I'm posting this for my mother, because I fully believe if anyone can offer their advice, it's the lovely folks who frequent this forum. To say that the sales associates at Louis Vuitton have been less than helpful would be an understatement, because according to them, "nothing canvas can ever be fixed so don't bring it in, thank you."
Anyway, my mother's bag is about seven years old, so perhaps it is time it retires to bag heaven, but seeing how we have LV bags in our family that are going on 30 years, it's rather irritating. As you can see, the strap on my mother's bag broke. It did this a year ago and she fixed it with Krazy Glue and she just did it again (that's what all the marks are), because it just broke again.
My mother carries everything but the kitchen sink in the bag, which I think, sadly, has caused some of the wear and tear to be even worse. Even so, does anyone have any ideas on how to perhaps give this bag a little bit more of a lifespan? I should also mention that some of the vachetta for the strap is gone, so it's been shorter than the other strap for about a year or so, but it still worked fine. At least until it broke again. My mother has a great shoemaker and I told her it might be worth contacting him to see if he can do anything, but she doesn't think that's a worthwhile idea.
Any insight would be fabulous! Or anyone wants to commiserate, because my mother is pretty devastated right now and I wish I could help her (there's some family problems going on now too, so it's the straw that broke the camel's back as it were), but I don't have any ideas on what to do, save for buying her a new bag but we're both kinda over LV canvas by this point, seeing how LV said they'll never repair a canvas bag. This bag has just had so many issues, the zipper doesn't work anymore and it can't be replaced, again according to LV because it's a canvas bag, so it hasn't zipped in over a year. I just really want to do something because I hate seeing her this unhappy and I don't know where else to turn, even if this bag has never ending issues!
If you look at the pictures, it's the part of the strap that attaches to the bag and then wraps around the ring. Thank you lovely people for any help, or just for reading!
Anyway, my mother's bag is about seven years old, so perhaps it is time it retires to bag heaven, but seeing how we have LV bags in our family that are going on 30 years, it's rather irritating. As you can see, the strap on my mother's bag broke. It did this a year ago and she fixed it with Krazy Glue and she just did it again (that's what all the marks are), because it just broke again.
My mother carries everything but the kitchen sink in the bag, which I think, sadly, has caused some of the wear and tear to be even worse. Even so, does anyone have any ideas on how to perhaps give this bag a little bit more of a lifespan? I should also mention that some of the vachetta for the strap is gone, so it's been shorter than the other strap for about a year or so, but it still worked fine. At least until it broke again. My mother has a great shoemaker and I told her it might be worth contacting him to see if he can do anything, but she doesn't think that's a worthwhile idea.
Any insight would be fabulous! Or anyone wants to commiserate, because my mother is pretty devastated right now and I wish I could help her (there's some family problems going on now too, so it's the straw that broke the camel's back as it were), but I don't have any ideas on what to do, save for buying her a new bag but we're both kinda over LV canvas by this point, seeing how LV said they'll never repair a canvas bag. This bag has just had so many issues, the zipper doesn't work anymore and it can't be replaced, again according to LV because it's a canvas bag, so it hasn't zipped in over a year. I just really want to do something because I hate seeing her this unhappy and I don't know where else to turn, even if this bag has never ending issues!
If you look at the pictures, it's the part of the strap that attaches to the bag and then wraps around the ring. Thank you lovely people for any help, or just for reading!
