Spy handles wearing funny! Help!

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jennifleur

jennifleur

It's Pompom time!!
Feb 22, 2006
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#1
Hey all!
I just got a brand new Cognac spy from a pf member a few weeks ago.

I just got back from a few days in NYC and my poor spy probably took a bit of a beating.
Anyway, i JUST noticed that on both handles on the insides at the top where they would rub together, some of the leather looks like it's "worn" a little and now there are little spots on the braiding that look darker like what the little sides of the "strips" are finished in.

I hope someone can understand how i described that... heh.
I would take a pic, but i don't have a camera at the office with me.

Has anyone else had this problem??? I don't have the receipt to take it anywhere to be fixed/exchanged. :cry:
 
#4
Yeah, i understand about the leather on the body of the bag wearing to give a vintage feel, but the wearing is on the handles. They're kind of "peeling" a bit.

Ugh! I ddin't think this would happen with such a costly bag!

I'll take a pic when i get home and post it.
 
#6
A picture would certainly help. If yours is brand new there shouldn't be any problems with wearing out at all. It may be a manufacturing defect that warrants an exchange. But pictures, please, so we can help see if there is a problem or not.
 
#10
Here are pics of the handles....
also i put some pics of the whole bag. It's so preeeetty, i just wish the handles weren't messed up!:sad:
 

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#11
oo the handles are kind of bad ... did you wear hand lotion while carrying it? I find that if I use any kind of perfumed lotion it completely ruins the high end designer bag handles - but I have dry hands so I just have to deal with it.
 
#12
monablu said:
oo the handles are kind of bad ... did you wear hand lotion while carrying it? I find that if I use any kind of perfumed lotion it completely ruins the high end designer bag handles - but I have dry hands so I just have to deal with it.
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I usually don't wear any hand lotion because i hate to get it on my bags, but i DID use anti-bacterial lotion because i was riding the trains all day and using icky bathrooms....
Could have that caused it?
 
#13
Hmmm, my guess is that anti-bacterial lotion i.e. like Purell might strip the effects of treated leather. Since most high end bags are already treated, it could have resulted because of that. Did you try moisturizing the handles w/ leather moisturizer (Coach carries a good one)? Maybe that might diminish the look. My SA at coach and Bergdorfs told me that moisturizer doesn't have an effect on treated leather.
 
#15
D & G rockstar said:
Hmmm, my guess is that anti-bacterial lotion i.e. like Purell might strip the effects of treated leather. Since most high end bags are already treated, it could have resulted because of that. Did you try moisturizing the handles w/ leather moisturizer (Coach carries a good one)? Maybe that might diminish the look. My SA at coach and Bergdorfs told me that moisturizer doesn't have an effect on treated leather.
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Thanks for the tip! I'll try some moisturizer tonight. I have some Applegarde, so i'll try that. :smile:
I hope it helps the look of it... Although it does seem like it peeled.
 
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