SoleHeeled offers convenient and affordable Saint Laurent bag repairs by Australia’s best craftsmen, with free shipping to your door. This case study outlines how we recently repaired a customer’s Saint Lauren bag.
The bag
The strap on this Saint Laurent College bag was torn, and the leather around the bottom corners and the edges of the flap was worn through. When the customer reached out to us for a free diagnosis/quote, we offered to replace the strap and restore the damaged leather.
Strap replacement
While the strap was only torn at one end, the leather along the rest of the strap was weak and at risk of tearing with continued wear. With this in mind, the best option was to replace the strap now, rather than attempting to repair it.
We began by carefully removing the original strap. We then selected high-quality leather that closely matched the texture of the original strap, crafted from that a new strap following the design of the original, and finally stitched this strap into place around the adjacent chain links.
Leather restoration
In this case, the leather around the base and sides of the flap was worn, through the leather’s outer layer and leaving the white inner backing material visible underneath. We used a specialist leather filler to seal up and smooth around these tears / gaps in the leather — we did this after cleaning and conditioning the leather and before proceeding to recolour / refinish the surrounding leather.
Have a Saint Laurent bag needing repair or restoration?
Our experienced craftsmen have been trusted by not only generations of Australians but also local and international brands (including NET-A-PORTER and Gucci) with the repair and restoration of luxury designer bags since 1955. If you have a beloved Saint Laurent bag 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 bag and let us know exactly what you would like done to it, or let us advise you on what the bag need 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 bag: Drop your bag off at a local post office for free packaging and shipping to us.
We repair: A team of experienced craftsmen will carefully repair your bag.
We return: We'll deliver your repaired bag to you, wherever you are in Australia.
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