Goyard vs Moynat vs Delvaux 2026: Australia vs Paris vs London

From 16 to 18 October 2026, LVMH opens the doors of the Moynat leather workshops in Paris for the Journées Particulières, three days when the ateliers behind one of the quietest names in French leather are open to anyone who booked a free slot in time. For an Australian who has been circling a Moynat Gabrielle, a Goyard Saint Louis or a Delvaux Brillant for a year, it is as good a reason as any to finally book the flight, because none of these three houses has a boutique in Australia and the decision is not which bag, it is which city.

This guide takes an Australian buyer through Goyard, Moynat and Delvaux across Australia (which in practice means resale and online import), Paris (where all three have boutiques and the VAT refund applies) and London (where all three are sold and the refund does not exist). It covers the one Paris price range I could verify, the French détaxe mechanics, the UK's position since 2021, the A$900 concession and the 5% duty plus 10% GST on the way home, the online import rules, repairs and authenticity without a local store, and a verdict by buyer type. Every number carries its source and date; where I could not verify a price I describe the mechanism and leave the number out.

The verdict up front

Paris is the city, full stop. All three houses have their flagship on or near rue Saint-Honoré, the French VAT refund applies for a non-EU visitor spending over €100 in one shop on one day, and the euro at A$1.6167 on 10 September 2026 (Banque de France daily parities) converts more kindly than the pound.

London is where you look, not where you buy. The UK scrapped its VAT refund for visitors on 1 January 2021 and has not brought it back as of September 2026, so a Goyard from Mount Street or a Delvaux from Bond Street carries 20% UK VAT you keep paying, at roughly £0.53 per A$1.

Australia is for resale, repairs by independents, and online import at full landed cost. With no boutiques, the only new-bag routes are a trip or an online order from Delvaux or Moynat where they ship, which pays 5% duty, 10% GST and freight.

Whichever city, the bag is declared on arrival. Every bag from these houses exceeds the A$900 passenger concession, so budget 5% duty plus 10% GST on the landed value, and remember the Australian Border Force rule that exceeding the concession means duty and GST on everything you carry.

Comparison table: three bags, three cities, one customs hall

Lever	Australia	Paris	London
Boutique presence	None for Goyard, Moynat or Delvaux	All three (Goyard 233 rue Saint-Honoré, Moynat rue Saint-Honoré, Delvaux rue Saint-Honoré)	All three (Goyard on Mount Street, Delvaux on Bond Street, Moynat through London retail)
Tax in the ticket	10% GST on resale or import	20% VAT	20% VAT
Refund for a visiting Australian	n/a	Détaxe for non-EU residents over €100 per shop per day, validated at exit, net refund in the low teens as a percentage of ticket after operator fees (French Customs, Sep 2026)	None since 1 January 2021 (HMRC, Sep 2026)
FX, September 2026	n/a	about €0.62 per A$1	about £0.53 per A$1
Verified price anchor	None	Goyard Saint Louis PM €1,450 to €1,750 by colour (Collectors Cage 2026 guide)	Not verified for this article
Dated event	n/a	Moynat workshops open 16 to 18 Oct 2026, Journées Particulières	n/a
On arrival in Australia	Online import over A$1,000: 5% duty, 10% GST on value plus duty plus freight, import processing charge (ABF)	Declare: 5% duty, 10% GST on value plus duty	Declare: 5% duty, 10% GST on value plus duty; no FTA relief because the bags are not UK-made
Repairs	Independent restorers only, or ship to an Asian or Paris boutique	Boutique and workshop	Boutique

House by house

Goyard: the one with a published Paris range and no online store

Goyard has made trunks and bags in Paris since 1853 and is still privately held, which is why it behaves unlike its neighbours: no advertising, no online store, no outlet, no discounting, and a short list of boutiques of which the flagship at 233 rue Saint-Honoré is the original. The Saint Louis tote in Goyardine canvas is the entry point, the Anjou (reversible), the Artois (zipped) and the Belvedere follow, and personalisation with painted stripes and initials is done by the house and adds weeks.

