Which COACH bag are you carrying today?

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#14,116
katev said:
I am celebrating the end of summer with one of my vintage rehab bags. It is the Coach Madison Copley 4414 that was made in Italy in 1996 along with the Madison French Purse Wallet 4473. The color of the bag and wallet is called "Butter" and it is a light, creamy yellow and very pretty but hard to photograph. I bought the bag and wallet from Goodwill for $76 and they were authenticated by @whateve and @Hyacinth.

I have decorated the Copley bag with the Under the Sea Mix fob 93169 B4 MC and I am enjoying my vintage beauties!

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That's a dream bag! [emoji7] [emoji7] [emoji7]
 
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#14,121
katev said:
I haven't seen the FP chain straps IRL but I was pleased with the quality of the outlet curb-chain straps, they are plain but a good medium-weight and nice solid construction.

I hesitated to order them because the picture on the FOS site was pitiful and I was afraid that they would be cheap and filmsy - but for $15 shipped I figured it was worth taking a chance, and I could always return them to the outlet if I didn't like them; but I was pleased with the straps when I received them.

And I didn't want to spend a lot of money. Part of the fun of rehabbing vintage bags is to find nice bags at cheap prices and bring them back to life.
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I haven't ordered these straps separately but as far as I can tell the factory chain straps are the same as the ones that come with the factory chain crossbodies. The dog leash clips and the chain are smaller than the dinky chain strap. The dog leash clips appear to be the same size as the leather chain strap on the turnlock saddle I posted a few days ago on this thred.

They are good for fitting through small d-rings when you want to double up straps for example. But yeah the dogleash clips are too small to clip onto large d-rings: they were too smalll to clip onto the the factory Faye crossbody when I tried.
 
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#14,124
LaVisioneer said:
I haven't ordered these straps separately but as far as I can tell the factory chain straps are the same as the ones that come with the factory chain crossbodies. The dog leash clips and the chain are smaller than the dinky chain strap. The dog leash clips appear to be the same size as the leather chain strap on the turnlock saddle I posted a few days ago on this thred.

They are good for fitting through small d-rings when you want to double up straps for example. But yeah the dogleash clips are too small to clip onto large d-rings: they were too smalll to clip onto the the factory Faye crossbody when I tried.
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Thanks for the intel!
 
#14,129
katev said:
Thanks! I found my Beechnut Gracie at the Salvation Army store for $2 and but she was missing the strap and I couldn't find a replacement. I even tried to have a strap made but was told that it would be impossible to exactly match the caviar leather color and pattern of the bag and it wouldn't look good.

The original strap did snap together under the flap but I bought a Coach curb-chain strap for $15 during the recent online Coach Outlet sale and used that instead. It's not a perfect match because the bag has brushed gold hardware and the chain strap is shiny gold, but I think it looks okay and I am happy that it is a genuine Coach strap. The chain strap sat comfortably on my shoulder all day as I carried her around today.

Here are pictures of the curb-chain strap on my Gracie. It's funny that the strap costs more than 7 times as much as the bag even though it was only $15!


Here is a photo or an original Gracie strap that snaps together under the flap:
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OMG I love this bag! I always admire vintage Coach but I never really look for any to add to my collection but I feel like I want a Gracie! The leather looks amazing and I think it looks incredible with the chain strap [emoji7]
 
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#14,130
BeachBagGal said:
I saw them on FOS before they sold out, but wasn’t sure what the quality would be like. I have the gunmetal FP one and it’s a really nice quality. If I would have known the outlet ones were comparable I would have picked up a gold and/or silver.
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If you see them again I’d definitely recommend them! I have a gold and silver and I think I paid $11 for the gold and $15 for the silver, well worth the price and I also like that they have the mini Coach tag!
 
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