I love its simple silhouette, its durability, and its adaptability how it transforms with me as my style transforms. In this way, finding the bag felt a little like destiny, and was a nod towards my soon-to-be, young adulthood. My mom always had her own collection of Coach bags that I absolutely coveted, and I always admired and tried to emulate her style. I think my mom paid $65 for the bag, which at the time, would have been a lot for my mom to afford, but part of me thinks that she knew I would have it forever. I tend to ascribe feelings to inanimate objects, so I’m sure that I decided the bag was somehow calling out to me, in desperate need of a good home. So, my mom and I looked around this bustling tent of vintage finds, and then I spotted this well-loved caramel brown leather Coach bag. However, going into my first year of high school, I had an innate desire to begin exploring self-expression through my clothes and started to understand what it could feel like to curate my own wardrobe, albeit on an extreme, non-existent budget. At the time, the most experience I had with the concept of “vintage” revolved around begging my parents to let me borrow their old clothes. On our way out of the market, we passed a vendor with vintage clothes and accessories. My mom had taken us there with something specific in mind to buy for our apartment, but I remember that she didn’t find what she was looking for. I have always loved flea markets, yard sales, and thrift shops, so I had my eye out for something special that day, but I didn’t know exactly what. The market, which most all Sundays of the year sets up in the yard of a public school on the Upper West Side, was established in 1982 by a group of parents to raise money for their children’s schools. I remember one Sunday in the summer before high school, my mother took me on a special trip to the Grand Bazaar NYC, which I didn’t know at the time is the oldest flea market in New York City. Occupation: Freelance Video Editor/Project Coordinator We chatted about how this bag came into Katy’s life, becoming a constant companion for a decade. Katy’s well-loved vintage Coach bag caught our eye not only because vintage Coach has been trending big time but because she wears it oh so well. Today we meet Katy Johnson, a freelance creative hailing from New York, New York, where she still resides today.
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