Early 90s. NYC. The most common graduation gift for women going into finance out of college was a Coach bag. As in “your first professional purse”. To this day I see those bags on women of certain age at various conferences, etc.
Coach goes to the movies....
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Good catch! That is a bag I have always wanted but have never found.
80's movies are full of these beautiful, undamaged, made in the US coach bags. Sigh.
"Young Sheldon," (Season 2, Episode 15). Sheldon's mom, played by Zoe Perry, carries a vintage Basic Bag in this scene.
Lol, around 1:45, the serious contender for a Coach bag is laying on the floor. Although it is not a Stewie. Possibly a Willis? I don’t have one to compare for the piece where the male part of the turn lock is sewn.
Good catch vickenator!
ETA, Ah yes, the dowel can seen. Although I don’t believe the Willis was introduced until the early 90’s.
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Lol, we are in the deep end with vintage Coach
, aren’t we??Definitely!Lol, we are in the deep end with vintage Coach
It's too big to be a Willis, the turnlock is too small in proportion to the size of the bag. It looks like it could be a small briefcase. No briefcases with dowels and straight-across flaps and a flat underflap pocket though...
Except this one, which we've never found a name for, but I own one - style 9097, made around 1997, serial number in mine is A7B-9097, It looks like all the details match. Measurements are about 12x10x3 inches. This is the only bag it could be. Here are some posts from the original authentication request:
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...ost-for-format.889527/page-1265#post-30896115
Click on the thumbnails
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By George, I think you've got it! Thanks for sharing pics of another rare style to add to my files.
It's what I wish the Willis could have been. Not only is there plenty of room inside for everything I carry (amazing what those extra 3 inches can do!), but it has front and back pockets. And it's RED.
I love that bag! It looks like a perfect size. Every time I carry a Willis, I wish it was a few inches bigger.
You all are so hilarious -- I came to this thread to see if anybody had posted about the bag in Anchorman! Love this freaking community.
I actually grabbed all those images and then searched for the movie in netflix etc...(no dice, boo) Jill Clayburgh in that film is sort of my ideal fashion muse. I love everything she wears (although I am not tall and lanky) and somehow I missed that she carried a stewardess!! Thank you for this
I watched "An Unmarried Woman" last night. That Stewardess Bag should have been credited with a supporting role. She wears it in so many scenes and I couldn't take my eyes off it (but then I am vintage-Coach-obsessed
).The seventies! What a time that was! Women's Lib, the sexual revolution, boho-meets-preppy fashion...and Coach was there.
I watched "An Unmarried Woman" last night. That Stewardess Bag should have been credited with a supporting role. She wears it in so many scenes and I couldn't take my eyes off it (but then I am vintage-Coach-obsessed
The seventies! What a time that was! Women's Lib, the sexual revolution, boho-meets-preppy fashion...and Coach was there.
Amen!
Of course, we'll completely ignore mens' polyester suits (the dreaded Leisure Suit, or what I think of as "Car Salesman Specials"), platform shoes for guys, and Disco. Especially when they occured together.
(Struts away, singing "You should be DAAAANCING, YEAH..."
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