The Paris price is the one number in this article I could anchor. The Collectors Cage 2026 Goyard price guide puts the Saint Louis PM at €1,450 to €1,750 in the Paris boutique depending on colour (the classic black and brown Goyardine at the bottom of the range, the special colours at the top), after a price rise in the second half of 2025. At €0.62 per A$1 that is A$2,350 to A$2,835 on the ticket. The French refund brings the net cost down into the A$2,065 to A$2,495 range, and the Australian duty and GST on arrival add roughly A$320 to A$385 back, for a landed cost around A$2,385 to A$2,880. There is no Australian retail price to compare against, because Goyard does not sell here; the comparison is against resale, where a current-season Saint Louis PM through Vestiaire Collective or Fashionphile typically asks a premium over the Paris boutique, not a discount, for the simple reason that the boutique is the only source of new ones.

London has a Goyard boutique on Mount Street. It sells the same bags at a sterling price that includes 20% UK VAT, and the UK gives an Australian visitor no way to reclaim it. At £0.53 per A$1 in September 2026, Mount Street is the most expensive of the three cities for Goyard before you even reach the customs hall at Sydney.

Moynat: the quietest of the three, and the one with a date in its diary

Moynat was founded in Paris in 1849, outlived its founders and its fame, and was revived in 2010 under Bernard Arnault's group, which is why it now sits inside the LVMH family and why its workshops are part of the Journées Particulières on 16 to 18 October 2026. The bags are leather rather than canvas: the Gabrielle with its curved base, the Réjane, the Mignon, the Duo and the Oh! tote. The flagship is on rue Saint-Honoré and the house runs its own online store; I could not verify a September 2026 list price for any Moynat bag, so the arithmetic here is mechanism only.

The mechanism favours Paris exactly as it does for Goyard: a bag bought at the boutique gets the French refund, converts at €0.62 per A$1, and pays 5% duty and 10% GST on arrival. Moynat's online store, where it ships to Australia, is the alternative for a buyer who will not travel; an order over A$1,000 clears Australian customs with duty, GST on the value plus duty plus freight and insurance, and the ABF's import processing charge, and whether the brand strips French VAT at checkout for an export order decides whether the online route is close to the suitcase route or well behind it.

Delvaux: Belgian, Richemont-owned, and the one with structure

Delvaux is the oldest of the three, founded in Brussels in 1829, and has belonged to Richemont since 2021. The Brillant, designed in 1958 for the Brussels World's Fair, is the house's signature and comes in Mini, PM, MM and East West sizes; the Tempête, the Pin and the Cool Box are the others Australians ask about. Delvaux has boutiques in Brussels, Paris, London and across Asia, and an online store. I could not verify a September 2026 list price for a Brillant, so again the comparison is mechanism.

Paris and Brussels sit under the same EU VAT refund logic, with Belgium's VAT at 21% against France's 20%; a Brussels purchase is validated at your last EU exit point just as a Paris one is. London sells Delvaux on Bond Street at a sterling price with no refund. The Australian arrival is the same 5% duty and 10% GST, and the Australia-UK Free Trade Agreement does not help a London-bought Delvaux because the bags are made in Belgium and the agreement's duty-free treatment turns on origin, not where you paid.

How does the French VAT refund actually work on a bag?

The détaxe rules, per French Customs as of September 2026: you must be resident outside the EU, aged 16 or over, visiting for under six months, and spend more than €100 in the same shop on the same day. The shop issues an electronic tax-free form linked to your passport. When you leave the EU you validate it, at a PABLO kiosk at Charles de Gaulle or Orly if Paris is your exit, or at the customs desk of whichever EU airport you leave from last. The refund operator, Global Blue or Planet in most luxury boutiques, pays to your card minus its fee, or in cash at the airport at a worse rate.

The number people get wrong is the size of the refund. French VAT is 20% of the pre-tax price, which is about 16.7% of the ticket price you see, and the operator takes a cut of that, so the cash that lands on your card is in the low teens as a percentage of what you paid. Model it conservatively: on a €1,600 Saint Louis, expect around €190 to €210 back, not €320. Some boutiques offer an immediate in-store refund at a lower rate in exchange for a card guarantee; it is convenient and slightly worse.

Why does London lose for an Australian in 2026?

Because the UK Government ended the VAT Retail Export Scheme in Great Britain on 1 January 2021 and, as of September 2026, has not reinstated it, despite repeated lobbying from the retail sector. The only tax-free route in Great Britain is to have the shop ship the goods directly overseas, which for a Goyard that does not ship anywhere is no route at all. So the 20% UK VAT inside a Mount Street or Bond Street price is final. Add the sterling conversion at roughly £0.53 per A$1 and the same Australian duty and GST on arrival, and London is behind Paris by the entire refund on every bag in this article. London remains the better city for browsing all three houses under one roof at Harrods and Selfridges, and that is where its usefulness ends.

