Lillian Cahn, who founded the Coach Leatherware Company in 1961 with her husband, died on Monday in Manhattan. She was 89. Mrs Cahn designed the first bag modelled on a shopping bag, working with a thick cowhide often used in making baseball gloves. By the early 1980s, Coach was selling about $20 million worth of handbags a year. The Cahns...

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