Vintage Coach Photos & Chat
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Be-dazzling done right! Boys and girls, do not do this at home 
I too went to coach store with my bags and decided to get customize with vintage pins and metal tea roses, with minimum embellishment mainly because I like the clean lines on vintage bags but also the budget
. I have leather tea rose dinky 24 bag and slides and strap.. so i stayed away from leather tea roses.
I too went to coach store with my bags and decided to get customize with vintage pins and metal tea roses, with minimum embellishment mainly because I like the clean lines on vintage bags but also the budget
I have leather tea rose dinky 24 bag and slides and strap.. so i stayed away from leather tea roses.
Taking it to the coach store sounds ALOT easier, I didn't even know that was a thing. And here I am trying to come up with a way to do-it-myself,
.Who knows, I may still try, depending on how the flowers are attached, but I have to wait til Monday to see thanks to dumb UPS.
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I think that is the company line, but others have had it done on vintage bags, and they did it for me. They told me they had to get permission but I didn't have to wait. I went to one store and started picking things out; then they told me they had to send it out, that the other store actually did it, so I went there. When I got to the other store, the first store had called them to tell them I was coming. I did buy a few things at the first store, and I've been a long time customer, so that might have been a factor.
I got a courier pouch recently and when I purchased it I was aware of some repairs that had been made, but now that I have it person I'm wondering the extent of the repairs.
I noticed the binding repairs and the parts that hold the buckles was shortened, but in person Im wondering if the interior pocket was removed and replaced and the metal coach logo reattached.
When searching for a comparison bag I'm also seeing ones with differences on the underside of the tongue, slightly different shaped buckles on the purse and ones with and without buckles on the strap, probably from a different size bag or different time of manufacture? Clicking on every bag, then clicking through all the pics to see if the inner pocket has a creed or tag is becoming maddening. Even then, I don't know if the comparison bag is the same size/style or if it is authentic. I didn't want to clog up the authentication thread with all my questions.
The bag measures approx 9"W x 10"H, strap is 36"
Front and back of buckles, original buckles?
Shortened buckle tab with new cut out?
New inner pocket with metal tag?
Backside of tongue and front and back of strap grommets, not sure if its the original strap
I wasn't really sure where to post, please let me know if there is a better spot.
I can also add pictures of the not-so-great repairs to the piping/binding if helpful.
Thank you for any help!
I noticed the binding repairs and the parts that hold the buckles was shortened, but in person Im wondering if the interior pocket was removed and replaced and the metal coach logo reattached.
When searching for a comparison bag I'm also seeing ones with differences on the underside of the tongue, slightly different shaped buckles on the purse and ones with and without buckles on the strap, probably from a different size bag or different time of manufacture? Clicking on every bag, then clicking through all the pics to see if the inner pocket has a creed or tag is becoming maddening. Even then, I don't know if the comparison bag is the same size/style or if it is authentic. I didn't want to clog up the authentication thread with all my questions.
The bag measures approx 9"W x 10"H, strap is 36"
Front and back of buckles, original buckles?
Shortened buckle tab with new cut out?
New inner pocket with metal tag?
Backside of tongue and front and back of strap grommets, not sure if its the original strap
I wasn't really sure where to post, please let me know if there is a better spot.
I can also add pictures of the not-so-great repairs to the piping/binding if helpful.
Thank you for any help!
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Yes, I think it is mahogany.I picked up this cutie at my favorite second hand store today.Made in 1998. Would it be Mahogany?
What makes you think the buckle tabs have been shortened and that the pocket has been replaced? I'm not seeing any issues from the photos you've loading. Looks like a very lovely vintage Courier.
I can't tell if it is or not, it was just my first impression, based on looking at the repairs. It was beginning to get pretty frustrating trying to find a bag to compare to.
The varying stitch length and thread colors, led me to think that there were repairs done at different times over the years. The leather on the pocket looks nearly perfect, better than what I would expect to see on the outside of a new bag made today. Some bags I have, the pockets are really scratched and worn, with the creeds barely visible. I think I just expected to see a lot more wear on the pocket, especially for a bag this old and used long enough to need repairs a couple of times.
The stitching on the seam that goes across the back interior, attaching the pocket, is not as uniform and straight compared to other original stitching, or what I’m assuming is original stitching. At both sides, on the back panel by the buckle tabs, are what looks like un-dyed triangle areas. I have other bags that have this in different areas, but the white part corresponds to the shape of the seam. These look like an odd shape for this spot and don’t match to any seam, so I was curious if it was originally covered or taken apart and restitched differently.
I wasn't able to find many older courier pictures, much less any with metal tags. The newer ones look to have the back panel as the pocket, but that didn’t really help me much. I don’t even know if Im looking at the same model or same size bag and designs/construction change.
Having nothing to compare to, I can't tell if the buckles are original (some newer ones look to have a slightly curved buckle) or if the buckle tabs (not sure what those are called- the leather piece that holds the buckle) had been modified. There is a lot of different thread colors and stitching in those areas, and the newer ones look to have a longer tab, so I was wondering if maybe they had been worn out and shortened. The cut-out holes look really white, I expected to see more discoloring from wear and age. The rivets on that spot look partially worn to silver, I don’t know if thats to be expected or if they are replacements made of different materials. I didn't see any other silver spots on other hardware.
I guess maybe it doesn't make sense that someone who loved this bag and wore it long enough to have it repaired, maybe a couple times, would have the pocket replaced. I love the bags with history, I was just curious and didn't know what, if anything, had been changed and was having a hard time searching on my own.
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I don't know if this helps but here are some pictures of a pre-creed courier. I don't have it anymore so I can't take more pictures.
