For many women they are a lifestyle essential prone to a fair amount of wear and tear over time . But now well-heeled handbag lovers are paying as much as £200 to give their over-loved bags the equivalent of a spa treatment at a luxury new Handbag Clinic in Chelsea . The unusual boutique has opened on a fashionable west London high street to cater to the needs of well-heeled clientele who want to restore their bags to their former glory . Scroll down for video . Handbag lovers are paying as much as £200 to give their over-loved bags the equivalent of a spa treatment at a luxury new Handbag Clinic in Chelsea . Pictured : an Hermes bag ( left ) and a Mulberry ( right ) The Handbag Clinic has opened in Chelsea ( pictured ) to cater to the needs of well-heeled clientele who want to restore their bags to their former glory . Famous clients who have indulged in the luxury treatment include Imogen Thomas and Made in Chelsea stars Sophie Hermann and Stephanie Pratt . It was set up to rejuvenate high-end accessories in need of a face-lift or a quick repair . And amazingly , a trip to the handbag hospital is becoming more and more fashionable , even though the most treatment costs as much as £200 . The company say they are now repairing bags worth £20,000 every day at the clinic on Kings Road in Chelsea London . They include briefcases and bags belonging to male clients . Grubby bags can be spruced-up through one of four available packages which offer everything from a thorough clean , to a fresh coat of colour or a layer of stain-preventing cream . Customers can even take out ‘ stain cover ’ cover for one handbag for £4.95 or 15 handbags for £19.95 per month . One customer has £100,000 worth of bags on the service . Famous clients who have indulged in the luxury treatment include Imogen Thomas ( right ( and Made in Chelsea star Stephanie Pratt ( left ) Customers can visit the new store Chelsea , in London , or simply post their bag to clinic . Prices are bespoke , depending on how stained or damaged a bag is , with costs for minor repairs starting at £24.95 and the average restoration costing £135 . The company was set up after Ben Staerck , the director of leather repair company Furniture Clinic , noticed a surge in demand for specialist bag restoration . Mr Staerck said : ‘ My father and I launched Furniture Clinic in 2004 to restore and repair heirloom and vintage pieces of leather furniture . ‘ We soon found our customers were asking us if we could repair their high-end designer handbags because they couldn ’ t find a specialist handbag workshop they trusted to restore their high-value accessories . As the volume of bags requiring care continued to increase , we decided to form a company devoted exclusively to handbag repair . ‘ Demand has soared for work on all types of bags from the likes of Chanel , Jimmy Choo , Hermes and Mulberry , particularly since the opening of our flagship Kings Road clinic . ‘ Clients from across the world bring their bags with them for repair when they are visiting London , particularly from the US and the Middle East. ’ The four available packages include a cleansing scrub where bags are fully cleaned inside and out , and a replenishment package to repair remove stains . More expensive services on offer include total rejuvenation , which also includes a complete coat of colour , and an age-defying service which coats bags with a protective cream to prevent future staining . The first clinic in Newcastle , and last month a second high street outlet opened on Chelsea ’ s fashionable Kings Road , in London . It is believed that women amass a haul of 111 handbags over the course of a lifetime . And the average well-used bag is thought to harbour enough filth to pose a risk to human health . Some startling research even found traces of E.coli , a poisonous bacteria , lurking at the bottom of some handbags . And another study even found that some are contaminated with more bacteria than the average toilet .
Customers are treating over-loved bags at Handbag Clinic in Chelsea . Set up to rejuvenate high-end accessories in need of a face-lift or repair . Company say they are now repairing bags worth £20,000 every day . Famous clients include Mulberry and Made in Chelsea stars .