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HARDWARE & HANDLES
The charms on the Lady Dior are generally either goldtone or silvertone metal. Some versions of the evening bag have crystal studded charms, and there are some limited versions of the bag with charms made out of other materials (bamboo or faux tortoise shell).
The charms on all sizes of the classic bag are all in capital letters, and the O is the prominent letter.
If the bag has leather-bound handles, these should not be stitched up the inside and outside, only the outside and the very bottom of the inside.
The shape at the base of the handles should be raised and semicircular or traingular, not flat.
The oval shaped metal rings where the handles attach to the bag on the classic Lady should be stamped "CD" on the outside of the bag.
On the inside of the bag, they should have what look like rivets either side of the handle. However, these should only be stamped into the metal. They should not be actual screws or rivets. There should be only one horizontal line going across each one of these "rivets" .
On one version (which comes in the classic medium size, as well as an East-West bag and a large shopper) the handles are leather, and they loop around where they are attached.
On this variation of the bag, there are no rivets and the metal loops directly around the metal ring that hold the straps to the bag.
The charms on the updated bag are lower case, except for the D, which is the prominent letter. The "i" is actually a "1" on this version.