Handbag care guides & news

Gentle Foam Cleanser being worked into Vachetta leather with an Application Mitt

How to Remove Marks and Water Marks from Vachetta Leather

Found a water mark on your Vachetta? Here is how we lift it gently, and how to keep marks from coming back.

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Close-up of light tan Vachetta leather trim on coated canvas
Vachetta Leather: What It Is, Why It Marks and How to Protect It

Why Vachetta marks so easily, and how to protect it before you carry your bag.

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Hand holding Water & Stain Guard
There's More to Protect Than Just Your Bags

Shoes, straps, canvas. The pieces that take the most and are protected the least.

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Black quilted Chanel handbag on a dressing table
3 Handbag Non-Negotiables

The habits I never skip, after a decade of caring for collections.

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Damier canvas handbag trim before and after a Leather Restore Pen
Restore, Revive, and Renew: The Ultimate Guide to Leather Restorer Pens for Luxury Handbags

You notice it in daylight, usually. A pale line along a corner where the colour has worn away, on the bag you reach for most. Nothing has gone wrong. That mark is simply what being carried looks like.

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The Prime Event - your handbags forever starts here
Prime week gone luxe

Our Prime Event across the full handbag care collection, from the Signature Collection to Hardware Protectors.

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Brown Birkin handbag under an umbrella - finally, weather-proof luxury
Introducing Pursebrella™

Pursebrella was our April Fools joke. Water & Stain Guard is the real way to help protect your bags from rain.

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The Valentine's Gift Your Collection Deserves

Valentine's gift ideas for the handbag lover, made to help a treasured collection be carried with confidence.

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Why we rebuilt everything
The Havre de Luxe Rebrand: Two Years, Six Figures, and Why We Rebuilt Everything

Discover the two-year journey behind Havre de Luxe's complete rebrand. From creating world-first self-healing hardware protectors to enhancing our award-winning handbag care formulas - here's why we invested six figures to elevate everything.

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Havre de Luxe 2.0 is here
Our complete rebrand is here - and we couldn't be more proud to share it with you.

Why we rebuilt Havre de Luxe from the bottle up. Our care should feel as luxurious as the bags it looks after.

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Colourful Hermes Birkin handbags
The 48-Hour Journey of a Hermès Birkin

Discover why a single Hermès artisan spends 48 hours hand-crafting each Birkin - and what it means for how you should care for yours.

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Pursepectives #7
Pursepectives #7

Every month, we sit down with one of our incredible community members to talk handbags, heritage, and the rituals of care that make luxury ownership even more meaningful.

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Pursepectives #6
Pursepectives #6

Collector Emily shares her journey from a pre-loved Louis Vuitton Speedy 25 to Chanel and Hermès.

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How to care for caviar leather
How to Care for Caviar, Fabric, Epsom & Clemence

How to care for four collector favourites: Chanel caviar, fabric and tweed, and Hermès Epsom and Clemence.

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The Luxe Vault guidebook
Introducing: The Luxe Vault Guidebook 💼✨

Meet the Luxe Vault Guidebook, our handbag care guide written with leather artisans and restoration experts.

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