Buying a Mansur Gavriel bag is difficult not just because they’re highly sought-after, but also because the process is decentralized. It’s hard to buy an Hermès Birkin, but there’s no confusion or mystery around where you go and who you talk to if you want to give it a shot. Mansur Gavriel’s bags, on the other hand, are available on a handful of websites, most of which order only a fraction of the brand’s huge selection of shapes, sizes and color combinations.
The brand’s website offers the best selection, but its infrequent stock-ups are gone in hours, if not minutes. Below, we’ve got the lowdown on what you can do right now to guarantee yourself one of these bags come fall.
Barneys
Shop Mansur Gavriel Pre-Orders via Barneys
Barneys has the best availability of pre-orders for one of the brand’s new exterior colors for fall, Sand. It’s a pale greige, which fills in the brand’s neutral palette nicely. Barneys also has the new Lady Bag in stock; it’s the only website we checked that had any availability of it. You’ll also find a couple buckets, including black with gold interior, plus MG’s new Crossbody flap bag.
Bergdorf Goodman
Shop Mansur Gavriel Pre-Orders via Bergdorf Goodman
Bergdorf Goodman had a ton of availability that has now mostly sold out, but you can still pick up a Brandy bucket bag, a black Backpack or a couple colors of the new Crossbody bag. Also, it’s worth watching this page in case someone gets cold feet on their pre-order; you never know when something might become available again.
Kirna Zabete
Shop Mansur Gavriel Pre-Orders via Kirna Zabete
Kirna Zabete is a boutique instead of a department store, so its selection is limited, but its the only place currently offering a shot at the impossible-to-get Black/Flamma bucket bag. Also, if you join the sites mailing list, they’ll email you as soon as they put new pre-orders up on the site (usually in the late afternoon or early evening).
Opening Ceremony
Check Out the Upcoming Mansur Gavriel via Opening Ceremony
Opening Ceremony’s pre-order system is unique and also a little bit convoluted. The site’s MG product page will show you the pre-orders that are currently available, but when you click on them, it takes you to a password prompt. In order to have a shot at getting the password, you sign up for the site’s mailing list, which then sends out the passwords on a first-come, first-serve basis when bags are available. Once you have a password, you can take your pick. If you wanted one of the shop’s exclusive silver saffiano bags, now’s the time to make your play; MG tells me that they’ll be gone after this season.
Moda Operandi
Wait Patiently via Moda Operandi
Moda doesn’t have any Mansur Gavriel bags available for purchase or pre-order right now, but the site seems to offer the opportunity more frequently than most. It’s a good spot to keep in your bookmarks if you’re on the hunt. (Like several of the retailers above, Moda also tends to mention new Mansur Gavriel shipments in its email newsletter.)
MATCHESFASHION.COM
Shop Mansur Gavriel via MATCHESFASHION.COM
MATCHESFASHION.COM doesn’t do pre-orders, so timing is everything. Right now, three canvas-and-leather totes are available for immediate purchase, and the site should be on your bookmark list when fall orders start arriving.
Steven Alan also offers pre-orders on MG bags. I got two buckets ( black with gold interior and black with blue) and a tote (black with gold) from them. The waits were only a couple of months. Your limited to only one bag per order though.
I think calling is often the way to go with Steven Alan, but the site does have a couple of clutches in stock: http://www.stevenalan.com/designers-mansur-gavriel
I’ve been searching high and low for a very specific (and for some reason less crazed-about) bag, the mansur MINI TOTE. None of the sites you listed above (except ofcourse for MG’s own site) list it. Do you know where I could get one/ place a pre-order for one?
I haven’t seen that one available for pre-order anywhere; it appears to be one that fewer retailers order. Short of contacting MG and seeing if they’ll tell you which retailers are going to have it, your best bet is probably to wait for another restock on the brand’s site or cross your fingers and hope they do another Moda Operandi trunk show.
