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Item Name: I think its a Medium Outback? R35?
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I'm usually over on the Coach forum, but I thought this one was too cute to pass up and it was giving me mixed signals. The rivets aren't stamped, and the duck on the front isn't as puffy but I'm thinking its an older bag? Anybody know about when it was made if its real?
Thanks in advance :smile1:
It's definitely authentic but I didn't know the name of the style. I googled R35 and the bags that come up are the same style but I'm not sure of the size.

As for stamped rivets, they aren't always stamped so that's not an indicator of authenticity.

The bag is probably from approximately late 80's-early 90's
 
It's definitely authentic but I didn't know the name of the style. I googled R35 and the bags that come up are the same style but I'm not sure of the size.

As for stamped rivets, they aren't always stamped so that's not an indicator of authenticity.

The bag is probably from approximately late 80's-early 90's
Yay!!!! After losing yet another auction on a Coach carrier I needed some good news :happydance: I found it on here and the dimensions for the most part check out. To help speed up the authentication process though I grabbed a bunch of paper tape measures from Ikea to keep in my bag and my car.

I spent over an hour in the store trying to figure it out, and then I started chatting with some fellow designer purse fanatics and they agreed that it was real. I returned the favor by showing them where a Coach city bag was hiding that was just out of my price range and too new to sell on Etsy. :smile1:
 
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