Saint Laurent Envelope

Published specification

Published size

24 x 18 x 6 cm

Category

bag

Materials

calfskin, lambskin

Hardware

gold, silver

Season

permanent collection

Official style codes

not published yet

Published size references (checked against the pages listed below)

• luxbags.fr

Values here are published references for the model. Anything we could not verify on an open page is left as “not published yet” on purpose — we do not fill gaps with guesses.

Specifications in cm and inches

Every figure below has a record behind it on this site. Where the record has no value (interior and opening measurements are rarely published), the row says so instead of carrying a guess.

The dimensions come from the model record, which cites the published pages listed under Published specification.

How this size sits in the range

The rows below are the nearest published sizes on this site to the Envelope, measured the same way (width, height, depth). They are here so a 25 cm body can be judged against a 24 cm and a 28 cm one instead of against a number alone.

Comparisons use published outside measurements. Two bags of the same width can hold different amounts, because depth and body rigidity decide more than width does.

Dimensions in cm and inches

One published figure for the Envelope Medium on this site, with the two flat YSL flaps either side of it quoted for scale.

The Envelope Medium is published at 24 x 18 x 6 cm, which is 9.4 x 7.1 x 2.4 inches. The Envelope and the Kate are Saint Laurent’s two flat flap lines, and both are far shallower than the padded LouLou in the same width band — the Envelope at 6 cm against a LouLou Small at 9 cm. That 3 cm decides what the bag takes: cards, a phone and a slim wallet, but not a compact alongside a full wallet.

The 24 cm width is shared with the Kate Medium, which is published at 24 x 14.5 x 5.5 cm in this site’s LouLou guide. So an Envelope Medium and a Kate Medium are the same width and half a centimetre apart in depth, while differing by 3.5 cm in height — the Envelope is the taller of the two and reads as the bigger bag in a photograph.

Inch values are the published centimetres converted at 2.54 cm per inch and rounded to one decimal, the same rule the guides use. Rows with no published figure say so.

How to recognise it in a photo

Chevron quilting in a V pattern, a square flap and a centred metal YSL monogram.

Not this style when: Diamond quilting on one flat leather panel is a LouLou.

Saint Laurent builds several flat flaps around one letter mark, so the checks are about the body rather than the logo.

1. Shape and closure: Chevron quilting in a V pattern, a square flap and a centred metal YSL monogram.
2. Not this model when: Diamond quilting on one flat leather panel is a LouLou.
3. Hardware: the record lists gold and silver; the clasp or turn-lock should match that finish in the photos.
4. Materials: calfskin, lambskin on the record — grain and sheen in the photo should look consistent with those.
5. Size in frame: the model record publishes 24 x 18 x 6 cm, so a photograph with a phone or a tape beside the bag is the only way to check the tier.
6. Strap and hardware: ask for the strap or handle laid straight, so the drop can be read rather than estimated from a worn photograph.
7. Look at the front: the Envelope carries a chevron-quilted flap with a magnetic closure and a chain that passes through metal eyelets at the top corners.

What fits inside

What a 6 cm flap takes, and the point at which the quilted front starts to show the load.

A large phone, a cardholder, keys and a lipstick fit comfortably; a slim wallet fits if the phone stays in the front or the back pocket rather than the main compartment. Sunglasses go in only without a case, and a compact mirror is the item that starts to bow the quilted front panel.

The chain is the other half of the capacity question. A crossbody chain on a flat 6 cm bag holds the body against the hip, so the useful load is what can be carried without the bag twisting — usually the same set of items, just arranged so that the heaviest sits against the body.

• Phone, cardholder, keys and a slim wallet; a compact is the ceiling because the body is only 6 cm deep.
• A large phone, a cardholder and keys are the everyday load; a slim wallet fits with the phone in the inner pocket.
• Sunglasses fit only without a hard case — a case will bow the quilted front panel.
• A compact mirror alongside a full wallet is beyond what 6 cm of depth does comfortably.

These capacity notes are read off the published outside dimensions and the tier ladder, not from a measured interior: the site has no published interior figure for this model, so treat them as a size guide rather than a packing list.

Capacity notes are read from the published 24 x 18 x 6 cm outside dimensions; the record carries no interior figure for this model.

How it compares with the next size up

Two published Saint Laurent flaps bracket the Envelope Medium tightly, and one padded shoulder bag sits above it.

Against the Kate Small at 20 x 12.5 x 5 cm, the Envelope Medium is 4 cm wider, 5.5 cm taller and 1 cm deeper — a real size step rather than a trim difference. Against the Kate Medium at 24 x 14.5 x 5.5 cm, the two match on width and sit half a centimetre apart in depth, with the Envelope 3.5 cm taller. The Sunset Medium at 22 x 16 x 8 cm goes the other way: 2 cm narrower but 2 cm deeper, so it takes a fuller wallet in a shorter body.

The step up in the YSL range is the Niki Medium at 28 x 20 x 8.5 cm: 4 cm wider, 2 cm taller and 2.5 cm deeper. That is the point where the bag stops being a flat flap and starts carrying like a shoulder bag, and it is the comparison to make if a full wallet and a compact both need to travel.

Compared values are the published outside measurements listed in the ladder table above.

Materials, colours and hardware

Materials and hardware below are the values in the model record; anything absent is left absent.

Leather and body

calfskin, lambskin

Hardware

gold, silver

Season

permanent collection

What the photos show

The quilting on the Envelope runs as a chevron across the flap, and the chain should sit in the eyelets rather than run behind the leather.

Current catalog photos for this style

11 album photos in this batch, each labelled with the album reference (mark_code) you can quote in a message.

Each caption is the album reference for that piece, so a photo here can be matched back to the listing it came from. Nothing on these photos has been covered or altered.

Questions buyers ask about the Saint Laurent Envelope

Model references that sit next to this one

These pages use the same published-specification format, so a size, a strap drop or a depth can be compared without leaving the site.

• Saint Laurent LouLou Same width band, 3 cm deeper, padded rather than flat.
• Saint Laurent Niki The step up: 4 cm wider and 2.5 cm deeper, crinkled leather.
• Saint Laurent Jamie A 25 x 15 x 7.5 cm quilted shoulder bag at the same width.

Sources and cross-checks

Every figure above comes from one of the records below. Each row states where the value is published on this site and the date it was last checked against that record.

External pages are read-only references for published measurements; they are not partners of this site and their figures are quoted, not endorsed. Where two records disagree, both numbers are printed above instead of one being averaged away.

Why this page is here

Album listings that match this model

25

Published references checked

1

Album photos on this page

11

The album count comes from titles in the current catalog batch that name this model (25 in the archive record, 19 in the latest recount). Photos are the record for each piece.