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Coach founder passes away

14/02/2017

Miles Cahn, who along with his wife Lillian founded US leathergoods brand Coach, has died at the age of 95. The origins of the brand can be traced back to a family-run workshop in Manhattan in 1941. At the time, it was known as Gail Leather Products and employed just five leather workers. Mr and Mrs Cahn, who already owned a handbag manufacturing ...

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