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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Someone kindly gifted me a coach tote and it’s not my style. It really seemed fake because the material was like plastic, but I searched and it’s an “outlet” style.

Coach peaked in like 2005 but it’s been a weird downfall. [/quote]

They peaked between the late 1960s and 2001, when they stopped using full-grain leather and moved their production to China.  This was the start of the logo era.  Look for any of their bags from 2001 or earlier-- they are incredible quality.  I have some gorgeous bags made in their NYC factory in the 70s.  Even if you find a really beat-up looking vintage bag online or at a thrift store, you can easily wash and moisturize them and they will look great.[/quote]

The leather was great but they must have hired someone different for design in the early 2000s because that’s when they started having some personality - they had some more interesting styles at a higher price than most of their bags.

I do wish I had kept my 1992 plain black Coach. I miss real leather. I can’t believe how many companies sell $600 “vegan leather” bags. Plastic. It’s plastic. [/quote]

My parents bought me a plain black Coach purse - thinking it was crossbodyish - with an outside pocket in the late ‘80s, maybe early ‘90s. I traveled overseas for work and the pocket was perfect for me to slip my passport and paper ticket into when making my way through check-in, immigration, customs, boarding, etc. Once I crossed all those hurdles, I would slip the two items back into my purse for the duration of the flight, then stick back in on landing.

I was on the road for 5-6 weeks, sometimes longer, moving from country to country and that purse got me through again and again. Sad to say I have no idea what happened to it. I ended up in grad school, then a wholly different line of work with nearly zilch travel. Think of it now and then fondly. [/quote]

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