Kooba Bags - Where Are They Now?

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There were so many beautiful bags back in the Kooba days. Those were the days of the most gorgeous bags. By the time I got around to wanting a Kooba, you couldn't find them. I was so bag crazy that when you bought one beautiful bag, another came out. I miss those days. You would have to be around in the O.G. days to appreciate how gorgeous the bags were then.
 
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Purseloco said:
There were so many beautiful bags back in the Kooba days. Those were the days of the most gorgeous bags. By the time I got around to wanting a Kooba, you couldn't find them. I was so bag crazy that when you bought one beautiful bag, another came out. I miss those days. You would have to be around in the O.G. days to appreciate how gorgeous the bags were then.
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and it's interesting to see many of the people who were so active on the PF back then are gone....guess they lost interest or their lives changed
 
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sdkitty said:
yes, I plan on wearing it....I remembered the color to be lighter
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It may have darkened with age. If you treat it with leather conditioner it may make it a bit darker but it will probably look richer. See the link below for before and after pics of a Kooba Devin that I recently rehabbed; it appears to be a similar color as your Paige.

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Thread 'It Took $13 and 14 Years But I've Finally Rehabbed My Kooba Devin Bag!'

Way back in 2011, I bought a tan Kooba Devin Hobo at the thrift store for $12.99. The bag was kindly authenticated here on TPF by @BookWriter. It was made of Italian Lambskin and had been released in 2007. It originally retailed for $535.

The bag was in bad shape, it was dirty inside and out and had some pen-marks. At that time I had already rehabbed some other bag brands - but I was not familiar with Kooba or with lambskin - and so it seemeded like a challenge. I was afraid to try to rehab it, so I put it away and then I forgot about it!

Last year I got lucky again and I found a...
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katev said:
It may have darkened with age. If you treat it with leather conditioner it may make it a bit darker but it will probably look richer. See the link below for before and after pics of a Kooba Devin that I recently rehabbed; it appears to be a similar color as your Paige.

katev

Thread 'It Took $13 and 14 Years But I've Finally Rehabbed My Kooba Devin Bag!'

Way back in 2011, I bought a tan Kooba Devin Hobo at the thrift store for $12.99. The bag was kindly authenticated here on TPF by @BookWriter. It was made of Italian Lambskin and had been released in 2007. It originally retailed for $535.

The bag was in bad shape, it was dirty inside and out and had some pen-marks. At that time I had already rehabbed some other bag brands - but I was not familiar with Kooba or with lambskin - and so it seemeded like a challenge. I was afraid to try to rehab it, so I put it away and then I forgot about it!

Last year I got lucky again and I found a...
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no, the color is definitely a darker shade than what I remembered. I was going to treat it with Leather CPR just for general principles. I put some on the bottom of the bag. the bag is soft and unstructured. The CPR didn't work out too well. It created some color variation and a couple of small streaks that extended onto the back of the bag. Fortunately it's distressed looking leather so not a big deal but I won't do that again.
 
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