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Mrs. Cahn suggested the design for what became the first successful Coach bag: a tote modeled on a type of paper shopping bag she had used as a girl in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., to deliver homemade ...
Mar 11, 2013 · Lillian Cahn, co-founder of Coach Leatherwear Co., died March 4 at the age of 89. Cahn was the force behind today's high-end leather handbags. Back in the 1960s, she and her husband,...
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Unlike the handbags of the 1950s, it was built to wear, and to hold a lot. Part of the reason: its original design was based on the Depression-era paper bags that designer Lillian Cahn’s...
Oct 4, 2016 · They released their first hit: a Coach tote, modeled after a paper shopping bag Lillian used to deliver noodles to her parents’ customers as a young girl during the Depression. The bag inspired a dozen other purses (the first collection) and earned Coach respect among fashion editors.
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Lillian Cahn’s design became the first successful Coach bag. “It became a classic,” Mr. Cahn said. “We started having loyal customers.” Cahn went on to create the dozen other handbag designs that became the first generation of the Coach line and his wife became the company’s showroom impresario and media agent.
Mar 11, 2013 · Cahn was the force behind today's high-end leather handbags. Back in the 1960s, she and her husband, Miles Cahn, were running a leather goods business in Manhattan. They produced men's wallets and billfolds but wanted to expand.
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Lillian Cahn (née Lenovitz; December 11, 1923 – March 4, 2013) was a Hungarian-born American businessperson who co-founded Coach New York with her husband, Miles Cahn. Lillian Cahn also created Coach's first line of handbags, which remains the label's trademark consumer product.
