This is today's what-the-heck question.. not pressing - but thought perhaps someone here may have seen this before.
I have an NYC era Basic Bag - which I had mentioned in an earlier post as being 'distressed' - that is really puzzling me. The more I've looked at it, the more I am certain that it's not actually distressed, but was simply made of an unfinished, raw piece of leather.
Did Coach ever do this - intentionally?
The surface throughout, everywhere, including piping, strap holders & the pocket inside has a soft velvety matte finish, not like any of my Coach bags from that era (or any other era for that matter ) almost like a chamois skin. It's actually very lovely to the touch - you just want to pet it, and the look is quite different from my other Basic bags.
I'm not sure if this finish will show up in my photos - shot them on a black background in order to possibly enhance the visibility of the surface texture.
Another unique thing (unrelated I'm sure, but also something I've not seen before) is that the back of the pocket shows 2 repairs that were obviously made to the skin prior to assembly - these repairs do not show thru on the inside of the pocket.
Would really appreciate any thoughts / ideas / previous sightings? on this.
Thanks as always
I have an NYC era Basic Bag - which I had mentioned in an earlier post as being 'distressed' - that is really puzzling me. The more I've looked at it, the more I am certain that it's not actually distressed, but was simply made of an unfinished, raw piece of leather.
Did Coach ever do this - intentionally?
The surface throughout, everywhere, including piping, strap holders & the pocket inside has a soft velvety matte finish, not like any of my Coach bags from that era (or any other era for that matter ) almost like a chamois skin. It's actually very lovely to the touch - you just want to pet it, and the look is quite different from my other Basic bags.
I'm not sure if this finish will show up in my photos - shot them on a black background in order to possibly enhance the visibility of the surface texture.
Another unique thing (unrelated I'm sure, but also something I've not seen before) is that the back of the pocket shows 2 repairs that were obviously made to the skin prior to assembly - these repairs do not show thru on the inside of the pocket.
Would really appreciate any thoughts / ideas / previous sightings? on this.
Thanks as always
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