CONFUSED IN BROOKLYN

[louisprada25]

I went into Coach Store yesterday and SA showed me a beautiful new bag called the Brooklyn. It is sort of a hybrid of a Rogue and Borough Bag, on the heavy side but gorgeous. For some reason I remembered that name and went on purse forum and found it. This bag was out only a couple of years ago.....with all the names to pick from I couldn't understand why they used the same name for an entirely different bag. Here are pictures of the two, the new one off the website and the other from a TPF member's beautiful pictures of her Brooklyn a few years ago.

 

[lizmil]

Coach recycles names all the time. That new bag is really pretty!

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[Suzanne B.]

I went into Coach Store yesterday and SA showed me a beautiful new bag called the Brooklyn. It is sort of a hybrid of a Rogue and Borough Bag, on the heavy side but gorgeous. For some reason I remembered that name and went on purse forum and found it. This bag was out only a couple of years ago.....with all the names to pick from I couldn't understand why they used the same name for an entirely different bag. Here are pictures of the two, the new one off the website and the other from a TPF member's beautiful pictures of her Brooklyn a few years ago.

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Unfortunately, Coach has people that can design bags, but can't come up with original names. Not only does the FP line repeat names, but sometimes there is a name used for an FP bag and then an outlet bag.....and they are two different bags, Carrie for example. These are not a copy of the FP bag, but a totally different bag.

Apparently, the world has an extreme shortage of names to be used on handbags.....or the employee that names it doesn't have much of a brain or imagination.

 

[happibug]

I went into Coach Store yesterday and SA showed me a beautiful new bag called the Brooklyn. It is sort of a hybrid of a Rogue and Borough Bag, on the heavy side but gorgeous. For some reason I remembered that name and went on purse forum and found it. This bag was out only a couple of years ago.....with all the names to pick from I couldn't understand why they used the same name for an entirely different bag.

I know they recycle names, but I agree! I thought it was weird that they reused the name so soon, and clicked on the email I got announcing the bag just to compare! I loved the former Brooklyn!

 

[SEWDimples]

I found another Coach Brooklyn bag style 7466 with the dog leash closure. I believe it is from the Legacy line.

 

[Hyacinth]

I found another Coach Brooklyn bag style 7466 with the dog leash closure. I believe it is from the Legacy line.

Style 7466 was officially the Legacy Leather Large Pocket Hobo, unofficially the Brooklyn Tote but it was never called that in the catalogs AFAIK. Technically it's not a Tote style at all. Guess they figure that New Yawkers will buy more if they give the bags NYC borough names, even when the bags never see the inside of a US factory. That's just one reason why style numbers are more important than style names. Funny they've only used Manhattan and Brooklyn so far - no love for the Bronx, Staten Island or Queens, I guess. Or maybe buyers outside the US are more likely to recognise the first 2.

 

[SEWDimples]

Style 7466 was officially the Legacy Leather Large Pocket Hobo, unofficially the Brooklyn Tote but it was never called that in the catalogs AFAIK. Technically it's not a Tote style at all. Guess they figure that New Yawkers will buy more if they give the bags NYC borough names, even when the bags never see the inside of a US factory. That's just one reason why style numbers are more important than style names. Funny they've only used Manhattan and Brooklyn so far - no love for the Bronx, Staten Island or Queens, I guess. Or maybe buyers outside the US are more likely to recognise the first 2.

Hi Hyacinth,
Thanks for the correction.
I like the Large Pocket Hobo, but it looks huge on all the models, so I would think it is heavy. I've never seen one IRL though.
I saw the new Brooklyn bag in the store, but I'm on the fence about it. It seems like a combo of the Rogue, Borough and Mercer bags.

 

[kells1983]

Style 7466 was officially the Legacy Leather Large Pocket Hobo, unofficially the Brooklyn Tote but it was never called that in the catalogs AFAIK. Technically it's not a Tote style at all. Guess they figure that New Yawkers will buy more if they give the bags NYC borough names, even when the bags never see the inside of a US factory. That's just one reason why style numbers are more important than style names. Funny they've only used Manhattan and Brooklyn so far - no love for the Bronx, Staten Island or Queens, I guess. Or maybe buyers outside the US are more likely to recognise the first 2.

Hyacinth- was the Brooklyn what they called the outlet version of the 7466? I thought that was the case, based on all of the eBay listings I saw around that time, but maybe my memory is failing me...

 

[Hyacinth]

Hyacinth- was the Brooklyn what they called the outlet version of the 7466? I thought that was the case, based on all of the eBay listings I saw around that time, but maybe my memory is failing me...

No, none of the 7466s on Ebay show any outlet markings at all. I think it might be a case of "monkey see, monkey do", sellers copied misinformation from other sellers' listings - unless someone posts an original price tag from one of them showing the name Brooklyn on the tag.

There are quite a few Coach style that have been given unofficial names by customers and even by the posters here - "Baby Sage" for the Kristin Round Leather Satchel is just one example.