Colour transfer on white Chanel items

[mzbaglady1]

I am a fan of white bags and I am used to handling white bags from luxury brands with no issues. I have a white caviar cf which I bought about 12 years ago? It still looks brand new despite using it for so many years, no colour transfer, no yellowing, nothing happened to it.

Hence having a good experience with white caviar, I bought a white caviar coco handle last month. Gosh bad mistake! I wore a light beige top on the first use, and it was stained with beige at the back! The second time I wore a light yellow top, the bag was further stained with yellow. To test it out, I wore the same tops with my white cf, nothing happened to the cf. The new white caviar is a colour magnet, it just absorbs any colour to the leather, and I could not remove it at all. In conclusion, for the price increase, the quality of the leather has dropped drastically. I will never buy anything white from Chanel again. Totally disappointed with their quality, my bag was destroyed with just 2 usages.

Oh my goodness sorry to hear what happened to your bag. I thought you would be safe with the light beige top. Have you looked throughout some Chanel threads for some solutions of possible cleaning some of the stains?
Good luck.

 

[zaraha]

I am a fan of white bags and I am used to handling white bags from luxury brands with no issues. I have a white caviar cf which I bought about 12 years ago? It still looks brand new despite using it for so many years, no colour transfer, no yellowing, nothing happened to it.

Hence having a good experience with white caviar, I bought a white caviar coco handle last month. Gosh bad mistake! I wore a light beige top on the first use, and it was stained with beige at the back! The second time I wore a light yellow top, the bag was further stained with yellow. To test it out, I wore the same tops with my white cf, nothing happened to the cf. The new white caviar is a colour magnet, it just absorbs any colour to the leather, and I could not remove it at all. In conclusion, for the price increase, the quality of the leather has dropped drastically. I will never buy anything white from Chanel again. Totally disappointed with their quality, my bag was destroyed with just 2 usages.

So sorry about your white bag! I think chanel leather differ from season to season. My white 21s caviar ( I haven’t got the chance to wear it yet but look at the caviar pebbles already smoothing out in places). Maybe they made this type of caviar to be soft and smooth but it looks odd weird when you have patches on a new bag. I love chanel white bags but this sort of put me off.

 

[purpledress]

This may be an ignorant question but can you use waterproofing spray to protect against colour transfer on light leather?

 

[Olgita]

This may be an ignorant question but can you use waterproofing spray to protect against colour transfer on light leather?

Be very careful and do some good research with those sprays. I sprayed my white goatskin 19 when I got it, but in about a year I noticed it started to slightly yellow. I sold it off. And someone here posted that it could have possibly been due to protective spray. The name of that thread was do white bags turn yellow over time or something like that.

 

[purpledress]

Be very careful and do some good research with those sprays. I sprayed my white goatskin 19 when I got it, but in about a year I noticed it started to slightly yellow. I sold it off. And someone here posted that it could have possibly been due to protective spray. The name of that thread was do white bags turn yellow over time or something like that.

Thanks for the tip! I'll search for that thread.

 

[Farkvam]

I am a fan of white bags and I am used to handling white bags from luxury brands with no issues. I have a white caviar cf which I bought about 12 years ago? It still looks brand new despite using it for so many years, no colour transfer, no yellowing, nothing happened to it.

Hence having a good experience with white caviar, I bought a white caviar coco handle last month. Gosh bad mistake! I wore a light beige top on the first use, and it was stained with beige at the back! The second time I wore a light yellow top, the bag was further stained with yellow. To test it out, I wore the same tops with my white cf, nothing happened to the cf. The new white caviar is a colour magnet, it just absorbs any colour to the leather, and I could not remove it at all. In conclusion, for the price increase, the quality of the leather has dropped drastically. I will never buy anything white from Chanel again. Totally disappointed with their quality, my bag was destroyed with just 2 usages.

I'm so sorry to hear about that! I just watched a video yesterday from Zeko's Authentication where she removes color transfer from the back of a beige clair successfully. I haven't tried it but in case you wanted to see it, here's the link:

 

[ddunddun]

I really want to buy the beige chanel classic small for my first channel bag but I’m so nervous about the colour transfer

 

[Anysia]

I really want to buy the beige chanel classic small for my first channel bag but I’m so nervous about the colour transfer

I personally would not buy such an expensive bag in a delicate color. Luckily light color doesn't suits me. I think the issue is not only the color transfer. As well the edges and the sticking can lock darker over time. Would it be an option for you to choose a seasonal brown color which is not so light and delicate? One will come in the next collection. I think a caramel brown will be less delicate.
But you should always get what you want. It doesn't make sense to choose an other color and then you will regret it later on.
And I wanted to add the following : Even my SA who is interested in selling bags told me that light bags are very delicate and a color transfer is quickly done and irreversible.

 

[Afrodyta]

I recommend ecru for those who like light colours but are scared that the bag will get dirty easily.
I have a medium classic flap in this colour and am extremely happy. Even it gets a bit of dirt, it isn't noticable at all.
And it looks beautiful and elegant. The only downside is that it can be difficult to find.