I love finding and rehabbing inexpensive, vintage-style bags but many of them are rather small so it is a special treat when you can find a larger rehab project. For quite awhile I had wanted to find a Patricia's Legacy 9951 bag, because it is a beautiful and good-sized vintage bag with a long, cross-body strap.
One time I found one at the thrift store in terrible shape and I also had some concerns about authenticity. I was almost relieved when the authentication experts confirmed that it was a fake because it would have been a very hard rehab. I was able to exchange it for a lovely bag so that was okay, but I still wanted to find a PL bag!
Recently to my surprise I came across a dark brown one very cheaply and then I found a reasonably price tan PL soon after, so I decided to rehab them together.
They both presented some rehabbing challenges, but they are finally finished and I am very pleased with the results. Here are some after pics of both bags and also stock Coach photos because they are both still available online for $298. My total investment for both bags is $53.50.
The Patricia's Legacy bag was first introduced by Coach in 1994 and has been sold continuously in various colors since that time.
I will show before and after pics of each bag next.
To give a size comparison for the PL I have also posted a photo of the dark brown PL next to my Legacy Zip and black Stewardess bag and I included a ruler in the photo.
(L to R: Mahogany Patricia's Legacy 9951, White Legacy Zip 9966, and Black Stewardess 9525, total cost all 3 bags = $85.50.)
One time I found one at the thrift store in terrible shape and I also had some concerns about authenticity. I was almost relieved when the authentication experts confirmed that it was a fake because it would have been a very hard rehab. I was able to exchange it for a lovely bag so that was okay, but I still wanted to find a PL bag!
Recently to my surprise I came across a dark brown one very cheaply and then I found a reasonably price tan PL soon after, so I decided to rehab them together.
They both presented some rehabbing challenges, but they are finally finished and I am very pleased with the results. Here are some after pics of both bags and also stock Coach photos because they are both still available online for $298. My total investment for both bags is $53.50.
The Patricia's Legacy bag was first introduced by Coach in 1994 and has been sold continuously in various colors since that time.
I will show before and after pics of each bag next.
To give a size comparison for the PL I have also posted a photo of the dark brown PL next to my Legacy Zip and black Stewardess bag and I included a ruler in the photo.
(L to R: Mahogany Patricia's Legacy 9951, White Legacy Zip 9966, and Black Stewardess 9525, total cost all 3 bags = $85.50.)
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The work you had done looks amazing and I think I am going to check out my local cobbler for my courier pouch that has some damage and extreme dryness. The bags are beautiful, great job! Off to order a bottle of emu oil....
