Snob or not, I’ve stopped looking at Coach bags. The whole “limited edition” thing got to me and when they launched the Poppy bags, I said that’s it! There have been one or two designs that caught my eye (the Coach Kristin collection) but I mostly only ever gave the brand a cursory glance.
Until now.
I saw these online at coach.com – the Coach Originals collection. The tagline is awesome – “Trends come and go. But great designs never go out of style”.
I’m glad you realized that Coach, because I’m in love with the designs!
Pictured in the collage are the Coach Court Bag in the foreground, Rambler’s Legacy on the right, and City Bag at the top.
I love the neutral browns, tans and blacks used; and the classic, streamlined, structured look of the bags with the dainty little turnlock closure. I love the look of the smooth texture leather. I have a Coach bag from the Legacy collection, which is quite old, and its got lovely thick buttery soft smooth leather. Feels much more luxurious than the new leathers which I find thin (and that shiny look gets my goat).
I also love that they can be slung cross body and in the case of the Court bag, has a top handle to hand carry! They might even be convertible, I can’t quite tell from the pictures.
Price wise, I think they are reasonable. The ones I liked and showed here are between US$258-278. Nothing bank breaking, and if the quality is as good as the original Coach bags of days gone by, that is a great value.
The only thing is, I’m not sure if the local Coach stores carry them, and if they will sell them at such awesome prices. I’d go up to RM1,100 max but anything more will make me re-think.
You don’t have to like these the way I do, but if you do too, yay! If you have seen these at local Coach stores, please do holler! I’d love to go and check them out myself 😀
Paris B
giddy tigress says
May 22, 2011 at 8:46 amYES! Me lurves these! They look very classy! Like you, I have one of the Legacy bags too, and yes, I love the soft leather. Can’t say much about the usual Coach monogrammed bags…
ParisB says
May 22, 2011 at 11:51 amBeautiful bags right? I do wish we got them here, but I read they aren’t even available in most stores in the US, mostly sold online (although you can order from the online store and collect from the physical store) But since we aren’t there, its wishful thinking on my part 😛
tracy says
May 22, 2011 at 9:55 amlovely! only seen these on Ebay. can’t recall seeing these in-store.
ParisB says
May 22, 2011 at 11:53 amMy research tells me they aren’t available in store 🙁 Quite upset as I have a friend there now who could do the pick up if it was! 😛
Lisa says
May 22, 2011 at 10:25 amI love the legacy and city bags! Yay! Definitely classics that never will go out of style.
ParisB says
May 22, 2011 at 11:55 amYup! There are lot on ebay (pre owned as these are also old designs) but I don’t trust ebay 😛
eliza says
May 22, 2011 at 11:18 amclassic and elegant~! me likey~ but i prefer braun buffel bags XD
ParisB says
May 22, 2011 at 11:56 amI used to have a couple of Braun Buffel bags! Great quality 🙂 What am I saying? I still have them 😀
Rainy Days & Lattes says
May 22, 2011 at 12:36 pmI love the classic Coach designs, especially this one. Nice and leathery 🙂 Sophisticated w/o all the funny designs 🙂
ParisB says
May 22, 2011 at 12:54 pmYup! Some of the new designs really got to me, although they have redeemed themselves with Kristin 😉
Connie De Alwis says
May 22, 2011 at 12:45 pmI like the exterior design but not too keen on the interior. The vintage ones are quite readily available on ebay and I’ve tried bidding for some on Ebay but yet to win one 🙁
ParisB says
May 22, 2011 at 12:55 pmThe interior is just one big main compartment with 1 hidden zip I think. Structured and unlined which I like 😛 Its not made to carry loads of stuff though unless you go the way of the Hobos. I saw loads on ebay but all these fakes out there turn me off and I can’t stand the doubt of whether it is real or not 🙁 If I buy on ebay I usually just go the Buy it Now route – saves a heck lot of hassle (but shipping is KILLER!!) 😛
Mei Ping says
May 22, 2011 at 2:15 pmI have the City bag (didn’t know it was called that) on the top left in navy blue. I love the bag as I can wear it cross body during weekends and as a shoulder bag during weekdays. the leather is in fact quite thick as compared to what you get in the current Coach bags. The bag was a gift from a relative in Singapore as she no longer use it. I believe she got it from the factory outlet in US.
ParisB says
May 22, 2011 at 7:37 pmNice one! 🙂 Sounds like its a perfect little throw around bag. The current Coach bags don’t even feel like leather 😛
jojoba (My Makeup Reviews) says
May 22, 2011 at 3:01 pmi had a bag like these when i was teaching in the US in the early 90’s. classic designs never die. love them three!
ParisB says
May 22, 2011 at 7:38 pmAgree! Classics are forever. I love these too but am quite sure we don’t get them here 🙁
synical says
May 22, 2011 at 6:31 pmNope, still over Coach.
ParisB says
May 22, 2011 at 7:38 pmLol! Might you have pegged these for Coach though? 😉
synical says
May 22, 2011 at 10:11 pmNot from a distance – I’m not enough of a bag connoisseur to care one way or the other.
Nikki says
May 22, 2011 at 7:41 pmI like the designs! the simpler the better!
ParisB says
May 22, 2011 at 11:25 pmMe too! 🙂
Monstro says
May 22, 2011 at 10:08 pmI like these too, and all their all-leather designs 🙂 Reminds me of the Proenza Schouler ones that the celebs are carrying. Of course, this is a fraction of the price! Hope you get your hands on one!
ParisB says
May 22, 2011 at 11:27 pmI saw quite a few people with Proenza Schouler in Singapore and after seeing it in person, I decided it wasn’t for me. Thank goodness! Would love to get my paws on one of these but it isn’t looking that way for now
melchewvin says
May 23, 2011 at 12:27 amNEVER BUY A COACH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It looks so dated and it’s not really nice!!! my perception of people that use Coach is that they are either auntie or just following trends blindly which is really stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FA says
May 23, 2011 at 8:07 pmI WANT!!!!
ParisB says
May 24, 2011 at 11:35 amME TOO! 😉
mrsdjones says
May 24, 2011 at 9:47 amI have been eyeing the Court Bag for quite some time. Haih.. I want one!!
ParisB says
May 24, 2011 at 11:41 amYou and me both 😛 But its a bit small based on my measurements so I’d probably look into something larger.
Khloe says
February 1, 2015 at 5:18 amLove the vintage Coach court bag and plaza bag (was manufactured in 1980s, no longer available. It is a larger size of the court bag. But not too big. Not much info out there, but I do hope if anyone also has this can share some of their thoughts).I think they are timeless items. The vintage coach bags really caught my eyes!!!!! I have never ever purchased vintage bags before. This is really great experience for me!