Remembering Lillian Cahn, Creator Of The Coach Handbag

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Remembering Lillian Cahn, Creator Of The Coach Handbag

Lillian Cahn was the force behind Coach's leather handbags, which today include this high-end Hamptons Vintage Carryall. AP/Coach Lillian Cahn, co-founder of Coach Leatherwear Co., died March 4 at the age of 89. Cahn was the force behind today's high-end leather handbags. Back in the 1960s, she and her husband, Miles Cahn, were running a leather goods business in Manhattan. They produced men's wallets and billfolds but wanted to expand. "My wife had a great sense of style, and she made the suggestions that we men maybe were a little thoughtless about," Miles Cahn says with a laugh. "Among her many suggestions was: 'Why don't we make pocketbooks?' I like to tell people I scoffed at the suggestion." But how wrong he was. Lillian Cahn persisted, and the first Coach handbags went on the market. "They were casual bags. ... They weren't dressy bags," Cahn says. "The Coach concep...

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@MyMamasKeeper » 12 Mar '13, 7pm
Remembering Lillian Cahn, Creator Of The Coach Handbag [link] via @npr
@rachaelmaris » 12 Mar '13, 5pm
Rest in peace, Lillian Cahn. I've always loved my Coach purses. [link]
@SusannahStyle » 12 Mar '13, 5pm
More about my extremely forward-thinking and loving great-aunt. Always ahead of her time. In honor of Lillian... [link]
@KimKrebs » 12 Mar '13, 4pm
For many a future fashionista, Coach was the 1st Big Girl Bag (BGB) out of college. RIP Lillian Cahn. [link]
@nerdysewist » 12 Mar '13, 3pm
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@clutchbagsny » 12 Mar '13, 2pm
Lillian Cahn, co-founder of Coach Leatherwear Co. passed on March 4th at age of 89. #RIP [link] [link]
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@CherSeattle » 12 Mar '13, 1am
RT @heykarri: RIP Lillian Cahn, co-founder of @Coach - a lasting brand built on customer #loyalty and great products. Lost art. [link]
@heykarri » 12 Mar '13, 1am
RIP Lillian Cahn, co-founder of @Coach - a lasting brand built on customer #loyalty and great products. Lost art. [link]
@jilll58 » 11 Mar '13, 11pm
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@CristinaWMTW » 11 Mar '13, 9pm
never knew! RT @npratc The original Coach bag was modeled after a shopping bag full of homemade noodles [link] …
@npratc » 11 Mar '13, 8pm
The original Coach bag was modeled after a shopping bag full of homemade noodles [link]
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