet your life it is a fake.

This really bugs the life out of me, when you get these chav's in tracksuits supporting a fake LV bag on their arm, they are not doing the brand any good and I just want to scream at them.

Remember that LV only sell in stores or online, so if you try to get one off ebay you are most likely to get a fake at a very steep price, If they can product a sales receipt this would be the only way I would trust buy one from ebay.

LEEDS LOUIS VUITTON STORE

Well what can I say, as soon as you walk in you can smell the leather and instantly makes you take deep breaths to inhale as much of this luscious smell as you can.

Unlike many Louis Vuitton shops I have been in the staff were very friendly and let us roam around freely, without us feeling like suspected shop lifters. I did notice that nothing was priced so it is a shop that if you have to ask you can't afford it.

The sales lady was very quick to help; well she should be for the price of the things in there. She laid out a cloth and placed my bog onto it, for me to handle and look at. That was the moment it was sold and I said I would take it.

The shop is very minimalistic and all of the items are laid out nice and neatly, some of the more expensive items were displayed in huge glass cabinets that swallowed up the items, and others were displayed nicely on tables and shelving units.

The store is located at:

98 /99 Brig gates, Leeds, Yorkshire, LS1 6BN.
Telephone: 01133863120
OPENING DAYS & TIMES
The store is open seven days a week, but times do vary.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday the shop opens at 10.00am - 6.00pm
Thursdays 10.00am - 7.00pm
Sundays 11.00 - 5.00pm

MY VIEWS

The Louis Vuitton is very unique and desirable to many, well those who don't get put off by the chav status it seems to have adopted at the moment.

I just wish LV would hurry up and sue the pants off of these Chinese who are knocking out the fakes willy nilly and let this get back to the status it had a few years ago.

I also love the face that Louis Vuitton never have sales or outlet shops, The price you pay is the price that it will always be so you don't have to hold off and wait for sales as they never happen.

The only thing I really despise is the fact that there are so many fakes around, these make the brand look so cheap and tacky. I hate it when someone asks if it is real, how insulting it that but.

I would love to get the Louis Vuitton luggage set, but I will have to wait for a lottery win first.

Louis Vuitton has done really well, as it has been going for over 150 years and it is still a very much sort after fashion brand.

I have now come to the conclusion that my hubby is a fantastic bloke who I would not be without, don't get me wrong I don't get everything I ever want, but this was a fantastic surprise.

All I got on the morning of birthday was a card and he said he would take me shopping to get something, I just assumed he had forgotten but as it turns out he didn't know which bag I would like, so I got to choose my own.

Summary: understated for such a great brand name.