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whateve said:
I love the way my pocket purse looks but it hardly holds anything! I bought the neon green Leather Refinisher for my Emmie but the color isn't even close. I wish I could find a better option.
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I thought it was you that bought the neon green...had to search the forum. I know it didn't work for your Emmie but how bright is the color? I have a pair of leather ugg flip flops and the sort of lime green leather straps are getting discolored...I was thinking I'd freshen them up with leather refinisher. They are actually worth the few dollars it would cost because they are so comfortable and all leather (no fluffly fleecy parts) and I have worn them so much already and that is the only thing wrong with them-they'll probably last forever. I think the neon would work best and I guess it would be OK if it was really bright, but just thought I'd ask what you thought of the color.

The website color swatches are pretty awful so it's hard to tell!
 
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ledobe said:
I thought it was you that bought the neon green...had to search the forum. I know it didn't work for your Emmie but how bright is the color? I have a pair of leather ugg flip flops and the sort of lime green leather straps are getting discolored...I was thinking I'd freshen them up with leather refinisher. They are actually worth the few dollars it would cost because they are so comfortable and all leather (no fluffly fleecy parts) and I have worn them so much already and that is the only thing wrong with them-they'll probably last forever. I think the neon would work best and I guess it would be OK if it was really bright, but just thought I'd ask what you thought of the color.

The website color swatches are pretty awful so it's hard to tell!
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The color is lighter than it appears on the website. It is not as yellow as Coach vintage lime. It is actually a really pretty color, just not what I was looking for. If you do the entire thing then an exact match won't be as important.

I hope these pictures help. In the first, I'm holding the bottle next to the website picture. The second shows the bottle inside my lime green Emmie, that is still sadly sitting in the unfinished pile. It looks more like the first picture; the yellow of the Emmie makes it look bluer than it is.
 

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#5,509
whateve said:
The color is lighter than it appears on the website. It is not as yellow as Coach vintage lime. It is actually a really pretty color, just not what I was looking for. If you do the entire thing then an exact match won't be as important.

I hope these pictures help. In the first, I'm holding the bottle next to the website picture. The second shows the bottle inside my lime green Emmie, that is still sadly sitting in the unfinished pile. It looks more like the first picture; the yellow of the Emmie makes it look bluer than it is.
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Ooh, thanks for digging that out! It might work. :)
 
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If you're in the vintage club, do you consider yourself a collector of vintage bags? If you do consider yourself a collector, do you limit your collection, or do you add anything that strikes your fancy to your collection? Do you ever cull your collection, and if so, what are your criteria?
 
#5,511
ledobe said:
Ooh, thanks for digging that out! It might work. :)
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You're welcome!
ChevaliereNoir said:
If you're in the vintage club, do you consider yourself a collector of vintage bags? If you do consider yourself a collector, do you limit your collection, or do you add anything that strikes your fancy to your collection? Do you ever cull your collection, and if so, what are your criteria?
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There are no rules in the vintage club!

I am a collector. In the beginning, I bought anything that I liked. I wasn't trying to collect. I was inspired by Katev's rehabbing threads and wanted to do that too. The first few vintage bags I bought didn't need rehabbing, and I think that made me secretly relieved. Then I was buying pretty much everything. Even when I didn't know what I was doing, the vast majority were authentic. Then I started looking for specific styles or time periods. For awhile, I just wanted to get the oldest bags I could find.

I have culled my collection. Now I'm much more selective about getting and keeping styles and colors that I can actually use. I don't really care how old they are anymore. I don't think I'd want anything really valuable or rare because then I'd be afraid to use it. I still have a few mostly unusable bags I can't give up.
 
#5,513
whateve said:
You're welcome!

There are no rules in the vintage club!

I am a collector. In the beginning, I bought anything that I liked. I wasn't trying to collect. I was inspired by Katev's rehabbing threads and wanted to do that too. The first few vintage bags I bought didn't need rehabbing, and I think that made me secretly relieved. Then I was buying pretty much everything. Even when I didn't know what I was doing, the vast majority were authentic. Then I started looking for specific styles or time periods. For awhile, I just wanted to get the oldest bags I could find.

I have culled my collection. Now I'm much more selective about getting and keeping styles and colors that I can actually use. I don't really care how old they are anymore. I don't think I'd want anything really valuable or rare because then I'd be afraid to use it. I still have a few mostly unusable bags I can't give up.
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Ack! I did not mean to imply that there are or should be any type of rules. This is a space for each individual to find their own beauty in vintage bags, and all are respected. My apologies if I came off wrong in my post.
I'm asking because the more scientific research samples I acquire, the more I find that certain things work for me (the Rambler and Sonoma Small Full Flap are almost perfect for me), and some, sadly, do not (spaghetti strap bags are not my friends). I'm just curious where everyone else is on their journey, and how they got there. :smile1:
 
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ChevaliereNoir said:
Ack! I did not mean to imply that there are or should be any type of rules. This is a space for each individual to find their own beauty in vintage bags, and all are respected. My apologies if I came off wrong in my post.
I'm asking because the more scientific research samples I acquire, the more I find that certain things work for me (the Sonoma Small Full Flap is almost perfect), and some, sadly, do not (spaghetti strap bags are not my friends). I'm just curious where everyone else is on their journey, and how they got there. :smile1:
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Aha, I was just kidding! Whenever I hear the word club, I always think of Fight Club (The first rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club.)

It takes awhile to figure out what bags work for you - I think I'm still working on that! I don't like skinny straps either. I can only carry small bags crossbody. The larger the bag, the shorter (and wider) the strap I need. I don't know how anyone can carry a large, heavy bag crossbody! Those crossbody straps are usually very skinny and they dig in! Many vintage bags are heavy so most of the bags I've kept are shoulder bags. The biggest bag I have with a crossbody strap is the Plaza Court. It is hard to carry it for long periods, but that bag is adorable so I put up with it.

