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The bag at the moment is the Louis Vuitton Watercolor Speedy. It claims seventeen paint colors were used to smudge this watercolor bag. When we smudge our bags accidently, it is a mess. When Marc Jacobs and Richard Prince did it deliberately, it is a magic that turns into millions of bucks.

Right now only the speedy 35 is on the American and European market. The speedy 30 is available in the Japan and Singapore market only. A 35 costs $1,270 in a Louis Vuitton boutique. It will be at least $50 cheaper in France, as always.

An authentic Speedy on eBay.

These are the accessories that can tell its authenticity.

A poor replica 25 – the studs are in wrong positions!

Cannot tell if it is real or fake? check its brown / black carebooklet. It is another fake!

authentic brown speedy 35:

the wrong lining from a replica watercolor speedy:

They might be able to replicate the speedy bag, but the carebooklet, the box that holds the keys and the hardwares are what cannot be replicated! Check out these stuff when you buy it online.

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It is Valentine’s day again! This morning I received a rose from a little boy (9 years younger than me) …. What a sweet gesture!

Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone! Valentine’s Day is a day with romance. Then I think of Paris, a city full of romance.

Last Valentine’s day, I was in Paris. I went to the Louis Vuitton store (yeah, again) in Champs Elysées. It was packed with tourists! People were queuing for Louis Vuitton bags. I can say the queue is longer than any in any shopping mall!

I went to Milan and Rome after that. I found Louis Vuitton items in Italy is approx 30 euro more expensive than that in France. My American friend told me it is acutally 50-80 euro cheaper than that in US.

When I finally got back to Paris, I bought a Louis Vuitton damier azure speedy 25. it costs 405 euro / £290. My American friend helped me get back VAT which is 46 Euro. I actually bought this Louis Vuitton damier azure speedy for just 360 Euro. If you are EU citizen you cannot get back any VAT though.

Hilary Duff with damier azur speedy 25

I carefully used this bag for a few months. Last xmas I went to Hongkong and sold this bag in a second-hand designer handbag store for $3500 HK dollars, which is 360 Euro.

Basically I used this bag for a few month and then sold it to a store (not eBay) at the same price. They (the store in HK) actually don’t need a LV receipt to verify its authenticity. They took it, had a look at the serial number, then offered me 360 euro. Quick and easy!

After I sold the bag, I found this damier azur speedy is sold out in US and UK. Gosh, I might have got more money if I sold it on eBay. Forget it, because I lost the receipt!

If you were going to France, don’t forget to buy a Louis Vuitton bag because you can always earn money from that!

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Louis Vuitton bags might never enter the list of IT bags, but they are the timeless beauty. Look at this fuschia speedy from the Spring 2005 line, it looks cute in every spring.

Denise Richards has two fuschia candies in her arm: the cute speedy and her lovely little girl.

check out the replica here:

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