<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515498856017589466</id><updated>2011-04-21T17:29:35.660-07:00</updated><category term='leather handbags color of stitching stitches'/><title type='text'>Handbag Cleaning</title><subtitle type='html'>This blog will serve to answer questions and shed light on the possibilities and nuances of couture handbag cleaning and restoration - a specialty which demands complete proficiency in a much broader range of skills than typically required of garment care.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handbagcleaning.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5515498856017589466/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handbagcleaning.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>John-Claude Hallak</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13454744640653406412</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>14</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515498856017589466.post-723697980069978659</id><published>2008-03-27T08:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-27T09:02:08.292-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Miu Miu New New</title><content type='html'>This white leather Miu Miu bag no longer had smudges and a food stain on it after our specialists restored it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R-vE5SmLZgI/AAAAAAAAAIo/gZlenalTScA/s1600-h/208039.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R-vE5SmLZgI/AAAAAAAAAIo/gZlenalTScA/s320/208039.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182452284743443970" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R-vE5ymLZhI/AAAAAAAAAIw/ZPlZQmU1LZo/s1600-h/2080392.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R-vE5ymLZhI/AAAAAAAAAIw/ZPlZQmU1LZo/s320/2080392.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182452293333378578" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5515498856017589466-723697980069978659?l=handbagcleaning.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handbagcleaning.blogspot.com/feeds/723697980069978659/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5515498856017589466&amp;postID=723697980069978659' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5515498856017589466/posts/default/723697980069978659'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5515498856017589466/posts/default/723697980069978659'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handbagcleaning.blogspot.com/2008/03/miu-miu-new-new.html' title='Miu Miu New New'/><author><name>John-Claude Hallak</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13454744640653406412</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R-vE5SmLZgI/AAAAAAAAAIo/gZlenalTScA/s72-c/208039.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515498856017589466.post-8641232413590199338</id><published>2008-03-18T09:10:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-18T09:14:58.952-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cleaned up.</title><content type='html'>A white leather Gucci bag came in with some wear on the corners of the bottom of the bag. We were able to repair the corners of the bottom of the leather bag to restore it back to its original condition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R9_qcmlvT7I/AAAAAAAAAIY/UB1GAxKVLV0/s1600-h/205430.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R9_qcmlvT7I/AAAAAAAAAIY/UB1GAxKVLV0/s320/205430.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179115873615433650" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R9_qdGlvT8I/AAAAAAAAAIg/2aOs9wOV5WE/s1600-h/2054304.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R9_qdGlvT8I/AAAAAAAAAIg/2aOs9wOV5WE/s320/2054304.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179115882205368258" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5515498856017589466-8641232413590199338?l=handbagcleaning.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handbagcleaning.blogspot.com/feeds/8641232413590199338/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5515498856017589466&amp;postID=8641232413590199338' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5515498856017589466/posts/default/8641232413590199338'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5515498856017589466/posts/default/8641232413590199338'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handbagcleaning.blogspot.com/2008/03/cleaned-up.html' title='Cleaned up.'/><author><name>John-Claude Hallak</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13454744640653406412</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R9_qcmlvT7I/AAAAAAAAAIY/UB1GAxKVLV0/s72-c/205430.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515498856017589466.post-5375614220104857504</id><published>2008-03-12T07:38:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-12T08:13:13.825-07:00</updated><title type='text'>White Again</title><content type='html'>A white leather Yves Saint Laurent bag came in with some real issues on the bottom. Sometimes bags can get more dirty on the bottom than anywhere else from simply setting down the bag on all types of surfaces. As you can see from the pictures, we were able to perfectly restore the bottom of this bag.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R9frkWlvT5I/AAAAAAAAAII/m_uF1libsFk/s1600-h/2078392.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R9frkWlvT5I/AAAAAAAAAII/m_uF1libsFk/s320/2078392.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176865306457362322" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R9frlmlvT6I/AAAAAAAAAIQ/d1MxJdOYJGg/s1600-h/20783910.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R9frlmlvT6I/AAAAAAAAAIQ/d1MxJdOYJGg/s320/20783910.