When we packed everything to move to China, they would’ve been plastic wrapped as a bundle on palettes. Much more efficient and protected than loose boxes strewn about. More expensive because you pay by the palette, but all in all better tracking
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Is it possible your 2 missing boxes are with the people who’s stuff got mixed in with yours then? Is there any way you can ask the shipping company to contact them to find out?
Who knows how many trucks they were mixed in with in the past seven months. I have asked and they spent about 2 hours ‘searching’ before sending me insurance claim info. I have little faith. They’re just a few boxes to them
Starting this beauty today or tomorrow! It's blavy, but very pretty regardless. LOVE the Metropolis, especially when the key chain is still attached! I believe I have a spare blavy hangtag. 
Upon closer inspection, this Metropolis appears to be true navy... the extra hangtag on the other hand is blavy.
Upon closer inspection, this Metropolis appears to be true navy... the extra hangtag on the other hand is blavy.
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Blavy...heheStarting this beauty today or tomorrow! It's blavy, but very pretty regardless. LOVE the Metropolis, especially when the key chain is still attached! I believe I have a spare blavy hangtag.
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Hi all!
I wasn't sure which thread to post this but I have been bothered by the mystery of different strap that some of the early bags came in. I'm sure this has been brought up somewhere on tPF but couldn't find it myself.
What is the history or reasoning behind different types of straps that were occasionally used for these bags? Here are some I can quickly find on internet. I also have few bags myself with this strap without piping and double sided. Aesthetically, I love the Coach's typical strap with piping better but I'm so curious! Did Coach offer this strap for people who didn't like the regular strap? I think for the UA stewardess bag, I remember reading that the airline requested for a different strap. It makes sense because all the UA embossed straps are without the piping.
I'm also curious whether the bags with this non traditional strap are less valued in the market?
I wasn't sure which thread to post this but I have been bothered by the mystery of different strap that some of the early bags came in. I'm sure this has been brought up somewhere on tPF but couldn't find it myself.
What is the history or reasoning behind different types of straps that were occasionally used for these bags? Here are some I can quickly find on internet. I also have few bags myself with this strap without piping and double sided. Aesthetically, I love the Coach's typical strap with piping better but I'm so curious! Did Coach offer this strap for people who didn't like the regular strap? I think for the UA stewardess bag, I remember reading that the airline requested for a different strap. It makes sense because all the UA embossed straps are without the piping.
I'm also curious whether the bags with this non traditional strap are less valued in the market?
This same question was asked about a month ago in another thread; I can't remember which one. It was common back in the 70s and 80s for Coach to allow people to switch out straps when they bought bags. They also sold replacement straps.
Thank you @whateve ! Oh, just a month ago? I'll look for it more carefully.
My question would be, why did they offer this other version? I wonder what the difference it makes? Did the regular strap leave marks on clothes because of the suede underside? Given many of the older Coach bags came in 10 colors, did the store carry all variations?! Endless questions.. At least we can assume that it was not so popular given how little come with this other strap.
I guess it would depend on the store. Maybe in some cases the straps had to be ordered. Many straps were interchangeable between bags. They may have switched straps with another bag in order to make the sale.
And the short answer is - we don't KNOW why Coach made all those decisions 30 or 40 years ago. How could we? We can speculate, but that doesn't accomplish anything. Fashion? Cost? Boredom? Because someone liked the guitar-style straps? Who knows? The United Airlines people may have wanted a flat strap so they could emboss their logo on it, but that's just speculation.
We don't have all the answers. There's no way we possibly could.
If it doesn’t sell and gets resisted, might be worth asking for a better Creed shot, little cutie …
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Tells you what I am doing this morning!Thank you @whateve and @Hyacinth !
I didn't intend to irritate you all so apologize if I came across that way.
I am also a big collector of Scandinavian pottery and I love reading about manufacturing history (which I also cannot find much in English) so that was where my interest was coming from. To me, 30-60 years ago is not too far back and I believe many of the artisans from the NYC factory are still alive. I wish Coach can track them down and do an oral history project on company's history!
I wish they could too, but Coach has never seemed to have much of an interest in their history until recently and even then it's been primarily a method to increase sales of the newer bags. Employee records from the 80s and 90s were probably shredded or burned during one or more of the moves Coach made from various locations around NYC and then to Jax.
Most of their plant people from that time were from South or Central America and the management from those earlier days, except maybe for the Cahns, didn't strike me as caring much for keeping track of former employees, at least not the plant personnel. Mid to upper level management, maybe, but again it doesn't seem likely. And as often happens, employees at the upper levels may have had to sign NDAs when they left the company.
We've had former Coach employees here and probably still do, but most of them seem to have been store SAs or management. There's never been anyone I can recall or know of who was close to the Inner Circle during the Old Days. It's frustrating having to guess about what Coach did and why they did it, but it's the only thing we can do. Maybe it makes us seem like we know more than we do, but for me at least most of it is speculation and educated guesses.
I'd love to read that kind of insider history too, but it's probably not going to happen.
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@Hyacinth , thank you for your insights. I agree with you about Coach re-introducing their older designs for the purpose of more sales (or try to market to older folks who know that era). Reading your post and seeing you mention about NDA, I thought, 'who knows what was it like to work at Coach factory? Working condition could have been questionable!' (I deal with labor trafficking cases at work so if you let me, I can start to imagine all sort of thingsI wish they could too, but Coach has never seemed to have much of an interest in their history until recently and even then it's been primarily a method to increase sales of the newer bags. Employee records from the 80s and 90s were probably shredded or burned during one or more of the moves Coach made from various locations around NYC and then to Jax.
Most of their plant people from that time were from South or Central America and the management from those earlier days, except maybe for the Cahns, didn't strike me as caring much for keeping track of former employees, at least not the plant personnel. Mid to upper level management, maybe, but again it doesn't seem likely. And as often happens, employees at the upper levels may have had to sign NDAs when they left the company.
We've had former Coach employees here and probably still do, but most of them seem to have been store SAs or management. There's never been anyone I can recall or know of who was close to the Inner Circle during the Old Days. It's frustrating having to guess about what Coach did and why they did it, but it's the only thing we can do. Maybe it makes us seem like we know more than we do, but for me at least most of it is speculation and educated guesses.
I'd love to read that kind of insider history too, but it's probably not going to happen.
)At the end of the day, I guess some things are better left for our imagination.