Deconstructing this LOUIS VUITTON bag | Felice Pochette Review | Louis Vuitton Leather Bag Review

This is the Felicie Pochette in Epi Leather (Galet color), by Louis Vuitton.
Overall, the leather bag construction was great and it's accompanied by good accessories. As always, the packaging was a pleasure. I definitely give points to Louis Vuitton for the attention to detail in the unboxing experience.
Louis Vuitton's Epi Leather is heavily finished, and a good option for those wanting a craft with weather and scratch resistance. These kinds of crafts will stay looking new longer compared to minimally finished leathers. However, because of the heavy finish, it barely resembles more natural leathers and feels much too like plastic.
In my opinion, there's not much leather to enjoy in this Epi leather craft. Similar options can be found for much cheaper.
DISCLAIMER: I am, in no way, affiliated with the brand mentioned. This video is solely for educational purposes only to let you know about the leather that the brand uses for its products and to provide you with a better understanding of its quality. At the end of the day, you still have to decide if it’s worth it for you or not.
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This is such an interesting channel. Thank you for doing this. I have many of the bags you’ve deconstructed, so it’s really interesting to watch. I actually purchased this exact bag and color last year, but returned it because it felt like a vinyl peel n stick floor tile to me. Lol. I see the YSL Lou camera bag in for background. I have that bag as well.

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It makes sense that the vachetta leather burns differently - it’s a pretty much full carbon based natural product vs the other epi you burned - there’s really not a lot of carbon based product left to produce a carbon by-product because it has too much plastic/poly layer, along with the green chrome remainder as well. Thanks for the learning opportunities!

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I'm pleased that I saw this KZbin film. Something is telling me not to buy their epi leather bag now I know that it is coated with heavy finishing. Thank you

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Thank you so much for helping us understand what LV epi leather is.

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And here we are…let’s stick with canvas in LV. They do everything to convince us to buy their leather but I still prefere Furla or that range for leather bags. Thank you for teaching us.

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Please please please do the Dooney and Bourke Florentine satchel. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 I know I am not the only one who would love to see you deconstruct that bag and give your opinion.

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A review of the On the Go and the Dauphnie would be great!

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Can you review the Ralph Lauren Collection Polo ID bags? Awesome videos. Thank you!

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I went in store to buy my handbag, after this “unboxing” I’m about to order online 😆

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Please make a worth it review of the Celine box bag!!

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Qué bueno eres! Muy buen análisis. Thank you very much

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Amazing! Been waiting forever for someone to deconstruct epi leather! The Saffiano-like leather you found on the inside, I believe that is their Taiga leather. Also a similarly finished, hard-wearing leather type. Could you please consider doing their Empreinte leather next ❤️

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