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Has the quality of Mulberry bags changed over time?

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CortieTat · 28/08/2026 14:46

I have a couple of Mulberry bags that are at least 20 years old (y2k Roxannes, Rosemary, Phoebe and Bayswater) but they have all been hand-me-downs or bought second hand.

I’m thinking about buying one brand new and I wonder about the quality of the new Mulberry.

My bags are made of good quality leather but they have all suffered from obvious design flaws and quality defects - popping rivets, sticky inking, dye rubbing off Darwin leather, rivets accumulating gunk underneath to name a few.

I’m craftsy and fixed all those issues myself, including burnishing edges and re dyeing one of my bags from scratch, but I wonder if the new bags require the same level of babysitting and leatherwork skills?

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Blessedbethefruitloopss · 28/08/2026 15:02

Absolutely, and there are articles on this.
I too have 20 years plus bags in better condition than my most recent. Screws from the hardware has fallen out of 2 Lily bags, and the cross body strap broke on another.

CortieTat · 28/08/2026 15:04

Blessedbethefruitloopss · 28/08/2026 15:02

Absolutely, and there are articles on this.
I too have 20 years plus bags in better condition than my most recent. Screws from the hardware has fallen out of 2 Lily bags, and the cross body strap broke on another.

So it’s even worse than 20 years ago?

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