What does it cost to bring the bag home?

Two charges and one rule. The rule, from the Australian Border Force as of September 2026: the A$900 general goods concession per adult (A$450 under 18, poolable within a travelling family) is all-or-nothing, so once you exceed it, duty and GST apply to all the goods you are carrying, not just the excess. Every bag in this article exceeds A$900 on its own, so declare it on the incoming passenger card and use the red channel.

The charges: customs duty at Australia's general rate of 5% on handbags from the EU and UK (no free trade agreement with the EU; the UK agreement does not help because the bags are not UK-made), and GST at 10% on the customs value plus the duty. The customs value is what you paid, converted at the ABF's rate for the day; bring the receipt and the validated refund form so the officer can see the net price. On a Saint Louis PM landed at A$2,065 to A$2,495 after the French refund, that is about A$105 to A$125 of duty and A$215 to A$260 of GST, for a total around A$320 to A$385.

Should I just order Delvaux or Moynat online from Australia?

Only if you will not travel. The online route pays everything the suitcase pays plus more. An order over A$1,000 shipped to Australia is cleared through customs with 5% duty, 10% GST on the value plus duty plus transport and insurance, and the ABF's import processing charge, per the ABF buying online rules as of September 2026; orders at or under A$1,000 have GST collected by the seller at checkout where the seller is registered, but no bag from these houses sits under A$1,000. Whether the brand's store strips French or Belgian VAT at checkout for an export order is the swing factor: if it does, the online price is close to the Paris net price plus freight and fees; if it does not, you have paid 20% VAT with no refund and then Australian tax on top. Goyard, which does not sell online at all, removes the question.

How do repairs, authenticity and resale work without a boutique?

This is the honest cost of owning one of these bags in Australia. Goyard repairs, re-personalises and re-paints stripes only through its boutiques; Moynat and Delvaux service through their boutiques and client service; and the nearest boutiques to Australia for all three are in Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo. A handle replacement means freight and insurance each way and weeks without the bag. Independent leather restorers in Sydney and Melbourne will do good work, particularly on Goyardine canvas, but a bag with non-house repairs sells for less.

Authenticity is the other cost. With no boutique and no online store, every Goyard offered to an Australian online is resale, and Goyard is heavily counterfeited. Buy through platforms that authenticate before dispatch (Vestiaire Collective, Fashionphile, The RealReal), ask for the original receipt, and treat any Saint Louis PM listed below the Paris boutique range of €1,450 to €1,750 as a fake until proven otherwise. The same platforms collect Australian duty and GST at checkout on imports over A$1,000, which is simpler than the red channel but not cheaper.

Verdict by buyer type

The Goyard Saint Louis buyer. Paris, rue Saint-Honoré, with the refund validated at Charles de Gaulle and the bag declared at Sydney. Landed cost around A$2,385 to A$2,880 on the PM at September 2026 rates for a bag that cannot be bought new any other way. Do not buy it in London.

The Moynat buyer. Book a Journées Particulières slot for 16 to 18 October 2026, see the workshop, buy at the boutique the same week, claim the refund. If you cannot travel, the online store is the fallback at full landed cost.

The Delvaux Brillant buyer. Paris or Brussels, same refund logic, same Australian arrival charges. London only if the bag you want is in stock there and nowhere else, and then with eyes open about the lost refund.

The buyer who will not travel. Authenticated resale for Goyard; the brand's online store for Moynat and Delvaux where they ship; and a landed cost that includes 5% duty, 10% GST, freight and the processing charge.

The couple travelling together. The A$900 concession pools to A$1,800 but no bag here fits inside it; what pooling does is keep smaller purchases, scarves and small leather goods, from being swept into the taxable total.

Where cashback fits

Goyard, Moynat and Delvaux boutiques are not ShopBack merchants, in Paris, London or anywhere, so the bag itself is outside the cashback net. Where ShopBack cashback does apply is the Australian retailer tier around the bag: department stores on the platform such as David Jones sell leather accessories, wallets and card holders from other houses, and the dust-bag-and-organiser category comes from fashion retailers that are ShopBack merchants. Activate ShopBack, click through to the merchant and complete the purchase in that session so the order tracks; cashback is calculated on the amount paid to the merchant.

