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!
Wow, that's disappointing how the bag is wearing after only 14 uses! It's basically two weeks of use. I love Polene's designs though! I hope in the future, they make some changes to address the peeling problem.
ReplyDeleteHi Lola, When you put it that way, this amount of wear after two weeks sounds pretty bad. I agree, I hope they make some changes but until then, I will be spending elsewhere.
DeleteI would not expect such wear so quickly on a leather bag at that price point. Thank you for this updated review.
ReplyDeleteRight?! This should not be happening to any bag after 14 wears. 😓
DeleteThank you for the review, Leslie! This level of wear and tear is completely unacceptable. The quality of Polene has really gone downhill.
ReplyDeleteHi Karen! Very sad, especially for the price they're charging. 😢
DeleteNooo I liked the structure and style of their bags, how disappointing. I have been hearing the same about recent coach purchases as well, they fall apart way quicker than the ones from 10 years ago
ReplyDeleteHi AC! That's awful, I haven't had that happen with my Coach bags so far, knock on wood.
DeleteWow I have heard about this brand before and the styles look so cute. At that price it should definitely not ever happen!!
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Hi Janessa! A little bit of wear would have been acceptable, but the peeling is just so awful. So disappointed!
DeleteShocked at the quality of Polene, guess I missed the boat of the good ole days of Polene when they were reasonably priced with better quality. Thanks for your honest opinion and saving me from curiousity.
ReplyDeleteHi Jean L! Yep, Polene was probably at its peak over 3 years ago. Then they just started to raise their prices and everything started going downhill.
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