Yes, it is because it is pre-creed. It's true for the larger size courier as well.
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I'm guessing the pre-creed version would be considered a "Chunky Shoulder". This isn't the best photo, but hopefully it helps... looks like the style number is the same, and the pamphlet is dated Fall 1973.
Thank you, I like the name Courier better than Chunky Shoulder Bag!
I just checked the digital Cashin Archives at the UCLA Library and I couldn't find the classic coach courier bag, but I did a search on the work "chunky" and Bonnie Cashin used that term a lot in her sketches "chunky skirt, chunky muffler, chunky sweater, chunky little bag" etc.
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i meant spectator as in contrasting trim to the main color of the bag…it looks like it in one of the sellers photos but turned out just the strap and the hangtag were a different color…
Not going to lie, I'm a bit jealous. How often do you use each one?
I see now… I misread/misunderstood with the post on the bag style
I see now… I misread/misunderstood with the post on the bag style
Yeah…I definitely was not expecting those reactions, I never spoke on the style…
Well about 10 of those bags are new to me in the past couple of months…. but I’ve been trying to switch my bag a couple times a week just recently bc they’re too pretty to just sit on the shelves
I see now… I misread/misunderstood with the post on the bag style
I'm still a bit confused, the picture didn't look like a spectator bag with contrasting trim to me - and it didn't look like the solid color bag with the spectator name either - but no big deal.
i was just going by what the seller said…I didn’t really see it either, my original post was just asking if anyone had it so I could see it in natural lighting
I was curious about this exact issue a few years ago. The leather is not of Coach quality. It's thinner and more lightweight. From what I've seen, people charge for those bags as if they were Coach. I've never had one in person but I would get one at a reasonable, below Coach's, price. I don't know which bag you're considering but I've seen a few kiss lock duffles on eBay and Etsy for quite hefty price tags. Bags of lesser quality are definitely not worth that type of money. I wish I could be of more help but I know the quality is not the same. (Sorry if this is a bit disjointed. Just spent the day pursuing my 19 month old granddaughter. We call it babysitting)
Just wanted to tag on here - the leather on the meyers bags is nowhere near the quality of coach. I saw a few meyers bags back in the days before everyone knew who Bonnie Cashin was and they were very thin and iffy quality leathers. They also seemed to age much worse than any coach bags I ever saw. I passed on them back when they were cheap. I do like the styles, but I wouldn't buy due to the quality.
I think someone has rehabbed a meyer bag, they may have dunked it? You could do a search on it here.
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