How to "Prop" soft leather purses

[James Kay]

Hello All,
My wife wants to sell a couple of her “Coach” purses on line. Of course I told here I would do the photos for her :). However I have run into a problem…how to prop the soft, floppy purses so they look good?

1) What to use to stuff the inside of the purse to make the outside look smooth? I have tried tissue paper and foam core cards, but neither worked very well. There were many wrinkles that didn’t look good.

2) How to prop the soft leather handles? I have looked at the photos on coach.com and they are very neatly arranged. Are they held up with fishing string and then removed in photoshop later?

Here is the kind of shot I am going for…
https://www.coach.com/coach-charlie-bucket-bag/55200.html?cgid=women-handbags&dwvar_color=GDBLK

Thanks for any ideas…

-Jim

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[Ana Ramirez]

I am not sure if you are still needing this, but I also sell and take pictures of purses online and I find using air pillow film similar to bubble wrap but with much larger pockets of the air seem to give the purse that look you are looking for.