Yesterday I was at the Savers Thrift Store and they had loads and loads of vintage bags at low prices! I've never seen so many great vintage bags in one place. Mostly Coach, but they had some other brands as well. I purchased my first D&B bag, I am pretty sure that it is genuine but I will be taking photos and asking for authentication of all the bags just to be sure.
There were so many terrific bags that I filled up an overflowing cart and dragged it over to the furniture section, sat down on a sofa, put all the bags on a big coffee table and examined them one-by-one while trying to make my decisions.
It was hard to pick because I wanted most of them! The Coach bags that I finally bought were a black Court bag, a green bucket bag, a green flap bag, and a woven herringbone tweed bag trimmed with lamb nappa. I also got the D&B cream/tan crossbody satchel along with a little D&B coin purse - and it all cost a total of only $50!
I shouldn't have done it because I already had a few rehab projects piled up at home waiting for me to work on them. So this is it, I am not going near a thrift store for a long time - and I eventually have to figure out what to do with all these rehabbed vintage bags! I enjoy wearing them occasionally but I have way too many just for me (but I keep buying them!)
Anyway, while I was sitting on the sofa in the thrift store trying to pick out bags, two different women came up and said "Are you buying this bag?" and they had their hands on my large emb. putty Sofia! After it happened the second time I covered her up with my sweater to keep her out of sight!
Next a woman came over with two atrocious fakes (a phony Carly and a fake sig swingpack) and asked me if they were “genuine Coach bags?” I told her "No, they are fakes." She wanted to know how I knew and before I knew it she was sitting next to me on the sofa in the furniture department learning how to differentiate genuine and fake Coach bags. A woman walking by overheard us and brought over a fake patchwork mosaic carryall (or tote) and joined the lesson! During the discussion I uncovered my Sophia to use as a demonstration and the second woman immediately said “Oh! Now I see the difference!”
So I guess I’m a new kind of missionary, doing the good work of instructing woman how to spot fake Coach bags whenever and wherever the opportunity presents itself. Of course, I don't have anything near the expertise of our great authenticators but it was fun!
There were so many terrific bags that I filled up an overflowing cart and dragged it over to the furniture section, sat down on a sofa, put all the bags on a big coffee table and examined them one-by-one while trying to make my decisions.
It was hard to pick because I wanted most of them! The Coach bags that I finally bought were a black Court bag, a green bucket bag, a green flap bag, and a woven herringbone tweed bag trimmed with lamb nappa. I also got the D&B cream/tan crossbody satchel along with a little D&B coin purse - and it all cost a total of only $50!
I shouldn't have done it because I already had a few rehab projects piled up at home waiting for me to work on them. So this is it, I am not going near a thrift store for a long time - and I eventually have to figure out what to do with all these rehabbed vintage bags! I enjoy wearing them occasionally but I have way too many just for me (but I keep buying them!)
Anyway, while I was sitting on the sofa in the thrift store trying to pick out bags, two different women came up and said "Are you buying this bag?" and they had their hands on my large emb. putty Sofia! After it happened the second time I covered her up with my sweater to keep her out of sight!
Next a woman came over with two atrocious fakes (a phony Carly and a fake sig swingpack) and asked me if they were “genuine Coach bags?” I told her "No, they are fakes." She wanted to know how I knew and before I knew it she was sitting next to me on the sofa in the furniture department learning how to differentiate genuine and fake Coach bags. A woman walking by overheard us and brought over a fake patchwork mosaic carryall (or tote) and joined the lesson! During the discussion I uncovered my Sophia to use as a demonstration and the second woman immediately said “Oh! Now I see the difference!”
So I guess I’m a new kind of missionary, doing the good work of instructing woman how to spot fake Coach bags whenever and wherever the opportunity presents itself. Of course, I don't have anything near the expertise of our great authenticators but it was fun!
! I have done that too occasionally and it is always nice when they appreciate it 
