Vera Bradley question, can you tell me what these prints are?

[JadenLayne]

I just bought these two sets off of ebay but have never seen them as I've just started to like Vera. Can someone tell me what these two prints are called and when they were for sale?

I paid $50 for each set. I guess I want to make sure they are real.

 

[TheDisneyTraveler06]

You can go to Vera Bradley's webiste for a list of all of the patterns.

I know for sure the second is a real one. Never seen the first one.

 

[Crankyshank]

1) I have never seen it before and I don't recall Vera Bradley ever having a wooden handle style handbag other than the kelly and that's not the kelly print

2) Apple Green - was just retired this past January. I think it was around for 2yrs. possibly 3.

 

[JadenLayne]

Thanks you two. I went to the websight and can't find the first print so I emailed the seller who said these were authentic but retired. So we shall see what she says.

 

[johnsontrio]

The first one definitely is a Vera pattern. There were three variations of this pattern. The blue/green that you just bought, a purple pattern and a pink pattern. The name was something like Petal Power, Flower Power, or some such. My DD has the same pattern you bought in a drawstring backpack and my neice has the pink pattern. HTH.

 

[JadenLayne]

They emailed me back and said it was definitely a Vera! Great!!!! Its actually the one I like the most! Thank you all so much! I would love to see the pink and purple pattern too!

 

[UnderTheMistletoe]

First one is petal power. Above poster is right- there's a blue/green, a red/pink, and a purple/blue. Although I've never seen that purse design before- it's cute!

 

[Shelby5514]

I believe the first set...petal power was from about 5 years ago. I bought a few of the purple and pink petal power bags about 3 years ago at the Vera outlet sale. At that time I think they had already been retired for a year or so. They had a BUNCH of the bamboo handled bag at the outlet sale that year...it apparently was not a big seller in the retail stores. But it is cute.

The second set is Apple green, even though it is retired, you can still find it in stores on the sale rack.

Every spring Vera Bradley has an outlet sale where they get rid of over-runs, seconds and returns from retailers. I've gone for the last 5 or so years and there are some really good deals. In my opinion, I would guess that probably 75% of the Vera's on Ebay are from the outlet sale. Last year they had people buying $12,000 worth of Vera's "for friends". HA! Who needs $12,000 worth of quilted handbags? The prices at the sale are roughly 1/2 of retail and then the last 2 days go 1/2 of that! This year the folks at Vera limited the sale to $2,000 per person.

Sorry for hijacking your thread...but I wanted you to know that YES your bags are authentic!