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Update on my Polène Numéro Dix - Why I won't be buying another Polène Bag

 


Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I wanted to give an update on my Polène Numéro Dix bag in smooth Cognac. My husband bought me this bag for Christmas of 2023, so I've had this bag for a little over a year and a half now. According to my WearTracker app, I've worn this bag 14 times total. This is not my daily driver and I mainly use it for date nights. I started noticing wear on this bag probably after 10 uses. It started with just a little bit of peeling along the edge coat and then it started getting worse and worse after each wear. 😞



Here are some close ups of the peeling. This is a high stress point area where the strap rubs against the loop when I'm carrying the bag. I understand that this would eventually happen, I just don't think it should have happened after 14 carries. 

There's also some color wearing off as well.


A close up of the edge coat starting to peel on the strap.

It's basically starting to happening all over the bag. Even on areas that I wouldn't expect.

Why would the edges peel this way? 


For a while, I wanted to get another Numéro Dix in Crocodile Nubuck but after seeing how quickly the bag is starting to show wear, I decided not to. Especially since the price keeps going up. My husband bought this bag for $500, now the same bag costs $660. The prices keep going up while the quality is going down. Don't get me wrong I still love the bag. The leather itself is holding up well for the most part.  I did find the start of a loose thread on the bag on one of the loops, but it's not terrible, yet. I treat my bags with care and to see the peeling, really drove me crazy so I took a scissor to clean up some of the peeling and it helped a lot. I am expecting I will have to trim the bag every 14 wears. 😞

In conclusion, no more Polène bags for me. For the price point, I would rather spend my money on Coach. If you have 4 minutes to spare, take a look at my video for extra details. Do you have a Polène bag? Have you experienced this as well? Let me know in the comments below. That's it for me, hope you all have a wonderful Monday!


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