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176865327932198818" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5515498856017589466-5375614220104857504?l=handbagcleaning.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handbagcleaning.blogspot.com/feeds/5375614220104857504/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5515498856017589466&amp;postID=5375614220104857504' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5515498856017589466/posts/default/5375614220104857504'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5515498856017589466/posts/default/5375614220104857504'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handbagcleaning.blogspot.com/2008/03/white-again.html' title='White Again'/><author><name>John-Claude Hallak</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13454744640653406412</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R9frkWlvT5I/AAAAAAAAAII/m_uF1libsFk/s72-c/2078392.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515498856017589466.post-4287804517026134900</id><published>2008-03-06T06:31:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-03-06T06:42:46.890-08:00</updated><title type='text'>All Clean!</title><content type='html'>Normal wear and tear happens to every handbag, even this tan leather shoulder bag. After our specialists were done with the bag, it was ready for new normal wear and tear.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R9AA1ECDEgI/AAAAAAAAAH4/0x8_eGLgOWY/s1600-h/1999815.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R9AA1ECDEgI/AAAAAAAAAH4/0x8_eGLgOWY/s320/1999815.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174636883464098306" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R9AA10CDEhI/AAAAAAAAAIA/WbxkSrx7j7E/s1600-h/199981.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R9AA10CDEhI/AAAAAAAAAIA/WbxkSrx7j7E/s320/199981.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174636896349000210" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5515498856017589466-4287804517026134900?l=handbagcleaning.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handbagcleaning.blogspot.com/feeds/4287804517026134900/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5515498856017589466&amp;postID=4287804517026134900' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5515498856017589466/posts/default/4287804517026134900'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5515498856017589466/posts/default/4287804517026134900'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handbagcleaning.blogspot.com/2008/03/all-clean.html' title='All Clean!'/><author><name>John-Claude Hallak</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13454744640653406412</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R9AA1ECDEgI/AAAAAAAAAH4/0x8_eGLgOWY/s72-c/1999815.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515498856017589466.post-4201768505494221915</id><published>2008-02-29T08:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-29T08:37:09.866-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A happy ending...</title><content type='html'>A canvas and leather Hermes bag came in with blood spattered on it from an accident. Instead of the customer replacing it, the sentimental value was too great to let this bag go. After removing the blood, the customer can once again use the bag as if it were brand new.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R8g0ZVY-FGI/AAAAAAAAAHo/6KQsxCtgcjU/s1600-h/0175.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R8g0ZVY-FGI/AAAAAAAAAHo/6KQsxCtgcjU/s320/0175.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5172441781878264930" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R8g0Z1Y-FHI/AAAAAAAAAHw/Vi0axG43mGA/s1600-h/0193.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R8g0Z1Y-FHI/AAAAAAAAAHw/Vi0axG43mGA/s320/0193.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5172441790468199538" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5515498856017589466-4201768505494221915?l=handbagcleaning.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handbagcleaning.blogspot.com/feeds/4201768505494221915/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5515498856017589466&amp;postID=4201768505494221915' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5515498856017589466/posts/default/4201768505494221915'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5515498856017589466/posts/default/4201768505494221915'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handbagcleaning.blogspot.com/2008/02/happy-ending.html' title='A happy ending...'/><author><name>John-Claude Hallak</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13454744640653406412</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R8g0ZVY-FGI/AAAAAAAAAHo/6KQsxCtgcjU/s72-c/0175.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515498856017589466.post-296611020360053741</id><published>2008-02-19T05:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-19T05:47:04.929-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A Little TLC Was All It Needed.</title><content type='html'>A tan leather handbag came in with some scuff marks and fading along the stitching. All it needed was a little TLC from our experts to restore it back to its original condition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R7rdvaFflGI/AAAAAAAAAHY/QFJg8vZ-lrk/s1600-h/3394.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R7rdvaFflGI/AAAAAAAAAHY/QFJg8vZ-lrk/s320/3394.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168687328887018594" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R7rdvqFflHI/AAAAAAAAAHg/YzHEq6uG6Ag/s1600-h/33942.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R7rdvqFflHI/AAAAAAAAAHg/YzHEq6uG6Ag/s320/33942.