Where to get a good travel bag/ day bag?

[Matt]

ongoing drama. Bought the leather. Took it to a guy to get made, me and the gf going to do his n hers versions....dude wanted 2.3 million each to make them. That is like $150 a piece....crazy for here. Both guy and leather pictured here: GF since been investigating somewhere else to get them made, and has a list, but has then fallen on crazy busy times at work. No progress, and any nudging from me results in claims of "you dont understand the demands of my life and <insert noise here>". She promises to have them done before our anniversary in a month..........

 

[JayJay]

Originally Posted by Lucky Strike

Ah, dang, sorry - I have little information about it. It's probably 1950s, and was givrn to me by an acquaintance when we handled his late uncle's estate. (The uncle was a high-end antiques dealer, so there were quite a few goodies of the same sort. I still have a few Jermyn St shirts and a couple of Burberry macs from him.) Another pic; M@t; did you try to have one made in VN?

Lucky, thanks for the additional pic. I like the bag even more now - it's really nice.

 

[jc138]

+1

 

[Epaulet]

Bill Amberg makes some of the nicest bags I've ever seen

http://www.billamberg.com/

They used to have a store on Mulberry Street, and they were carried at Saks. Not sure where you can find them nowadays. But worth every penny.

 

[LabelKing]

Originally Posted by m@T

ongoing drama.

Bought the leather. Took it to a guy to get made, me and the gf going to do his n hers versions....dude wanted 2.3 million each to make them. That is like $150 a piece....crazy for here.

Both guy and leather pictured here:




GF since been investigating somewhere else to get them made, and has a list, but has then fallen on crazy busy times at work. No progress, and any nudging from me results in claims of "you dont understand the demands of my life and <insert noise here>".

She promises to have them done before our anniversary in a month..........
What kind of leather is that?

I imagine being in Vietnam you can get all sorts of contrabrand skins.

 

[Matt]

it's off a cow if that is what you mean LK

think I should try to make one from elephant with an ivory zip?

 

[lithium180]

Originally Posted by Roger

Here are a couple of slightly larger bags from Leathershop.it (who have some lovely Italian leather bags):

http://cgi.ebay.com/p4040-PELLEVERA-...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/p4042-PELLEVERA-...742.m153.l1262


Does anybody hear have any experience with the leathershop bags? I really like the look of the one in the first link.

 

[BlvdDandy]

Is this an example of a Hermes Haut a Corriores (the one on the left)?


I'm very interested in finding one like it. J. Crew has something similar right now, but it's not very well made and the proportions are off. Is anyone else making bags like this? I'm talking both the shape (especially how they close) and the combo of light colored canvas and tan leather.

 

[LabelKing]

Originally Posted by BlvdDandy

Is this an example of a Hermes Haut a Corriores (the one on the left)?


I'm very interested in finding one like it. J. Crew has something similar right now, but it's not very well made and the proportions are off. Is anyone else making bags like this? I'm talking both the shape (especially how they close) and the combo of light colored canvas and tan leather.



Yes; I used to have one exactly like it.

I can't imagine anyone else making something similar except Hermes; and even then, I haven't seen that canvas leather combination recently. They also don't make that style of bag in large quantities.

 

[RJman]

What did you do with your Haut a Courroies LK?

 

[LabelKing]

Originally Posted by RJman

What did you do with your Haut a Courroies LK?

I sold it to the Hermes company; they buy up vintage Hermes goods.

 

[RJman]

Originally Posted by LabelKing

I sold it to the Hermes company; they buy up vintage Hermes goods.

What do they do with them?

 

[LabelKing]

Originally Posted by RJman

What do they do with them?
I believe they have some kind of an archive collection.

 

[tiecollector]

Originally Posted by LabelKing

I believe they have some kind of an archive collection.

One thing I don't get is why companies don't just save one for themselves after each production. I think Levi's does this but most of their earlier stuff got destroyed in an earthquake and so they are always looking to buy the really old stuff back.

 

[fritzl]

Longchamp comes to my mind.

www.longchamp.com