Until much later. I think the circa 2013 versions may have had a single wider strap.
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I love the basic bag... and the dark green colour is so nice!! BUT to help talk you out of it I would say it’s impractical if you tend to carry medium to large bags.
I don't seem to have a fixed bag personality. Sometimes I long for something bigger that would ideally fit my work lunch, at other times I challenge myself to carry the tiniest little thing that I can make work (the limiting factors are typically my inhaler and prescription sunglasses). I'm determined to give my poor Court a rest and moved into a Blazer. It's slightly shorter than the Mitchell Zip I'm lustig after, but a bit fatter. And the same color, lol. I can make it work for everyday.
Does the narrow opening bother you when getting in and out of the Basic Bag?
The opening of the basic bag doesn’t bother me because I carry very little. The bag itself is also very narrow so if the capacity doesn’t bother you, I don’t think you’d notice the narrow opening. (For comparison, i carry my casino bag pretty regularly and that is an even smaller bag. I would say the basic bag fits about the same amount as the pocket purse.) On the other hand, I have a court bag too but I find that it’s too big for me.
@whateve and @houseof999 question for you both because you have this bag. I found a newer, non-navy Janice with silver hardware. It's listed as navy but it isn't dark navy it looks like yours. Do either of you know if in 2004/2005 the colors Janice came in?
Do you happen to know what colors were offered in that style in the early 2000's? This one looks to be a 2005 in China.
I don't know. My Rambler's Legacy is a lighter, more turquoise color that I don't think anyone would call navy. It was made in 2005 in China (Q plant code.) I don't think either of the blues showed up in any catalog.
Hmm, okay. I looks like a denim blue. I owned a Legacy bag back around that time in a similar color, I wonder what it was officially called.
I would describe my Janice as a denim blue. Maybe they made it more than one year. But it would have had to have been very small quantities since there are so few of them. I believe it might have been called Federal blue.
I think Federal Blue, Denim Blue and Wedgewood Blue are all color names that members here have used to describe that same color used in a Chinese or CR plant, but AFAIK no one has ever found a bag that still has the price tag and style name on it so all the names we've suggested so far are just speculation. If anyone reading this DOES have one of the classic styles in that color from 2004-2006 and that still has the original tag, please post a photo.
There's what might be a similar color here on a Willis from Costa Rica made in 2004, it has the "4" year code instead of "04", just like all the other CR bags from that year. I don't think there were any Costa Rica bags from 2005, the plant was probably closed some time in 2004..
https://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-VINT...103675?hash=item36609c823b:g:YywAAOSwtEleiL4K
My blue Willis in that same shade of blue is from the "0" plant in China, from 2004.
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Thank you for that information. Here is the bag I found, these photos are from the seller. I did purchase but just yesterday, so not yet in my possession.
It's too blue to be the older navy. My navy Willis is I believe from 1995 or 1996 and almost that blue black. But I owned a shoulder bag from the Legacy line back in 2003ish time and it was similar to this color wise, only lined and with gold hardware.
Hello,
Does anyone know the name of this bag? What about the years that it was made.
Thank you, Christine
Does anyone know the name of this bag? What about the years that it was made.
Thank you, Christine
My collection! I wanted to give some attention to the bags I have, since I can't currently really wear them anywhere. I've never actually had them all in one place before, and few project bags are missing, but this photo makes me happy!