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168687333181985906" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5515498856017589466-296611020360053741?l=handbagcleaning.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handbagcleaning.blogspot.com/feeds/296611020360053741/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5515498856017589466&amp;postID=296611020360053741' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5515498856017589466/posts/default/296611020360053741'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5515498856017589466/posts/default/296611020360053741'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handbagcleaning.blogspot.com/2008/02/little-tlc-was-all-it-needed.html' title='A Little TLC Was All It Needed.'/><author><name>John-Claude Hallak</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13454744640653406412</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R7rdvaFflGI/AAAAAAAAAHY/QFJg8vZ-lrk/s72-c/3394.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515498856017589466.post-5273923369963600941</id><published>2008-02-12T06:36:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-19T05:32:57.580-08:00</updated><title type='text'>New nubuck!</title><content type='html'>A tan nubuck bag came in with black scuff marks all over the skin. We were able to remove them all and keep the nubuck looking its tan best.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R7raVKFflEI/AAAAAAAAAHI/Lyklla_3e5Y/s1600-h/0127.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R7raVKFflEI/AAAAAAAAAHI/Lyklla_3e5Y/s320/0127.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168683579380569154" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R7raVqFflFI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/Nm2lq5UIU24/s1600-h/0153.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R7raVqFflFI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/Nm2lq5UIU24/s320/0153.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168683587970503762" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5515498856017589466-5273923369963600941?l=handbagcleaning.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handbagcleaning.blogspot.com/feeds/5273923369963600941/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5515498856017589466&amp;postID=5273923369963600941' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5515498856017589466/posts/default/5273923369963600941'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5515498856017589466/posts/default/5273923369963600941'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handbagcleaning.blogspot.com/2008/02/new-nubuck.html' title='New nubuck!'/><author><name>John-Claude Hallak</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13454744640653406412</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R7raVKFflEI/AAAAAAAAAHI/Lyklla_3e5Y/s72-c/0127.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515498856017589466.post-3154968037159018620</id><published>2008-01-24T07:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-24T07:22:28.226-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Got the paint out.</title><content type='html'>A suede, raisin-colored Coach handbag came to us with a small paint stain on the bottom of it. The customer was made aware that some coloring might have needed to be done to fix the spot. Lucky for them, our suede specialists are so talented, color spray was not needed in this cleaning process, leaving the suede it's beautiful color.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R5isnwnRrpI/AAAAAAAAAGo/Os0E-2qPsEE/s1600-h/194875.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R5isnwnRrpI/AAAAAAAAAGo/Os0E-2qPsEE/s320/194875.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159063172217417362" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R5isoAnRrqI/AAAAAAAAAGw/lEEFFR39A8M/s1600-h/1948752.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R5isoAnRrqI/AAAAAAAAAGw/lEEFFR39A8M/s320/1948752.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159063176512384674" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5515498856017589466-3154968037159018620?l=handbagcleaning.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handbagcleaning.blogspot.com/feeds/3154968037159018620/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5515498856017589466&amp;postID=3154968037159018620' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5515498856017589466/posts/default/3154968037159018620'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5515498856017589466/posts/default/3154968037159018620'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handbagcleaning.blogspot.com/2008/01/got-paint-out.html' title='Got the paint out.'/><author><name>John-Claude Hallak</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13454744640653406412</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R5isnwnRrpI/AAAAAAAAAGo/Os0E-2qPsEE/s72-c/194875.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515498856017589466.post-7868276840822948196</id><published>2008-01-16T09:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-16T10:12:14.123-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Longchamp Not Long Gone</title><content type='html'>Canvas, golden hardware, and leather are the main componants to this Le Pliage Longchamp bag that we were able to restore. Heavy soiling can be seen on the pistachio-colored canvas in the 'before' picture - the 'after' picture speaks for itself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R45EmumsoVI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/uS3XRRtsXlY/s1600-h/1908976.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R45EmumsoVI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/uS3XRRtsXlY/s320/1908976.