Chanel blue lambskin shopping tote — fully re-dyed

A Chanel shopping tote in blue lambskin, smooth at the top with diamond quilting below. The colour had faded in patches and looked blotchy, and the bottom corners and edges were worn and had lost colour.

The whole bag was re-dyed to match the original blue.

1. Cleaning
2. Preparing the base
3. Colour matching
4. Re-dyeing the whole piece
5. Finishing

Touching up only parts would have left a visible line between the new colour and the faded areas, so the whole bag was dyed.

The quilted grooves and the smooth upper panels were matched to the same tone; the chain and the CC charm were not touched.

From the front and at the bottom corners, the same blue reads evenly.Before · photo 1 / After · photo 6

The colour difference before and after is small; look mainly at the corners and the base edges.After · photo 4

The before was shot on beige cloth and the after in the workshop, so background and lighting differ.

The same spot, shot from a similar angle. An overlay opens once the two photos have been checked for alignment.