The Modalu Bristol/Pippa Medium Grab {Vlog Review}

I have received so many questions about this Modalu Bristol (now preordering as the Pippa) that I thought I'd do a quick little vlog/video about it.

I know a lot of people are very interested but might be hesitant to order it from the UK sight-unseen. If you are trying to decide, I hope this will help in figuring out if this bag is for you!

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(ps - I am not in any way affiliated with Modalu London)

The Bristol Medium Grab in Shark {Modalu Review}

My bag arrived from the UK in beautiful condition.

The Shark Bristol I ordered from Modalu London arrived today and I am delighted!

This is the bag Pippa Middleton was seen carrying as she left her hotel after the Royal Wedding. It was sold out at the time, then came briefly back in stock (when I ordered mine), and is now out of stock again but pre-ordering for late August arrival (and has been re-named The Pippa). You can pre-order here. My cost to ship to the US was 15 pounds (about $25 USD).

I can see why this bag was so popular even before this latest celebrity sighting. The handles are rounded and comfortable in the hand, a detachable shoulder strap is included, and there are three separate zippered compartments (the center one is smaller). The outer zipper compartment at the front of the bag has an interior zippered pocket on one side and two pockets to slip in a cellphone and camera/lipstick/reciepts etc. There are also two zippered compartments on the exterior front and a larger zippered compartment on the exterior back. Talk about organization. I am going to love using this bag.

The interior is lined in a woven fabric with a shell print... there are also goldtone shells on five of the zipper pulls. Nice detail. The hardware is goldtone and I really like the contrast of the black fabric of the zippers against the soft gray. It also arrived with a lovely lavender fabric storage bag and a care card.

Here are some pics:

tiny goldtone shells on the zipper pulls

from the side

the back

the bottom

the compartment with interior pockets - there are two more pocket-less compartments

close-up of the lining

the dustbag

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Pippa Middelton's Flats {Russell & Bromley}

**update 5/20/11**

Thank you so much to Patricia for letting me know Pippa's shoes are the Baby-Lock style. See her comment below for price/order info.

**update 5/3/11**

see comments below - these do appear to be shoes from Russell & Bromley, and not Tory Burch as they have been identified other places on the web.

I finally found a good close-up of the flats I mentioned in the previous post on stylebistro.com.

I think the hardware is an exact match to the "Turnlock Trim Flats" in these Russell & Bromley ads (below) but I can't get anymore details. The ads are archived on visit4info.com and not current -- I think I saw 2009? Anyway, I can't read the teeny tiny print to see what it says but they certainly do look like something Tory Burch would make (thank you Marigold104 and Mona P for sharing info!).

Does anyone have a name for these? I can't find anything similar googling Tory Burch flats...

I am guessing Russell & Bromley is a store that carries many brands but it is in the UK with not much info online.

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