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156134055521853778" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R45I7-msoXI/AAAAAAAAAGg/h1qDR8fmE_I/s1600-h/19089713.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R45I7-msoXI/AAAAAAAAAGg/h1qDR8fmE_I/s320/19089713.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156138818640585074" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5515498856017589466-7868276840822948196?l=handbagcleaning.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handbagcleaning.blogspot.com/feeds/7868276840822948196/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5515498856017589466&amp;postID=7868276840822948196' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5515498856017589466/posts/default/7868276840822948196'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5515498856017589466/posts/default/7868276840822948196'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handbagcleaning.blogspot.com/2008/01/longchamp-not-long-gone.html' title='Longchamp Not Long Gone'/><author><name>John-Claude Hallak</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13454744640653406412</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R45EmumsoVI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/uS3XRRtsXlY/s72-c/1908976.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515498856017589466.post-7587175576706288429</id><published>2008-01-10T07:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-10T07:37:08.416-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Green Tod's Greatly Improved</title><content type='html'>This green suede Tod's bag came in to us with heavy soiling on the stitching. We removed it and restored the bag back its original green color.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R4Y7iumsoTI/AAAAAAAAAF4/hp4aWBhD7qg/s1600-h/1899244.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R4Y7iumsoTI/AAAAAAAAAF4/hp4aWBhD7qg/s320/1899244.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5153872291384041778" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R4Y7i-msoUI/AAAAAAAAAGA/Av8zar4JTX8/s1600-h/18992410.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R4Y7i-msoUI/AAAAAAAAAGA/Av8zar4JTX8/s320/18992410.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5153872295679009090" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5515498856017589466-7587175576706288429?l=handbagcleaning.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handbagcleaning.blogspot.com/feeds/7587175576706288429/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5515498856017589466&amp;postID=7587175576706288429' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5515498856017589466/posts/default/7587175576706288429'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5515498856017589466/posts/default/7587175576706288429'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handbagcleaning.blogspot.com/2008/01/green-tods-greatly-improved.html' title='Green Tod&apos;s Greatly Improved'/><author><name>John-Claude Hallak</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13454744640653406412</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R4Y7iumsoTI/AAAAAAAAAF4/hp4aWBhD7qg/s72-c/1899244.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515498856017589466.post-6022755375198139800</id><published>2007-12-31T10:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-02T05:09:08.251-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Big Bag Made New</title><content type='html'>This bag came in with streaky stains along the side as in you can see in the "before" picture. We were able to remove them and make the bag look like new.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R3kwPemsoJI/AAAAAAAAAEk/8pMpVvpYiIw/s1600-h/P4200023.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R3kwPemsoJI/AAAAAAAAAEk/8pMpVvpYiIw/s320/P4200023.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150200691346415762" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R3kwPOmsoII/AAAAAAAAAEc/xuDne9wETP8/s1600-h/DSC_0116.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R3kwPOmsoII/AAAAAAAAAEc/xuDne9wETP8/s320/DSC_0116.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150200687051448450" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5515498856017589466-6022755375198139800?l=handbagcleaning.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handbagcleaning.blogspot.com/feeds/6022755375198139800/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5515498856017589466&amp;postID=6022755375198139800' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5515498856017589466/posts/default/6022755375198139800'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5515498856017589466/posts/default/6022755375198139800'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handbagcleaning.blogspot.com/2007/12/big-bag-made-new.html' title='Big Bag Made New'/><author><name>John-Claude Hallak</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13454744640653406412</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R3kwPemsoJI/AAAAAAAAAEk/8pMpVvpYiIw/s72-c/P4200023.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515498856017589466.post-8647772506086074363</id><published>2007-12-26T05:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-31T09:59:29.354-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Continuing success...</title><content type='html'>We've been cleaning handbags for over 40 years, and now we want you to see what we can do. We will be posting our lastest and greatest success stories for you to see. Let us prove to you we can clean any handbag you bring us. No matter how large or small, or how clean or dirty. We are here for you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R3JZuumsnsI/AAAAAAAAAAc/ighYTYxPuUY/s1600-h/DSC_0018.