Hi,
I just ordered a mini miss tote on standupcomedytoo site. Check that for options!
http://www.standupcomedytoo.com/collections/mansur-gavriel/products/backpack-black-raw
thank you so much Amanda!
try this http://www.ebay.com/itm/MANSUR-GAVRIEL-Small-Red-Flamma-Calf-Coated-NWB-seen-on-Miranda-Kerr-/131558647703?ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT
Helllo, i have been searching for a MG for quiet a while now, didnt find amy in Berlin nor in Dubai. Will b soon in spain (madrid and barca). Any idea where i can find the bucket bag at least as a start?
Thx!
If it’s so hard to get and everyone wants it — I don’t want it.
Right? I feel like its just MG’s marketing ploy to make it an it bag and keep it selling. Like this would be something that South Park makes fun of.
Constraining supply can definitely help increase consumer interest in certain situations, but it only works if people are inordinately attracted to the bag to begin with. If not, no one notices or cares that they’re not available.
I have to agree with you on that one. While social media and the brand themselves are creating a fervor over the bag, initial interest is what sparked it in the first place. I first noticed the bucket bag last year on Instagram and liked the smooth sheen of the leather and variety of colors but I figured maybe it was due to a nice filter on the photo. Then I saw it person when someone at work brought in her navy bag and it really is very well made, and both minimalistic and luxurious looking. Even people who have never even heard of this brand or cared much about handbags turned their heads as she walked by with it on her shoulder, I am not exaggerating. Quality is every evident and at an under $1K price-point, its no wonder it is flying off the metaphorical shelves.
Any particular place where I can pre-order the large Rosa bucket bag??
Hello, does anyone know where I can pre order a black/red interior mini bucket???
Hi Leah How about I make a red/black bucket bag for you in ostrich leather? Check out my website http://www.corbeau.co.za to see our workmanship.
I got my black/flamma bucket via NAP by putting the item in my wishlist. I was notified once it came in stock, and they reserved one for me for a limited time before making the rest of the stock available to the public. I think that’s how it worked out for me. I’m not sure if that’s how they still do things but it’s worth a shot.
the bucket bag comes from the 80’s and I already found it very impractical at those times, (you never found what you were looking for inside this bag) and particularly this shape (very simple) in this leather you could easily find in Greece for a very cheap price…and now here we are with the same identical model for a higher price…:)
I don’t understand the bucket bag trend. I find them difficult to use… opening them is hard, putting things in, pulling things out, closing them is also hard. No thanks.
I agree. I don’t like bags that jumble all my stuff around. Whenever I see a woman in a shop open her bucket bag she spends a disproportionate amount of time rummaging around to find her wallet – forget finding the phone!
I only buy structured bags with compartments. Nice and neat!
Sorry I bought a leather Vince Camuto for $248 at Lord & Taylor. It looks similar and just as durable! There’s an inside pocket. I was tired of the MG fake wait list.
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Colette in Paris has a HUGE selection right now on their website. Including a limited edition blue one. So if anyone in Europe is looking for a MG bag. This is your chance!
I bought one and haven’t used it yet so I’m looking to sell it
What colour combo/type? If it’s a mini bucket in black, pink or tan please email me – [email protected]
Boutique1 is also great as well, and with a mailing list, can be super helpful.
I was able to get my hands on one from Barneys back in May. I got the white and royal blue in Saffiano leather (exclusively sold in Barneys). I originally wanted the black and red one but I got tired of the wait and didn’t want to risk losing this one. In all honesty, I also fell in love with the color combination of the white and royal blue. Plus the leather on this one was great, no dyes from clothes or any other dirt (hope I won’t jinx this) stains the bag. And I guess if any scuffing would occur on the bag, it wouldn’t be as much as obvious as the original vegetable leather. Until now, I am glad with my purchase and every time I look at a picture of the black and red, I don’t regret not waiting for it anymore.
do you know the 2 sizes of the lady bag?
I have a MG black leather cross body posted on Tradesy. 🙂
Matches took preorders last Wednesday via the stylists, so most new items are sold out before going live tomorrow. Disappointed as I really wanted a mini bucket.
They selling the Lady Bag, Mini Bucket and Large Bucket Bag in the Steven Alan in DC.