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My husband surprised me with this 1971 Box Sellier Kelly 32 for an early Mother’s Day present and I’m honestly speechless. I can’t believe how beautifully she’s held up over the years.

He spent so much time sourcing this in Japan, and I keep thinking about how I wasn’t even born when this bag was being made. My mom was only 10 years old, living somewhere deep in a jungle, while this Kelly was coming to life in Paris. It blows my mind how it somehow made its way to me, now a mom, slowly curating a collection with both myself and my daughter in mind.

I’m technically “playing the game” but I realized I’d rather wait for the exact pieces I truly want from the maison instead of accepting just any offer for the sake of getting one.

I’ve always loved birth-year bags. I found a birth-year Birkin for my daughter that she’ll inherit one day, and a birth-year Kelly was always on my wishlist too. But my husband went even further and found the oldest Kelly he could in the best condition possible. It’s a bag I didn’t even know I’d appreciate.

Cheers to all the moms whether your baby is human, fluffy, or made of box calf 😜 May we all age as gracefully as this Kelly.

Update to my creamy beige bag poll last week: I pulled the trigger and got my first Birkin pre-loved and I couldn’t be happier with my decision :) I paired her with a Birdy in Epsom Etoupe, Swift Nata, Chevre Biscuit and Rouge Sellier, and Mysore Black.

My SA is the best and very sweet and I know she really wanted to get me something I loved soon but I was getting offers for colors I wasn’t excited about (some very sought after like black and gold). Not her fault of course because apparently the colors I want are no longer in circulation lol but for the investment, I wanted to make sure I cherished it.

So I figured I might as well get the exact configuration I wanted and save my prespend for something truly special like a Barenia Birkin 😍 if I can get that in B35 I would be thrilled. OR a Kelly touch.

Anyway…I showed you all parchemin, glycine, trench, and argile. The color of my bag changes in the light and I feel like I got four bags in one (I just can’t control what color I get and when haha!). What color do you think she is? 🤭

While I wait for my first in store QB (my main wish is a barenia b30 - so it’s gonna be a while lol) I’m going to buy the creamy neutral workhorse for work.

I’m not crazy about etoupe or gold which is what my home store has plenty of. I’m looking for an elegant/effortless bag I can just grab and stuff binders and a laptop in (all these are b35). The colors are:

#1 parchemin

#2 glycine

#3 trench

#4 argile

So far I keep going back to parchemin but I love all of these.

Which one do you guys like???