Vintage Coach Photos & Chat
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I recall reading somewhere that they limit you to 3 requests per year. No harm in asking!
Thank you. I appreciate your response. I’ll email and ask.
So is this what a Shoulder Sac with a single rivet looks like? I am glad the one I have has two! The way I load it up!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-CO...363472?hash=item3d70e99d90:g:QfYAAOSwecJaeb24
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-CO...363472?hash=item3d70e99d90:g:QfYAAOSwecJaeb24
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Bonnie-Cas...241471?hash=item468347f3bf:g:mSUAAOSwjnpbeMlG
I know many of us read listings and shake our heads. I would really like to know where this seller got these ideas for this bag. The misinformation is mind boggling.
I know many of us read listings and shake our heads. I would really like to know where this seller got these ideas for this bag. The misinformation is mind boggling.
That rivet isn't in the center, as it was on this bag:
https://m.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-COAC...shoulder-bag-purse-6606-NYC-USA-/332759820139
(Completed listing; watch out for redirect.)
It looks like a design flaw that they fixed later by putting 2 rivets there.
Those were replaced. They aren't the kind Coach used. When they used the single rivet, it was in the middle, in the center of seam, like the listing Catbird9 linked too. The seam ended up ripping. I had one like that and when I replaced the rivet, I put it off-center.
Well, I'm not going to correct someone whose name is kicksomebuttdude.
Looks like "kicksomebuttdude" learned everything they know about vintage Coach by reading eBay listings. SMH too...but at least the bag is authentic!
I believe that the correct answer to your question was the "Shopping Bag Tote" series from the early-to-mid 1960s which came in three sizes (that I know of): Dinky Shopping Bag Tote (8-1/2"w x 8"h x 5"d), Shopping Bag Tote (8-1/2"w x 12"h x 5"d), and Large Shopping Bag Tote (12"w x 13"h x 5"d). As I recall, these bags were available in both all-leather and slubbed linen with leather trim versions. For reference, below is a very early advert that shows the tall slender Shopping Bag Tote style:
The style #9170 Classic Pouch was introduced in 1971 during the time when many of what would become iconic COACH designs first appeared and BC's influence at COACH seemed to be waning. And yes, there were subsequent advert campaigns that identified the #9170 as "the original COACH bag," though obviously that is hyperbole.
As for the story behind who to attribute the design of this early series of bag, I suspect that there's both myth and fact. Given that the earliest versions (identified with a white fabric tag with gold lettering) were labeled "A BONNIE CASHIN DESIGN, Cashin-Carry for COACH," followed by later releases that were identified with both the black "Bonnie Cashin" metal tag plus the red "COACH LEATHERWARE A BONNIE CASHIN DESIGN" fabric tags, I suspect that one can probably conclude who the design credit truly belongs to insofar as I cannot believe that BC would lend her name to something she did not design. I'm inclined to believe that sales and promotion were Miles Cahn's strong suits, and if nothing else, creating a good story helps sell.
Someone got a great deal on this rare style!
Too good not to share: Bonnie Cashin Coach … https://item.mercari.com/gl/m57691942186/
Too good not to share: Bonnie Cashin Coach … https://item.mercari.com/gl/m57691942186/
The bag is in pretty good shape, the strap is not. I’ll post about it in the rehab thread.