Coach Rehab and Rescue Club
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It does look like a failed glue job. It would probably be a good idea to see if you can get most or all of the glue off first. Then you could could try sewing it yourself if you feel comfortable doing that. If the existing holes are still usable (not filled with glue), you might be able to sew through them.
It could be also sewn back together by a good leather craft person, but I don't know how much that would cost, or how good it would look (depends on the person doing the work). You are the only one who can decide if it would be worth it to you.
Have you had it authenticated yet?
I love that style! Definitely remove all that glue! I had one that was similar. I sewed a new piece of leather to the end and then attached that to the bag. It is very hard to sew it back on to the bag. You could check with a local shoe repair to see how much they would charge. If it was under $15, I would have them do it.
I haven't done anything yet; just happened upon it as I'm really bored at work
I most likely won't buy it as i have too many bags as it is. I just love the dark green of vintage Coach. As far as repairs; I live near Rago Brothers, who I know do repairs for high end lines etc. I've seen mixed reviews of them, but a couple local consignment shops and people I know that have taken stuff there have been happy with them. I think the bag is $18 with $7 shipping. I might try and get them down to where I'd pay $20 shipped. Have to think about it for a bit. if I do end up getting it, it will be a while before I do anything with it.
No measurements are given and no picture of the creed. Just asked for both...so i know what style this is.
I'm loving the results of my sticker festival! This bag is the perfect size for my laptop and I have had it for years. It was seriously grotty when I bought it at goodwill for about $7, and I ruined it while washing it by trying to remove the previous owner's name from the inside of the bag which made the ink spread around the place even through the leather. So I have never used it.. but now I will! The handles are still pretty grotty but whatever.. it has a glued in serial number so I guess that makes it super old! Unfortunately you can still see a little bit of the stain near the flag sticker. Also I left a space because I'm hoping I might add the bunny sticker if I can ever find it...
Bag number 2, had really really bad spots that I think might be a couple of cigarette burns (but it doesn't smell like smoke) and some kind of "water" stain.
After:
Beats me why this posted sideways on tinypic.
I put a sticker on one other, a courier where there was an obvious ink stain under the flap, but I haven't got a pic of that. I have to say I was very nervous about all of this but ultimately I wouldn't have done it if I felt the bags could have been useble any other way. I had tried painting but didn't get the right color match with them. I do think they now look pretty eye catching!
Bag number 2, had really really bad spots that I think might be a couple of cigarette burns (but it doesn't smell like smoke) and some kind of "water" stain.
After:
Beats me why this posted sideways on tinypic.
I put a sticker on one other, a courier where there was an obvious ink stain under the flap, but I haven't got a pic of that. I have to say I was very nervous about all of this but ultimately I wouldn't have done it if I felt the bags could have been useble any other way. I had tried painting but didn't get the right color match with them. I do think they now look pretty eye catching!
I'm loving the results of my sticker festival! This bag is the perfect size for my laptop and I have had it for years. It was seriously grotty when I bought it at goodwill for about $7, and I ruined it while washing it by trying to remove the previous owner's name from the inside of the bag which made the ink spread around the place even through the leather. So I have never used it.. but now I will! The handles are still pretty grotty but whatever.. it has a glued in serial number so I guess that makes it super old! Unfortunately you can still see a little bit of the stain near the flag sticker. Also I left a space because I'm hoping I might add the bunny sticker if I can ever find it...
Bag number 2, had really really bad spots that I think might be a couple of cigarette burns (but it doesn't smell like smoke) and some kind of "water" stain.
After:
Beats me why this posted sideways on tinypic.
I put a sticker on one other, a courier where there was an obvious ink stain under the flap, but I haven't got a pic of that. I have to say I was very nervous about all of this but ultimately I wouldn't have done it if I felt the bags could have been useble any other way. I had tried painting but didn't get the right color match with them. I do think they now look pretty eye catching!
These look great! Anything you can do to make them usable is always good, IMO. Classic bags are rarely perfect so we gotta work with what we’ve got!
I have this exact bag, and it's my absolute favorite vintage Coach bag! (I love it so much that I bought a second in cognac that I am fixing up now.) My handle dried a bit wonky, so I might suggest propping yours somehow during the drying process.
Thanks for the head's up @nursebetty ! Maybe I will roll up a dish cloth to help keep the handle's shape while it is drying.
I'm guessing that most of you have already seen this video? But it was a surprise to me to find on coach.com; it is an homage to a really serious vintage coach bag restoration expert:
https://assets.coach.com/media/web-production/coach-75th/coach-vintage.mp4
https://assets.coach.com/media/web-production/coach-75th/coach-vintage.mp4
Did they come off or did it make more fuzzies to make it look evenly hairy? I barely have time to brush my hair, let alone a bag. Lol!
They put that up a few years ago when Debi was buying up a bunch of bags so Coach could bedazzle them and sell them for inflated prices. Very artistic to use a barrel of water instead of a sink, and dip rather than soak.
I can't remember. If it worked, it didn't work that well.