SoleHeeled offers convenient and affordable Chanel handbag restorations by Australia’s best craftsmen, with free shipping to your door. This case study outlines how we recently restored a customer’s Chanel handbag.
The handbag
This Chanel Classic handbag is truly a classic, iconic item instantly recognisable by its quilted lambskin leather exterior and a gold chain strap that exudes sophistication. After several years of use, this handbag had started showing signs of wear, particularly on the exterior corners at the base of bag and around the top edges of the bag where the metallic chain rubbed again the leather.
When the customer reached out to us for a free diagnosis/quote, we reviewed the photos she submitted and offered to restore the bag — cleaning and conditioning the leather throughout the bag before recolouring/refinishing the worn leather.
Leather cleaning and conditioning
We first clean and condition the leather throughout the exterior of the bag to remove any dirt and ensure the leather is properly nourished and supple before the leather is further worked on.
Leather colour restoration
We use a special leather dye to recolour/refinish the discoloured leather, making our own adjustments to the level of gloss and custom mixing colours to achieve a finish that blends in with the rest of the bag as much as possible.
Have a Chanel handbag needing repair or restoration?
Our experienced craftsmen have been trusted by not only generations of Australians but also local and international brands (including Versace and Canali) with the repair and restoration of luxury designer handbags since 1955. If you have a beloved Chanel handbag in need of repair or restoration, ask us for a free diagnosis/quote by completing our online order form — where you can upload photos of the handbag and let us know exactly what you would like done to it, or let us advise you on what the handbag needs based on the photos.
SoleHeeled serves all of Australia through its free 2-way shipping service:
Order online: Answer a few questions to get an instant quote and complete your order.
Send your handbag: Drop your handbag off at a local post office for free packaging and shipping to us.
We repair: A team of experienced craftsmen will carefully restore your handbag.
We return: We'll deliver your restored handbag to you, wherever you are in Australia.
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