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Coach Handbags: their history

July 6th, 2007 Subscribe To Our Feed

Coach handbags are elegant and look great; they’re a desirable, well-made handbag which last for years.

The Coach brand name got its start at a Manhattan address in New York in the year 1941. It was initially a wholesale bag business where bags were mass produced. It is said that inspiration came from a used leather glove. The leather in the glove shone with age and was supple and smooth. After several tries, the owner of the company finally created the first of many Coach Handbags.

Around the early 1960s the owners of the company became interested in making a retail bag collection. The owners, Miles and Lillian Cahn, wanted to get Bonnie Cashin to design the bags they wanted to produce. Bonnie Cashin virtually revolutionized the handbag industry with her bright, flashy colors and innovative designs.

She used reds, oranges and yellows for the bags and this was almost non-existent during that time because the staple colors were the dull blacks and shades of brown. Cashin also designed matching holders for ladies accessories and these were integrated into the Coach Handbags themselves. She also initiated using hardware in the bags that she designed. Over all, Coach Handbags pioneered a lot of things and it is still doing a very capable job of supplying leather goods and other products to their loyalists and other customers.

Various Coach Products

The Company is very well known for handbags for ladies and some bags for men. It is also famous for other accessories for men and women. Accessories such as shoes, belts, scarves, watches and many more are available at Coach. The company has even ventured into the field of office furniture. The more prominent products which they have are the Coach handbags for ladies. There has been several production runs dedicated solely to ladies bags and these have sold pretty well over the years.

Coach Handbags are known for their durability and endurance in style. The bags come with a guarantee form, which buyers need to fill out if they plan to return any products that fall sort of their expectations. Some of the bags are said to last for more than ten years. They also offer a unique repair service for Coach Handbags, which are damaged or may need some sort of repair. The older bags are now harder to find than the newer versions which are also mass produced in countries such as China and the Dominican Republic.

The Coach Company was sold to Sara Lee in the year 1985. This purchase did not affect the commitment quality and fashion that the brand is famous for. In the year 2000, Coach finally went became a public traded organization.