This "old bag"

[CoachCruiser]

I write the title, hoping you'll catch on to the irony...(and please do catch the irony, because I don't in any means to imply that anyone is an "old bag")...
Posting a bag that I got at a consignment shop in Boston, MA, now closed, sadly, with debts to their clients. I really hope those clients get back what they deserve.
This was $45 at purchase, about five years ago, which made the insipid (albeit well-intentioned) girl at the counter blink twice, considering that she thought the lining was "rawhide leather" or "rawhide suede" (when it was simply...leather); I want to thank my mom for opening me up to the world of Coach. All those times when I was a little girl and I pushed her along the purse department, desperate that she wouldn't stop to gaze...well, years later, I finally got it and was like, "OH. Now I see what you see." You may have created a bit of a monster but I will forever be indebted to your amazing sense of style. I love you, mom.

 

[whateve]

Nice! My mom wasn't a purse lover so I don't know where I got it from! That looks like an equestrian zip from around 1997.

 

[SEWDimples]

My mom bought my first Coach bag, so that I could have something nice and appropriate for my first corporate job. I've been addicted to Coach and handbags ever since.

 

[tealocean]

I write the title, hoping you'll catch on to the irony...(and please do catch the irony, because I don't in any means to imply that anyone is an "old bag")...
Posting a bag that I got at a consignment shop in Boston, MA, now closed, sadly, with debts to their clients. I really hope those clients get back what they deserve.
This was $45 at purchase, about five years ago, which made the insipid (albeit well-intentioned) girl at the counter blink twice, considering that she thought the lining was "rawhide leather" or "rawhide suede" (when it was simply...leather); I want to thank my mom for opening me up to the world of Coach. All those times when I was a little girl and I pushed her along the purse department, desperate that she wouldn't stop to gaze...well, years later, IView attachment 3996799 View attachment 3996799 finally got it and was like, "OH. Now I see what you see." You may have created a bit of a monster but I will forever be indebted to your amazing sense of style. I love you, mom.

Such sweetness! Thank you for sharing this story. My mom only has one inexpensive bag. I hope to gift one to her if she wants and likes one.

 

[jany park]

how old this??

 

[bluesh4rk]

My mom was not really into expensive purses either so not sure why I am obsessed. I do remember that I got my first Coach (a Janice in brown leather) at a Coach within a Department store back in 1994. I had gotten a really strange electronic watch from someone as a graduation gift from HS and I exchanged it for the purse. I think I only had to pay an extra $50 or something to get it. And that was it, I was in love with Coach.

 

[CoachMaven]

My mother also was not into expensive handbags. She was into trends, but was more into Liz Claiborne and labels like that (back when Liz Claiborne was a more expensive brand and not sold at JCPenney- talking 80's and early 90's). My first Coach bag was purchased with Christmas money from my grandfather in 2000. I got the bug from my aunt, who has always been into fashion and beautiful handbags and accessories! I still have that bag too, a small red leather one. Even then I wasn't into the Coach C's logo, lol!