Margaret’s recently announced that Chief Marketing Officer Katia Graytok has completed the prestigious Handbag Authentication master program at Sotheby’s Institute of Art in London. The credential further strengthens the company’s luxury handbag cleaning, leather restoration, and preservation services.
Held at Sotheby’s Institute’s Bedford Square campus, the intensive five-day program focused on authenticating luxury handbags through detailed analysis of craftmanship and construction. Course work examined iconic designs from Hermés, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, and Dior, with instruction covering leather grain identification, stitching techniques, hardware engravings, typography, date codes, and other brand-specific manufacturing characteristics used to distinguish authentic pieces.
“By pairing my Sotheby’s London training with our Hermés specialist and master artisans, Margaret’s delivers elite, brand-specific handbag preservation nationwide via CleanByMail,” noted Graytok. “Preservation begins with understanding how an object was originally made.”
“Our responsibility is to restore and clean luxury handbags without compromising the craftmanship that makes them exceptional. This training provides another layer of knowledge that helps us preserve every stitch, embossment, finish, and construction detail entrusted to our care.”