Quote Originally Posted by quizvan View Post

When I first started dating my husband, he was carrying a 15+ year-old grubby safety-orange nylon backpack which was literally held together by dental floss -- and this was not in college BTW, but many years into a good career. I found it so endearing that he treasured his trusty backpack and lacked the need to prove anything to anyone. I still tease him about what I dubbed his "lucky backpack", and tell him that I married him because I knew that if he loved his ol' backpack all the more as it fell into disrepair, he would treasure me all the more as I aged... Alas, the lucky backpack finally deteriorated beyond repair; but my husband still totes his papers around in backpacks -- that's him.
Quizzy, that is cute! Awwww! I swear, that's so damn sweet I'm gonna into sugar shock!

And since you know luggae, where could one get replica LV pieces custom made? I'm curious because I know it can be done.

And I'm with you, I think they DO make some of these luggage pieces in China. Especially the Conquerant. It's too close to the original not to be made there.