Base Shaper, Reviews, Tips
My Base Shaper damaged my Louis Vuitton Speedy
Nov
Base shaper is commonly used inside handbags without a solid base. By inserting a base shaper inside these handbags, it helps to give the handbags some shape and form and prevent it from sagging.
By using a base shaper, it helps to prevent the Longchamp Le Pliage from sagging
Many have tried to DIY their own base shaper as it seem like such a simple thing to do. The 1st pictures on top show dye transfer from a DIY base shaper onto the base of a Louis Vuitton speedy. If you are planning to DIY, don’t make the same mistake that may just destroy your handbag forever. Please make sure you choose a material or fabric where the color does not transfer easily. Not all fabric is suitable, to test for color transfer, soak the fabric inside a pail of water overnight to see if the color get transfer to the water. It is always good to choose a lighter color than black.
If sewing your own bases shaper is not something that you are capable of doing, there are many ready-made base shapers that are sold in the market today. If you planning to buy a base shaper, please make sure that it is not overly stiff. An overly hard and stiff base shaper may also wear and damage your handbag over time. Following are comments made on PurseBlog forum:
My LV SA told me that the shapers put tension on the bottom of the bag distributing the weight to the edges of the shaper especially in speedy bags it causes the bag to wear through the rubber canvas from the pressure of the edges of the shaper and when you set it down or move it across the table from what she said it causes most problems on the bottom of the bag where the canvas meets the pipping.
Base shapers come in all sort of shape, size, material and stiffness. Some are extremely stiff as they are made up of acrylic while others are made up of cardboard with leather or nylon cover. Following are three important tips when selecting the right base shaper:
- Make sure the base shaper is not overly stiff as that may exert pressure onto the corners of your bag over time
- Make sure the base shaper is light in weight so that you do not wish to carry that extra weight inside your bag.
- Make sure the corners are rounded so that it will not damage the interior corners of your handbag.
Some base shapers are lighter than others
