The return of the iconic Dior Saddle bag took the fashion world by storm and people everywhere went shopping in their own closets to bring out their vintage Saddle bags from years past. If I have to name major bag trends right now, one is logos and second is what’s old is new again. Maria Grazia Chiuri continues to bring fresh updates to the iconic Saddle bag and this version not only melds the of-the-moment logo fabric but also the Christian Dior name on the front of the bag to give a modern attitude. Best part: it’s mine.
My friends at Dior sent this Dior Oblique Embroidered Canvas Bag beauty over as a holiday gift and when I say I was delighted, that’s an understatement. Dior is known for its holiday packaging and I find the aspect of unboxing a beautiful piece to be part of the experience. When you are shopping in the designer luxury realm, you want a high end experience from start to finish, and Dior offers that (seriously, check out the detailed pattern on the box and bag). Each year Dior unveils a new holiday pattern, and each year outshines the previous year.
As for the bag, well she’s just lovely. As much as a leather Saddle Bag would be the way I’d tell you to go if you needed a heritage style in your closet, the Dior Oblique embroidered canvas with the Christian Dior text logo fits everything my handbag loving heart desires at the moment. The blue and beige canvas matches with nearly any outfit you may have, from blacks to browns and everything in between. The brushed antique gold metal hardware flows beautifully with the blue embroidered canvas and the iconic D stirrup magnetic clasp is in the front of the bag while the signature CD side handles flank either end of the bag.
The main compartment of the bag doesn’t offer any pockets, however on a bag this compact I find interior pockets to be more of a detriment to overall usability. The back of the back does offer an open pocket that just about fits an iPhone Xs Max, with just a bit of the top of the phone sticking out if you slide in horizontally. I haven’t carried a Saddle bag in a long time so I’m excited to bring this bag into my holiday and beyond repertoire (a more in depth review to follow).
If you want to check out some of my personal favorite Dior gifts: these bracelets would make the perfect luxury stocking stuffer, this version of the Book Tote is stunning, and these nail lacquers are some of my beauty must-haves.
This bag is available at Dior.com for $3,700 and there’s still time for complimentary overnight shipping on Dior.com gifts.
great statement bag, love the box
The box is amazing. I kept mine and the matching shopping bag.
I’m keeping both as well! I have the box on our coffee table right now!
Wait a minute…won’t your cute babies get hold of it and use it for their toys, etc. Btw is your son crawling, walking? Your babies (I realize your little girl may not like being called “baby”), but they are adorbs!
Ha… post update on those babies coming soon! Millie just turned 3!
Vaughn is crawling and pulling up on everything, so he is not to be trusted. I try to keep him near the play room, but that coffee table and Christmas tree call to him, so I am always chasing and gently trying to make him go a different direction!
The packaging is more exquisite than the bag itself!
I’d rather have the box than the bag! Too much branding for me.
I think $3700.00 is a big number, but I’d appreciate it if Dior could gift me this bag, too…as a long time, loyal customer.
It’s definitely a pricey bag and receiving it as a gift was more than I ever imagined!
But yes, would be so cool if brands had random acts of kindness in the way of free bags for loyal customers! I’m on board!
I appreciate your kind words, but I was teasing. ????You have friends at Dior and they gifted you a bag, which is wonderful! I loved reading your blog and your excitement was palpable; I was excited for you as I am for anyone who has good things happen to them, even winners of a lottery! Enjoy! ?
Hey, I’m all for spreading the love! Thank you for your kind words!
I would not pay even $2000 for this bag. $3700?? wow!! unbelievable!!
Sorry for me awful
I love the version without the Dior name on it, but this is like the book tote and It’s growing on me. Congrats on your new bag!
Didn’t like this bag first time around, still don’t, and the price is CRAZY!
The leather version of this bag is $3,350. I don’t understand how the canvas one is $3,700.00.
This canvas is fully machine embroidered, every single milimeter of it, and that unfortunately adds to the cost but in the end is easier to produce than if it were jackard
I watched your unboxing on Instagram and fell madly in love! Gimme gimme gimme
Omg if I have to see one more saddle bag ? that bag is sooo passé. It relaunched well over a year ago!
I don’t think it’s going anywhere!
Beyond hideous.
