After watching the Duchess of Cambridge carry a Longchamp tote throughout most of her Olympic appearances, the brand and style was definitely on my mind when I was looking for a new, casual, all purpose sort of bag for fall. Lets be honest, part of me wants to be a princess like Kate, and I can't afford most of the other things in her wardrobe so I was excited to get this!
I picked up this one, part of the new fall collection, while at The Greenbrier last week.
Images via Pop Sugar & Longchamp
I love the Longchamp collection of bags because of their versatility (including the iconic Le Pliage) and reasonable price points. My proviso to non-European Union residents shopping for a Longchamp bag in Paris is to actually wait and make purchases in the CDG Paris International airport so that you can take advantage of the upfront tax-free opportunity without the 'administrative hassle' of the EU duty-free paperwork. I purchased my beautiful bag (LM Cuir) for 430 Euros in the nicely-appointed Rue Saint Honore location in Paris but I was surprised to see the same selection, including my bag for 385 Euros! The Longchamp sales associate at the CDG airport location told me that the next time I was in Paris, to refrain from doing too much shopping as the same merchandise can easily be found in the various stores in Terminal 2! Go figure!
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Thanks for the tip! When I'm stuck on long layovers I always find myself longingly staring at purses but assuming that even though they are duty free, they must be marked up from other stores. Good to know they are less!
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