The trip is where cashback does its real work on a purchase like this. A Paris bag run has Qantas or partner flights, hotel nights in the 1st arrondissement and transfers around it, and the hotel and activity bookings made through ShopBack merchants such as Booking.com, Expedia and Klook are where cashback via ShopBack reliably lands. ShopBack cashback is ShopBack's own rebate and is not claimed to combine with a retailer's loyalty programme, airline points or card multipliers, so count it as its own line.

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between Goyard, Moynat, and Delvaux?

All three are trunk-makers older than most of the houses they are compared to, and all three sell on word of mouth rather than advertising. Goyard (Paris, 1853) is family-owned, makes the hand-painted Goyardine canvas Saint Louis tote, Anjou, Artois and Belvedere, sells only through its own boutiques, has no online store and no Australian location. Moynat (Paris, 1849) was revived under Bernard Arnault's group and is now part of the LVMH orbit; its Gabrielle, Réjane, Mignon and Duo bags are leather-first, sold through a short list of boutiques and its own online store. Delvaux (Brussels, 1829) is Belgian, owned by Richemont since 2021, and is known for the structured Brillant, the Tempête and the Pin; it sells through boutiques in Europe and Asia and online. None of the three has a shop in Australia, which is why this article is about where to buy rather than which is best.

How does the French VAT refund (détaxe) work on a handbag bought in Paris?

France charges 20% VAT inside the ticket price. A resident of a non-EU country aged 16 or over who spends more than €100 in the same shop on the same day can ask for a tax-free form, which the shop issues electronically, per the French Customs détaxe rules as of September 2026. On leaving the EU you validate the form at a PABLO kiosk or customs desk (at Charles de Gaulle if Paris is your exit), and the refund operator, usually Global Blue or Planet, pays to your card minus its fee. The cash that comes back is well below 20% of the ticket: VAT is 20% of the pre-tax price, so about 16.7% of the gross, and the operator keeps a cut, which is why the net refund lands in the low teens as a percentage of what you paid. A Goyard Saint Louis PM at €1,450 to €1,750 in Paris in 2026 (Collectors Cage price guide) clears the €100 threshold many times over.

What does Australian customs charge on a designer handbag I bring home?

If the total value of goods you bring in exceeds your A$900 passenger concession (A$450 under 18, poolable within a family), you declare everything and duty plus GST apply to all of it, not just the excess, per the Australian Border Force as of September 2026. Every bag from these three brands exceeds A$900 on its own. Handbags attract customs duty at Australia's general rate of 5% for goods from the EU and UK (there is no Australia-EU free trade agreement, and Goyard, Moynat and Delvaux bags are made in France, Spain or Belgium, so the Australia-UK agreement's duty-free treatment does not apply even to a bag bought in London). GST is then 10% of the value plus the duty. On a Saint Louis PM landed at roughly A$2,065 to A$2,495 after the French refund (at €0.62 per A$1 in September 2026), that is about A$105 to A$125 of duty and A$215 to A$260 of GST.

Is it cheaper to buy Goyard in Paris than in London?

Yes, for an Australian, and it is not close. Paris gives a non-EU visitor the French VAT refund; London gives nothing, because the UK ended its VAT Retail Export Scheme in Great Britain on 1 January 2021 and has not reinstated it as of September 2026 (HM Revenue and Customs). The Goyard boutique on Mount Street sells the Saint Louis at a sterling price that includes 20% UK VAT you cannot reclaim, and at roughly £0.53 per A$1 in September 2026 the pound converts expensively. The Paris boutique on rue Saint-Honoré lists the Saint Louis PM at €1,450 to €1,750 depending on colour in 2026 (Collectors Cage price guide), which is A$2,350 to A$2,835 before the refund and roughly A$2,065 to A$2,495 after it. Both cities then pay the same Australian duty and GST on arrival, so Paris wins by the full refund.

Is it cheaper to buy Delvaux or Moynat online and ship to Australia than to buy in Paris?

Usually not, because the online route pays everything the suitcase route pays, plus freight and the Australian Border Force import processing charge, and it cannot claim the French VAT refund in the same way. Delvaux and Moynat run online stores (Goyard does not sell online at all); where they ship to Australia, an order over A$1,000 is cleared through customs with 5% duty, 10% GST on the value plus duty plus transport and insurance, and the import processing charge, per the ABF buying online rules as of September 2026. Some brand stores strip the VAT at checkout for export orders, which replaces the refund, but freight and the processing charge eat part of that. The online route is for the buyer who will not travel, not the buyer looking for the lowest number.

