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oh dear ohdear ohdear
I don't know if I should be happy or pessimistic. Don't get me wrong.. i love France.
But the French have just re-acquired Moleskine.
The Moleskine notebooks have again become French (a literal english translation, not exactly grammatically correct, but if you can read French, you'd understand that "his" is like "its" in French).
More of Moleskine.
August 6 2006, 01:00:20 UTC 5 years ago
August 6 2006, 01:30:19 UTC 5 years ago
this isn't to bash the french but i always fear when things are aquired by other (larger?) companies. now i must pray to the great journal in the sky that they don't change too much...
maybe get a little cheaper?? ;-)
August 6 2006, 08:13:50 UTC 5 years ago
I too love my storyboard moleskine.
August 6 2006, 14:37:44 UTC 5 years ago
The last few Moleskines I bought (with the slightly slicker surface, and thinner lettering on the back) were, frankly, a bit crap.
August 8 2006, 02:33:27 UTC 5 years ago
"crap" Moleskines
I'd bet that your recent purchases were the Chinese made versions of Moleskine. Modo y Modo seems to have pulled a fast one on us - the notebooks are now being made in China. Check the back of the packaging band. The tiny print will tell you whether they are Chinese made or not.I really hope the new French owners will put a stop to this nonsense immediately and return Moleskine to its former quality.
August 8 2006, 17:06:19 UTC 5 years ago
Re: "crap" Moleskines
Ah, that would explain it!The cover is slicker, less moleskine-y and slightly stiffer, which causes it to break/tear at the top and bottom along the spine.
The quality of the paper is not as good, and the corners are rounded extremely sloppily.
Fingers crossed for the French!