I have a few hand carry bags that I didn't think I would ever have. My watermelon tote and my stroll tote are both hand carry only.

At this point, there isn't anything I'm actively looking for, but if a full-grain Sonoma flap under $50 in a pretty color showed up I might be tempted! I really like my collection as it stands. The only other vintage bags I'd really like always sell for hundreds so unless I stumble on them in a thrift store, I doubt I'll ever see them. I probably wouldn't like them as much as I think I would.
 
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ChevaliereNoir said:
If you're in the vintage club, do you consider yourself a collector of vintage bags? If you do consider yourself a collector, do you limit your collection, or do you add anything that strikes your fancy to your collection? Do you ever cull your collection, and if so, what are your criteria?
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A few years ago I decided I wanted to sell designer brand bags at markets so I just randomly purchased whatever I could at good prices. At that time our dollar was at parity with the US dollar. I was using the ebay Discussion Board, before it went stupid, to get bags authenticated and I think it was there someone mentioned TPF so after buying a fake Coach I started using TPF and then I discovered the rehab thread, and now I should be in rehab!

Coach hasn't been in Australia for very long, and not in my state at all, so I've never seen a vintage Coach 'in the wild' here! I buy them because I love the different styles and I just want to see them and touch them IRL and I love rehabbing them. Then I sell most of them, on ebay, because the market thing was too much hard work.

I have a glass display cabinet in the bedroom full of the vintage Coach bags that I just like to look at. Occasionally I might use one of them, but to be honest most are too small for me. I use my Sonomas, and I have a double sided pre-creed satchel in my rehab box that I really need to get to because I will use it because I love big satchels. One of my favourite bags is a huge Brahmin Eliza Satchel. It was actually the first bag I purchased from ebay, and the one that started this addiction! I also have a few Coach suede and wool satchels from 2006-7 which I think are really lovely and I use regularly. And I just finished rehabbing a big NYC tote which I will keep and use for work.

I've just bought an Australian vintage Oroton and an Italian vintage Oroton to see if I can rehab them. Oroton was established here in 1938 so it would be nice to work on some local product. Also, as our dollar is so low now it makes more sense financially.

I still keep an eye out for a bargain, but it has to 'special'. Since I started selling on an Australian vintage, antiques and collectibles FB group I have a few 'orders' for particular styles so now I look for specific items rather than just randomly buying stuff.
 
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#5,516
whateve said:
Aha, I was just kidding! Whenever I hear the word club, I always think of Fight Club (The first rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club.)

It takes awhile to figure out what bags work for you - I think I'm still working on that! I don't like skinny straps either. I can only carry small bags crossbody. The larger the bag, the shorter (and wider) the strap I need. I don't know how anyone can carry a large, heavy bag crossbody! Those crossbody straps are usually very skinny and they dig in! Many vintage bags are heavy so most of the bags I've kept are shoulder bags. The biggest bag I have with a crossbody strap is the Plaza Court. It is hard to carry it for long periods, but that bag is adorable so I put up with it.

I have a few hand carry bags that I didn't think I would ever have. My watermelon tote and my stroll tote are both hand carry only.

At this point, there isn't anything I'm actively looking for, but if a full-grain Sonoma flap under $50 in a pretty color showed up I might be tempted! I really like my collection as it stands. The only other vintage bags I'd really like always sell for hundreds so unless I stumble on them in a thrift store, I doubt I'll ever see them. I probably wouldn't like them as much as I think I would.
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Redditor and Fight Club fan? Touché! :laugh:
It is definitely a journey of trial and error. I prefer bags with shoulder or crossbody options, but my hand carry Madison gathered leather bag is my all time favorite.
I'd love to hear more journeys if anyone wishes to share.
 
#5,518
Two.time.bags said:
I'm on the hunt for a big, red bag for my friend. She'd love a Shoulder Sac like whateve's, or something similar. Needs to be cheaper than this one though.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/COACH-Vinta...985?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19fe3de2a9
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Can I gloat and say that mine was under $40 shipped? And in better condition than that one? If I ever sell it, you can bet I'll be asking $200!

Here's one that needs some work: http://www.ebay.com/itm/vintage-red...742?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e9de4e18e
 
#5,519
whateve said:
Can I gloat and say that mine was under $40 shipped? And in better condition than that one? If I ever sell it, you can bet I'll be asking $200!

Here's one that needs some work: http://www.ebay.com/itm/vintage-red...742?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e9de4e18e
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Wow! You are kidding! I know you'd been looking a long time. My friend isn't in a hurry so I can hope such a good deal comes along again.

Do you think that duffel could be salvaged? I'm a bit scared of red.
 
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Two.time.bags said:
Wow! You are kidding! I know you'd been looking a long time. My friend isn't in a hurry so I can hope such a good deal comes along again.

Do you think that duffel could be salvaged? I'm a bit scared of red.
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The person who has been buying everything in sight outbid me on a mahogany one a few days earlier and then had the audacity to say she didn't know why she wanted it! So I felt redeemed once I won the red one. I guess she missed it! There were quite a few bidders; I'm surprised I got it for such a great price!

I don't know about that duffel. By the way, the seller just revised the listing. I don't remember what the price was before. I bought a red Legacy west 9823 at a thrift store that looked nearly that bad. It was amazing at how well it rehabbed. It looked completely faded but the color restored without needing any dye.

There is also this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Coach-Handb...916?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e9d9537b4 It is a great size.

This one is gorgeous: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Authentic-C...621?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item33a1a7dbad
 
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