Chanel mini flap in pink caviar — re-dyed

A Chanel mini flap in pink caviar leather. The colour had faded and dulled all over, and every scratch had raised a whitish mark, so the whole bag looked hazy.

It was re-dyed to match the original pink.

1. Preparing the existing colour
2. Colour matching
3. Re-dyeing
4. Finishing

The dye was applied without filling the caviar grain; the silver-tone CC turn-lock and the chain were not touched.

In the after photos — front, side and back — the pink is even and the whitish scratches no longer show.After · photo 1

The after photos read as a redder pink. The lighting differs, so the photos cannot show whether the colour itself changed.After · photo 2

There is no before-and-after pair from the same angle, and no after close-up.Before · photo 4

The before was shot with the bag opened out on a white background, the after in the workshop.

The two photos differ in angle, background or light, so they are shown side by side rather than overlaid.