Prada black drawstring shoulder bag — colour restored, edges painted

A Prada shoulder bag in soft black nappa with a drawstring and tassels. Every crease had faded to a whitish line, and the glaze on the handle edges had worn.

The original black. The handle edges were re-glazed.

1. Cleaning
2. Colour matching
3. Dyeing black, opening out the creases
4. Re-glazing the handle edges
5. Finishing

The leather is heavily creased, so the creases were opened out while dyeing to keep the old colour from staying in the folds.

In the same studio, from the same front angle, the whitish creases now read as an even deep black.Before · photo 8 / After · photo 4

The PRADA stamp on the body looks gold in the intake close-up and silvery grey afterwards. The record does not say whether the stamp changed colour or the lighting did.After · photo 7

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