I have a stunning Celine bag that I bought in a sale in Milan pre-kids.
Two house moves and a child later and I finally took it out of the back of a cupboard tonight. DD is starting school I feel like I am getting the old me back style-wise, and I wanted to start using my gorgeous bag on a more regular basis, like I used to, rather than the crappy old bags filled with DD's pencils and half-eaten snacks that I've been carrying around for 4 years.
To my utter horror (and stupidity, though sleep deprivation may have played a part) when I put it away when DD was about 2 months old, belatedly cottoning on that my old life would have to take a back seat for a bit, I'm pretty sure there was some chocolate or something left in there.
It's made the lining manky, obv, which I'm hoping is relatively easily fixed. But worse is whatever vile fungus it now is, it has spread from inside to one outer corner (kind of where one of the 'feet' of the bag is, if that makes sense)
It's white/grey and furry and about a 2 inch square patch.
Is this salvageable, do you think, and if so how?
It was about £500 when I bought it, reduced from close to £1k, so it's worth spending to try to fix it. And I will kick myself very very hard and repeatedly for evermore if my carelessness has ruined one of the nicest and certainly the most expensive items I've ever owned.