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04Partial re-dyeing

Gucci Ophidia GG tote — brown leather trim re-dyed

Brown (worn at the corners) → BrownRestored in the same colour

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Before · photo 5

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The same spot, before and after

Before · photo 5
After · photo 3

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

Dye record

Brown (worn at the corners) → BrownRestored in the same colour

  1. 01Condition on arrival

    A Gucci Ophidia tote in GG Supreme canvas with the green-and-red Web stripe and brown leather trim. Rubbing had worn the colour off the brown leather at the corners and along the base, exposing the pale leather beneath.

  2. 02Target colour

    Only the leather trim was touched up, in its original brown. The canvas and the Web stripe were left as they were.

  3. 03Colour mixing & process

    1. Cleaning
    2. Matching the colour to the original brown
    3. Dyeing the narrow trim only
    4. Finishing

    Only the narrow trim was dyed, keeping colour off the canvas and the Web.

  4. 04Result

    The brown now runs evenly along the corners and the base trim, with a clean line against the canvas.Before · photo 5 / After · photo 3

  5. 05Limits

    The record does not say whether the handle leather was included.

    The worn areas are narrow, so the difference looks small in the full shots. There is a before close-up of the rubbed corners, but no after close-up from the same angle.Before · photo 1

  6. 06About these photos

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

Leather can only be dyed darker than its current colour.

The text follows the published case description; lines tagged with a photo number are what that photo shows.

Brand
Gucci
Work
Partial re-dyeing
Material
GG Supreme canvas · brown leather trim

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