They gifted so many of these bags and that’s why it’s all over instagram . If any of the influencers had to buy this ; I doubt you will ever see it. Bean shaped basic bag . I don’t see the appeal at all. So easily replicable , has no interior capacity , no function . It doesn’t enhance outfits.
I agree re: the lack of interior capacity. I don’t understand the appeal since it looks so lopsided and what can it carry? I can’t get past the “kidney” shape, either. I remember a few years ago no-one was carrying this, but add rebranding with a ridiculous price and they are flying out of the stores! ?
Its not a kidney shape, its a saddle shape. You may not understand the appeal because its not for you. It is for others though. Thankfully we don’t all have the same taste.
Yes, its called a “saddle”, but to me it looks like a kidney, to another poster a liver; hopefully, you’ll grant us the freedom to be different and express our opinions without censorship. Btw I can’t understand the appeal because it really is an ugly bag, but you are right! Some of us like ugly bags and some of us don’t so “thankfully, we don’t all have the same taste”!
How odd you thought I was having a crack at you. Not everyone has the same taste hence some people don’t get the appeal of some bag and some do. It should be celebrated that not everyone has the same taste in bags. Otherwise we’d all wear the exact same items. No need for the nasty sarcasm.
Oohhh nasty
Thanks, Lara! You really think I’m “nasty”? I’ll take that as a compliment since you said it twice!
Well its not kidney shape..its a liver!!!and yes it is hideous..
It’s whatever shape anyone sees it, but I agree with you, it is “hideous”!
I love the leather version of this bag, but I definitely wouldn’t pay that much for the canvas version.
I handled a few Dior saddlebags at one of the boutiques recently, and I didn’t dislike it as much as I thought I would. It works with some people’s personal styles, which is all that should matter, I suppose. We all wear or carry things someone else considers “omg hideous,” so just own what you love. Fashion, like any other art form, is subjective. I did like a lot of the thick replacement straps, and the packaging is beautiful. It was a pleasant boutique to spend some time in, even though this bag is not for me. Enjoy it in good health.
Well said Kat.
The replacement straps are really nice and transform the bag – totally agree there!
And yes, we all have different taste and that’s ok!
wait to buy it preloved when all the influencers float them to the aftermarket and pick up for 1/2 price. I love the Dior bags….but I can’t see 3700 for this one.
I know this was covered somewhere online, but it is really interesting when influencers sell gifted product. I’d love to read a deep dive into a piece like that!
Too much branding logo going on jeez guess tastes matter
This bag is way overpriced and short on taste – completely tacky imo.
So you are writing about this bag because they gifted it to you. Your writing reads as insincere.
I don’t interpret her writing as “insincere”; does she strike you as an insincere person? She shared her bag and appeared genuinely surprised 1) to receive such a generous gift and 2) to be unboxing such a beautiful bag. This reminded me of opening a gift on Christmas and being so excited that it’s exactly what I wanted! So HAPPY for her!
Heart eyes for you Sarah! <3
I’m writing about it to share because I like it. Major majority of everything we cover is not gifted, it’s press samples we photograph to share the newest in the bag world. I always mark gifted bags as gifted and sponsored posts as sponsored.
It of course incredibly nice when a brand sends a gift to me and it’s up to me if I choose to share it and how to share it. It doesn’t equal guaranteed exposure.
I take a lot of pride in being transparent with you all. I can’t keep any credibility if I don’t. So that means I am transparent about gifts. I know the sheer fact that a brand gifts someone like me is a turn off, and I get that, but I’m going to share things that I like and in this case it’s this bag.
Thanks for clarifying. Read a few of your other posts, and this bag does not seem your style, hence why it reads as insincere. I also dislike your use of “friends at Dior.” This is financial transaction. They’ve gifted you a bag in return for an “unboxing” on IG and a post here. You’re blurring the lines, and you know this. You’ve disclosed it as a gift, but this is a paid post via that gift. According to the FTC, it’s an ad. You make your money on this website running ads and paid placements in your blogs. Why not disclose this one for what it is?
I think the bag is beautiful. And the packaging is exquisite. Enjoy the bag and wear it with joy.
I could kill myself… I had the chance to buy this bag like two years ago, vintage on Swedish Ebay for around 45 dollars… and I didn’t…