When is the Moynat workshop open to the public in 2026 and is it worth timing a trip around it?

From 16 to 18 October 2026, during LVMH's Journées Particulières, Moynat opens its Paris leather workshops to visitors for a rare look at the ateliers where its bags are made, per the event listing on Sortir à Paris. Entry to the Journées Particulières is free but booked in advance and the Moynat slots are among the first to fill. It is worth timing a Paris trip around it if Moynat is your brand: the workshop visit is the best way to understand what you are paying for, and the Paris boutique on rue Saint-Honoré is a short walk away for the purchase itself, with the French VAT refund on the way out. It is not worth flying for on its own if your target is a Goyard or a Delvaux.

When do Goyard, Moynat, and Delvaux raise their prices, and should I buy before a rise?

None of the three publishes a schedule, but Goyard's recent pattern has been one or two increases a year, with a rise after May 2025 that sets the 2026 Paris pricing recorded in the Collectors Cage guide; Delvaux and Moynat move less often and by smaller steps. Because none of the three discounts, ever, the only price movement is upward, so a bag you have decided on is cheapest today. The exception is currency: the euro at A$1.6167 on 10 September 2026 (Banque de France) is the other variable, and a weaker euro does more for an Australian buyer than any brand pause in increases.

Can I get a Goyard, Moynat, or Delvaux bag repaired in Australia if there is no boutique?

Not through the brand. Goyard repairs and re-personalises only through its boutiques, Moynat through its boutiques and client service, and Delvaux through its boutiques and workshop in Brussels, so an Australian owner sends the bag to the nearest boutique in Asia (Singapore, Hong Kong or Tokyo for all three) or to Paris, and pays return freight and insurance. Independent leather restorers in Sydney and Melbourne will replace handles, restitch and recolour, and for Goyard's coated canvas that is often the practical route, but it voids any brand service relationship and matters for resale. Buy with the receipt and keep the dust bag and box; all three boutiques will ask for proof of purchase before touching a bag.

Does a Goyard bought from a reseller count as authentic, and how do I avoid a fake?

Goyard has no online store and no Australian boutique, so every Goyard offered for sale online to an Australian is resale, and the brand is among the most counterfeited in the category precisely because the canvas pattern is hand-painted and the market is thin. Buy only through platforms that authenticate before dispatch, such as Vestiaire Collective, Fashionphile and The RealReal, insist on the original receipt where it exists, and treat any Goyard listed at a price below the Paris boutique range of €1,450 to €1,750 for a Saint Louis PM (Collectors Cage, 2026) as suspect. Delvaux and Moynat are less counterfeited but the same rule applies. Resale into Australia over A$1,000 also pays duty and GST on import, which the platform usually collects at checkout.

What happens if I buy a bag in Paris, claim the VAT refund, and then leave the EU from London rather than Paris?

You lose the refund unless you validate the French form at your last EU exit point, and London is not in the EU. The détaxe form must be validated when the goods leave the EU; if you take the Eurostar from Paris to London, the validation happens at the Paris end before departure (Gare du Nord has customs facilities for this), not at St Pancras. If you fly Paris to London and then London to Sydney, validate at Charles de Gaulle before the Paris to London leg, because Heathrow will not stamp a French form. Miss the validation and the operator will charge the refund back to your card. The Australian side is unchanged either way: the bag is declared on arrival and pays 5% duty and 10% GST.

Key takeaways

• Paris is the only sensible city: all three boutiques, the French VAT refund for non-EU visitors over €100 per shop per day, and the euro at A$1.6167 on 10 September 2026.
• London sells all three but refunds nothing to visitors since 1 January 2021, so it is behind Paris by the whole refund.
• Goyard Saint Louis PM in Paris: €1,450 to €1,750 by colour in 2026 (Collectors Cage), roughly A$2,065 to A$2,495 net of refund, about A$2,385 to A$2,880 landed after 5% duty and 10% GST.
• Every bag here exceeds the A$900 concession, and exceeding it means duty and GST on everything you carry (ABF, September 2026).
• Online import from Delvaux or Moynat pays duty, GST, freight and a processing charge; Goyard does not sell online.
• Moynat's workshops open 16 to 18 October 2026 for the Journées Particulières; a real reason to time the trip.
• No boutique in Australia means repairs ship to Asia or Paris, and every Goyard sold online here is resale, so authenticate.