In Reply to: Handbag question posted by LMJ on Tuesday, 21. June 2011 at 12:20 Bali Time:
LMJ, Tommys bags in the shop do have hardware on them. For instance, they had heaps of the Oroton style bags and they had the O ring brass ware and I noticed that they had heaps of a Jimmy Choo inspired bag with the hardware.
What I did note is that the brassware won't say Jimmy Choo on it and they don't do obvious fakes such as Chanel hardware with the interlocking C's. In my opinion, I have the upmost respect for them for not doing so.
Tommy makes GREAT quality leather handbags. The leather is so soft and supple. The bags I ordered were ones that were designs of bags that I already had, and I had them further tweaked. I believe that the price reflected the size of the bags. The bags are not inspired from high end designers, my existing bags were purchased from funky boutiques around the Chapel St area.