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R3JZuumsnsI/AAAAAAAAAAc/ighYTYxPuUY/s320/DSC_0018.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5148275983357091522" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R3JaHemsnwI/AAAAAAAAAA8/wfGkfR2MlyM/s1600-h/DSC_0010.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R3JaHemsnwI/AAAAAAAAAA8/wfGkfR2MlyM/s320/DSC_0010.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5148276408558853890" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R3JcNOmsn4I/AAAAAAAAAB8/4wEoHrNbQ9U/s1600-h/DSC_0109.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R3JcNOmsn4I/AAAAAAAAAB8/4wEoHrNbQ9U/s320/DSC_0109.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5148278706366357378" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R3JdJ-msn-I/AAAAAAAAACs/Y4tv-IIGAWw/s1600-h/DSC_0132.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R3JdJ-msn-I/AAAAAAAAACs/Y4tv-IIGAWw/s320/DSC_0132.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5148279750043410402" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5515498856017589466-8647772506086074363?l=handbagcleaning.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handbagcleaning.blogspot.com/feeds/8647772506086074363/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5515498856017589466&amp;postID=8647772506086074363' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5515498856017589466/posts/default/8647772506086074363'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5515498856017589466/posts/default/8647772506086074363'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handbagcleaning.blogspot.com/2007/12/continuing-success.html' title='Continuing success...'/><author><name>John-Claude Hallak</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13454744640653406412</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/R3JZuumsnsI/AAAAAAAAAAc/ighYTYxPuUY/s72-c/DSC_0018.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515498856017589466.post-7324515546056896585</id><published>2007-03-18T12:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-18T12:27:31.679-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='leather handbags color of stitching stitches'/><title type='text'>You've got me in stitches ...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/Rf2QU7tWkqI/AAAAAAAAAAM/vkailgbjVEQ/s1600-h/90614_5_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5043345847024521890" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/Rf2QU7tWkqI/AAAAAAAAAAM/vkailgbjVEQ/s320/90614_5_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;In some instances, the ability to fully restore the original color of a handbag (especially leather) can be impeded by the amount of stitching whose color is in stark contrast to the color of the leather.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;For instance, a red leather handbag with white stitching limits the ability of a leather cleaning specialist from applying a fine coat of new red leather dye to camouflage abrasions and/or deeply imbedded stains. Such a covering would also be absorbed by the white sticthing, thereby altering the original look of the handbag (which is sometimes desirable if the alternative is to lose use of the bag altogether).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;There are certain "tricks" that can be employed to "mask" the stitching from the re-finishing spray - but these steps are extremely time-consuming and costly, and are therefore impractical unless justified by a bag whose value runs into the thousands of dollars.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;John-Claude Hallak&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5515498856017589466-7324515546056896585?l=handbagcleaning.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handbagcleaning.blogspot.com/feeds/7324515546056896585/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5515498856017589466&amp;postID=7324515546056896585' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5515498856017589466/posts/default/7324515546056896585'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5515498856017589466/posts/default/7324515546056896585'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handbagcleaning.blogspot.com/2007/03/youve-got-me-in-stitches.html' title='You&apos;ve got me in stitches ...'/><author><name>John-Claude Hallak</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13454744640653406412</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_fHudU1XFpuU/Rf2QU7tWkqI/AAAAAAAAAAM/vkailgbjVEQ/s72-c/90614_5_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5515498856017589466.post-2007531852605665109</id><published>2007-02-26T11:32:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-26T11:33:22.853-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome</title><content type='html'>Welcome. I hope that this blog can serve to help answer questions about cleaning and care of your valued handbags and purses.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5515498856017589466-2007531852605665109?l=handbagcleaning.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handbagcleaning.blogspot.com/feeds/2007531852605665109/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5515498856017589466&amp;postID=2007531852605665109' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5515498856017589466/posts/default/2007531852605665109'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5515498856017589466/posts/default/2007531852605665109'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handbagcleaning.blogspot.com/2007/02/welcome.html' title='Welcome'/><author><name>John-Claude Hallak</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13454744640653406412</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
