keeping patent leather away from other leather?

Jennifer · May 15th, 2008, 10:27 AM

I was hanging out on the kate spade site when i noticed this note

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please note: we suggest keeping patent leather away from other leather, patent leather and pvc items

Why is that?

JessLR · May 15th, 2008, 10:33 AM

Weird. I have all of my bags in their dustbags...on the same shelf...by my patent FB bag. I hope that's ok, lol!

2gdfcs · May 15th, 2008, 11:50 AM

I believe that in general, color transfer is very common with patent leather, so my guess is that the little disclaimer there exists as a head's up to customers so that if color transfer happens, they can't call it a manufacturer's defect. I know when I owned an LV vernis piece, it had something similar stated in the care card.

Or maybe Kate Spade patent leather is just really snobby and doesn't want to associate with other leathers...

boysRsmelly · May 15th, 2008, 05:40 PM

A patent bag can stick to another leather bag if they get smooshed together (like in a dust bag together) and the color from the patent can transfer. I see it a lot with the bags in the clearance bin where I work. All those purses just casually stacked on top of one another.

varybarry · May 21st, 2008, 06:10 AM

Thanks for the heads up ladies... I didn't know that this was a problem. I'm going to sort through my bags now.

MrsJones · May 21st, 2008, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Jennifer

I was hanging out on the kate spade site when i noticed this note

Why is that?

Well, I don't know about you, but real leather can be quite the snob.

coachobsessedfreak · May 21st, 2008, 09:25 PM

thanks for posting, I did not know this

PurseLady · May 25th, 2008, 07:03 PM

Also, patent leathers tend to leave white scuffs when rubbed together sometimes.

vuittongirlxoxo · May 25th, 2008, 09:24 PM

i am sure i have patent leather and leather next to each other, and nothing has happened to my bags that i know of! that's the first i've heard of that.