Coach Borough Bag in Edgepaint Leather Walnut / Sunglow

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It isn’t too heavy empty, which is of course, a good thing. When a bag starts out heavy while empty, you can just expect your arms to fall off when you have the most basic of items in there. This one doesn’t. The Coach logo is tiny and understated and I LOVE THAT! 😀 What this design reminds me of is the Prada Saffiano Double Zip tote which is very popular. This Coach Borough has 3 zip compartments together with some open spaces in between, so you could actually fit a lot in there. 2 touches I liked were rolled handles and metal zips – I hold no credence with bags that don’t use metal zips.

Coach has always been a quintessentially New York brand, with both its historical roots and current business operation on the island of Manhattan, and for Fall 2013, Coach’s association with the city is only getting closer. Not only is the brand launching the celeb-beloved, much-anticipated Coach Borough Bag, but to celebrate the line’s launch, the company has been following the #CoachNewYorkStories of city residents like Karlie Kloss and Will Chalker. Coach gave us the opportunity to illustrate some of the most important parts of the PurseBlog team’s lives in New York with the beautiful Borough Bags, and we just couldn’t resist the opportunity. Also, if you’ve been waiting for Coach’s next-big-thing Borough Bags with baited breath, your wait is over: they’ve arrived for your shopping pleasure at Coach.com. Oh, and they are also boosting up the men’s range which I am particularly happy about, because I happen to have a soft spot for Coach’s men’s bags! Their designs are sleek, simple and classic – just how I like my bags. Also, I’ve been eyeing one of their men’s messenger bags/satchels for ages!

I can’t say I’m a huge fan, but one of my first better quality leather bags was a Coach Legacy Hobo in red which you see here and which now resides with my SIL, followed by a Coach Legacy Cross body bag in bright yellow which I still carry. Both have no sign on it that it’s a Coach except the hang tag. Just how I like it 🙂 I got both online a long time ago. Their canvas and logo range have always boggled my mind but I think their leather ranges have a lot to offer. They are fairly affordable (one word – SALES! Another word – overseas! 😉 ) and their leather is very lovely for the price. I am keeping an eye out for The Borough bag. I don’t have the prices yet but expect it to range from just about RM1000 for the mini to RM3000 for the large ones. So there we have it. Our first peek at the brand new and upcoming Coach Borough bag which they hope will take the world by storm (although I expect to see mostly working women toting it as a very work-friendly tote) and a sampler of what Fall and Holiday 2013 has to offer us. Does The Borough bag catch your fancy? Are you a fan of Coach? I think this is a lovely piece and a very modern yet classic design that we can expect to see more off in the coming seasons. It’ll be suitable to carry to work and it’s just as suitable toting about for fun. The small one is really cute so I think that one will be quite popular.