I especially love the leather of the Coach bags i bought 8-10 years ago .. I had a friend who worked for Mark Cross which at the time was owned by Sara Lee...
Sara Lee used to own Coach, well anyway one day she took me to the Coach store and let me buy whatever on her 50% employee discount - I stocked up! Actually just in the last year I took the last one out of the box.. a red station bag .. so I've been loving them for a long time. I didn't buy any Coach after the fabric C bags came out. I was actually quite dissapointed since I thought the leather was so high quality and didn't want to pay as much and more to advertise their C logo.
I've got over that now since they have diversified the styles and fabrics so much the last couple of years. Alas no more discount at the Coach store but I still love their bags and the leather ones, especially will be timeless.
Since reading this forum, though, I've come to appreciate several other manufacturers and probably will try something new next time I've got a chance.
Coach stock was up again today