u/overlysensitivemamma

So my husband bought me a Chanel Deauville tote for my birthday about two years ago, and I’m honestly so upset right now I don’t even know what to do.

The bag has kind of been through a lot. At one point, I accidentally spilled juice inside the inner pouch. Instead of taking it somewhere properly, I tried to fix it myself and used a stain remover (I know… bad idea). After that, it looked fine to me, so I thought everything was okay and put it back in its dust bag.

Fast forward some time later, I took it out and noticed these weird pinkish specks all over the bag. That’s when I realized I probably made things worse. I ended up taking it to a professional bag cleaner, and honestly they did an amazing job — it came back looking basically brand new. I was so relieved.

Since then (this was around February), I’ve kept it stored in the dust bag and haven’t used it at all.

Today I decided to take it out again, and now I’m noticing yellowing across the fabric — especially along the seams and on the bottom panel, but honestly it looks like it’s affecting the whole bag. It wasn’t like this when I got it back from the cleaner.

I’m just really emotional because this bag means a lot to me, and I feel like every time I try to fix something, it ends up getting worse. I don’t know if this is something that can be reversed, if the cleaner is responsible, or if I somehow ruined it over time.

Has anyone experienced something like this with canvas bags? Is this fixable or am I stuck with it like this now? 😔

Photos are in order from the time of self cleaning, to professional cleaning to the now yellow residue.