Comments on: Marc Jacobs Safety Pin Stam

By: Kendra

Kendra — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 01:36:46 +0000

This one is pretty nice. I like the motorcycle look . (fb)

By: kj

kj — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:37:26 +0000

i have this bag and its hot!!

By: JJ

JJ — Thu, 28 May 2009 06:58:07 +0000

I have seen these bags in person and I must say the leather is TDF! The bag actually melts into a puddle of leather if not stuffed! Do I like the safety pins? Not particularly on this bag, but not for the reason that most would think — I think they’re too small and not ornamented enough. The smaller pieces have larger pins w/stones threaded to them making them the main point of the bag, while on the stams, the pins are smaller in proportion to the bag w/no stones.

I am also the owner of multiple stams. It’s my favorite MJ style. I’ve owned many variations as well (quilted calf, quilted goat, pleated, soft) and have plans to add more to my collection once the fall bags come out.

Obviously the stam is doing well for MJ. The bag continues to sell out season after season. A perfect example of the demand for this bag: the stam in certain colors sold out this season long before many of the Ltd Ed/Runway bags did released during the same season. That says a lot about the design that it continues to be a best seller above new releases and innovative new styles.

I see the stam as MJ’s “flap bag” or “Motorcycle/Le Dix” or “Speedy” No one complained when the Stella and Venetia were made season after season with NO design change at all, yet people complain about the stam. Why is this?

By: miko

miko — Thu, 21 May 2009 13:28:43 +0000

it’s allright. i’d rock it. it would probably be the type of bag that would grow on me after a while.

By: Merve

Merve — Thu, 21 May 2009 07:20:07 +0000

Im curious as to how come you seem to know me so well as to be able to say im not alternative and that i dislike everything from MJ. I may make comments about designers but i just stick to that. I dont think u should be making comments about me when you dont know me. Lets keep it clean.

By: steph

steph — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:21:42 +0000

i love this bag! another great variation of the stam and it works.

By: tadpolenyc

tadpolenyc — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:03:09 +0000

merve, how do you not understand it? you just explained it so yourself: it’s our differing opinions. i like mj, you don’t. you like nancy gonzalez, i don’t. you think mj is boring, i think he’s irreverent. i think nancy gonzalez is boring, you think she’s lux. you may be critical, but you are not alternative. nancy gonzalez is one of the most classic designers i can think of.

it’s difficult to have a debate when people are willfully misunderstanding you to validate their own points. even if lv is “chavvy,” so what? that doesn’t make them irrelevant. fine, they’re irrelevant to YOU, but i wasn’t really discussing our personal preferences, was i?

you’re also mistaken if you think i defend him in blind faith. i’ve admitted to disliking his designs before for both lv and his eponymous line. i don’t love everything he does, but i do very much respect him as a designer. it is you who can’t see past your own propensity to dislike pretty much everything he does.

By: spacey

spacey — Wed, 20 May 2009 15:10:56 +0000

The range of emotions that Marc Jacobs designs seem to elicit here continue to amaze me. Illfashion, you are “fed up”? If you dislike his designs so much just ignore them. And Merve, if you are board with the stam, then be board with it and ignore it. And the credibility comment? What does MJ’s credibility have to do with anything? If designers played it safe and “Waited” to establish credibility the world of fashion would be a drab one indeed. That sounds like a rule that was meant to be broken.

If I commented on every bag I thought was hideous, a waste of money, or boring, I would have no time to focus on the designs I do love and appreciate. I know everyone has(and is entitled to) different opinions and tastes, but what is the point of getting worked up over a designer you so obviously dislike? Is not like you are going to change the minds of those who have already fallen under the spell of the stam or of MJ himself.

Oh, and Illfashion, I’m pretty sure the safety pins are not even remotely “cheap”.

By: lllfashion

lllfashion — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:46:11 +0000

I think that LV is irrelevant because of the obssesion with the LV Logo. Logomania was over 10 years ago…LV still pushing the same staff in uglier versions over the years. I havent seen anything new other than the LV monogram is various versions: Flowers and the Logo, Animals and the Logo, crazy colours and the logo all over the bag…
I dont want my bag to “scream” designer, that’s all…I prefer beautiful, more discreet designs…YSL is a nice example…

By: Merve

Merve — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:42:00 +0000

Its not a statistic its a bet. If it was a statistic it would be proven. You have to understand that the sweeping statements made are personal opinions, they do not reflect reality. In reality the LV print has been linked with chavs in the UK (footballers wives type) and so had the burberry check until they managed to create some fabulous designs that LV has not yet managed to do so its still chavy. I have to say LV has become irrelevant to me as well of late. LV and Coach being the most active subforums means nothing to me. Im sure Castro is not however i find her fabulous. Its just our differing viewpoints. I get baffled how you can defend MJ with blind faith and you dont get why I think Gonzalez is lush. So be it. I have never gone for en masse adoration for any designer. Im critical and more alternative. I dont want to carry a bag that I will see fakes of within a matter of minutes…i’ll stick to the gonzalez