Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Price of Goyard Croisière Bag

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If you're looking for your next bag or Goyard bag, the Goyard Croisière should be at the top of your list. This is basically a duffel bag thats been transformed into an elegant handbag. The Goyard Croisière comes in 4 sizes and pricing from the Goyard Paris boutique is below.

Please note that the prices are in Euros so if you're shopping in dollars, expect to pay 30% more because of the exchange rate, but you do make some of it back as a luxury product such as a Goyard Croisière bag is eligible for a value-added tax (VAT) refund at the airport before you go home. On a bag like this, that will be at least $200-$300 in cash as a VAT refund. Not a bad deal for your next Goyard bag.

• Croisière 35 cm handbag : 1,210 € / 1,575 €
• Croisière 45 cm travel bag : 1,490 € / 1,935 €
• Croisière 50 cm travel bag : 1,690 € / 2,195 €
• Croisière 60 cm travel bag : 2,090 € / 2,715 €.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Louis Vuitton Totally Rips Off Goyard

Louis Vuitton has totally ripped off Goyard's trademark stripes and embellishments that customers custom ordered after getting a Goyard bag.

German Magazine, Classic Driver highlights the copycatting on their website, where several Louis Vuitton bags and luggage dressed in blue, yellow, green stripes as well as the initials of the purported bag owners.

Goyard may not have have been the first to do stripes on the bag, but Louis Vuitton could've done something more creative than completely copy the Goyard bag's signature look.

Goyard Gets Mentioned In LA Times Blog

A quick shout out to the LA Times for mentioning Goyard as the luxury of the truly jet set. There were several stars out for a Rimowa luggage opening, but I think that Goyard and Rimowa are planets apart when it comes to refinement of luggage.

Goyard's luggage and handmade trunks follow a tradition dating back over a hundred years. That same tradition has been passed onto the Goyard hangbags, Goyard wallets, and Goyard bags that are slowly being seen on the shoulders of the fashion elite. The Goyard fabric is hand-made making each Goyard piece truly unique which you can't say for similar Gucci or Louis Vuitton luggage.

While Rimowa does make some great luggage, Goyard is truly on a class on its own.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Goyard Bags

St. Honore clutch: a very limited release to honor their heritage as trunk makers. Available in white, silver, gold, and black. Available at Goyard retailers for a private viewing.

Comores: a long shopper tote. One size.

Jersey: a rigid trunk design. In sizes PM and GM.

St. Louis: a reversible shopping bag that comes in one of ten colors. They also come with a matching wallet. In sizes Junior, MM, or GM.

Jeanne: inspired by the hatboxes of long ago. A ladylike design with a structured body. Women who like the LV Speedys generally like these too. In sizes PM (petite), MM (medium), or GM (grande).

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Goyard Wallet

I got my Goyard wallet in 2007 at the San Francisco store and being a fashion conscious guy, I have to admit that the Goyard Wallet is probalby the most understated fashionable thing I'll ever own. The wallet, even after almost 3 years of constant use is still in excellent condition and gets its share of oohs and awes when I pull it out of my back pocket and place it on the table. The Goyard wallet is simple in design and has a normal structure of a wallet.

Goyard is a company that has been making luggage and bags for more than 150 years, and they really know what they are doing with handbags, wallets, just the fact that the pieces are hand crafted, puts them in class of there own above the mass market products of Louis Vuitton and Gucci bags you see being carried are knock off's anyway. Goyard represents sophistication, style and an era of real glamour. The steep price tag of the wallet reflects these above traits and not the quality of leather used, or how big the wallet is. The Goyard Wallet is the quintisential piece to begin any Goyard collection. The Goyard wallet is made from fine calf leather and is handmade at Goyard's atelier in France.

This intricate logo and signature handpainted initials and stripes represents 150 years of serving exclusive clienteles such as the likes of kings, queens, duchesses maharajahs and movie stars and leaders from around the world.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

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If you haven't heard of Goyard yet, let's try to keep it between you and me. Goyard is probably the last real luxury atelier in France that still caters to a market outside of France. Goyard makes handbags, wallets, and totes in small batch quantities, all hand made in their workshops in France. With the stores, you can order direct from the atelier (workshop in French) where you can custom design practically anything you want - luggage, dog leashes, briefcases, and the occasional steamer trunk, like the kind they used on the Titanic.

La Maison Goyard is the official name of the atelier, and it was established in 1853 by François Goyard (1828-1890), then and still located on the rue Saint-Honoré in Paris. The fabric of Goyard is symbolic, representing three chevrons, juxtaposed to form a Y. This evokes not only the name of the Maison itself, but also the tree; symbolizing three centuries of the Goyard family history and their “Compagnon de Rivière” ancestors.

Goyard has retail stores in Paris, Beverly Hills, Boston, Hong Kong, Kyoto, London, New York City, Osaka, San Francisco, Sao Paolo, Seoul and Tokyo. The atelier is located across the street from the retail store in Paris, on the Rue St. Honore.

Goyard wallets prices start at around $500-$550, depending on color.

Goyard totes prices start at around $2,000, depending on color.

Goyard bags and totes, start at around $800, depending on color and size.

Read more: The official Goyard website