Coach Rehab and Rescue Club
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This is my favorite vintage/rehabbed find! It's a navy leather top handle pouch from the 80's. Very roomy!
My latest rehab project was a cute bag I picked up for just $4 at the Goodwill store. The bag was attractive and in good shape but it has a monogram (which is probably why it was priced so cheaply.)
I wasn't too sure how I felt about the monogram but I bought it anyway just because I enjoy fixing up vintage bags - and because it looked like an easy, cheap project.
Hyacinth authenticated it as a Blazer Bag from the 1980s. It came out very nice and (as expected) it didn't need much work. Here are a few before pics.
I wasn't too sure how I felt about the monogram but I bought it anyway just because I enjoy fixing up vintage bags - and because it looked like an easy, cheap project.
Hyacinth authenticated it as a Blazer Bag from the 1980s. It came out very nice and (as expected) it didn't need much work. Here are a few before pics.
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I've given baths to 2 willis bags (brown and black) and I didn't have any problems. I know that there are concerns about color-loss but that hasn't been an issue for me; but I mostly work on darker colored bags, black, brown, gray, navy.
Because I pick them up cheap at thrift stores and garage sales and they are often very dirty, I feel better giving them a good bath and making sure that they are clean before I put my stuff in them and carry them.
I also find that giving them a bath helps with reshaping the bag. They are sometimes all droopy and out of shape. After I wash them I stuff them with old towels and reshape them. I take the towels out after about a day to continue the drying process but they hold their shape very well.
http://forum.purseblog.com/coach-sh...-an-outlet-fiend-393463-158.html#post15610313
That is a link to pics of bunny bathing a Willis. Came out fine for her.
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And because I see that I never actually posted this link into this thread ...
Link --- http://forum.purseblog.com/coach/two-70s-80s-made-nyc-bags-going-through-658823.html
It contains lots and lots and lots of pictures, documenting a black, made in NYC, Coach Basic bag, going through an entire bath, rinse, drying, and conditioning. Including pics of the bath itself.
I had been requested to document the process, and never took so many pics of one bag in my life.
But it should put to rest any last fears about bathing this vintage leather.
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And because I see that I never actually posted this link into this thread ...
Link --- http://forum.purseblog.com/coach/two-70s-80s-made-nyc-bags-going-through-658823.html
It contains lots and lots and lots of pictures, documenting a black, made in NYC, Coach Basic bag, going through an entire bath, rinse, drying, and conditioning. Including pics of the bath itself.
I had been requested to document the process, and never took so many pics of one bag in my life.
But it should put to rest any last fears about bathing this vintage leather. .
Below are links to before and after pics of a black willis that survived a bath with no ill effects; click on the thumbnail pics to enlarge.
Please share before and after pics of your Willis, we love seeing new rehabs!
Black Willis before getting a bath, conditioner, and hardware polish:
http://forum.purseblog.com/coach/rehab-bonanza-before-and-after-pics-5-bags-652162-post17558135.html?highlight=black+willis+bag+from+1999#post17558135
Black Willis after a bath, conditioner and polish:
http://forum.purseblog.com/coach/rehab-bonanza-before-and-after-pics-5-bags-652162-post17558154.html?highlight=just+cleaner+and+brighter#post17558154
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