Category Archives: Design

Monochrome for Spring

It’s in all the magazines and shops, so you’ve probably already noticed that Monochrome is back. A Bag to match This season I have a new handbag in my collection which will perfectly fit with the monochrome look. I originally designed this bag a couple of years ago but have only introduced it to the…

Sample Making

A big thank you goes out to our sample makers in Chennai. They work hard to perfect all my designs for me. A New Design When I sketch a new design I generally sketch a front view, back view, side view etc… basically I sketch the bag from all angles. I then add measurements and…

Win a Leather Phone Case

This week I’m giving away 10 luxury leather phone cases worth £16 each. This design comes in 10 colours so you’re sure to find one to suit you. One Size Fits This phone case was originally designed to fit the iPhone 3 and 4 but it also fits the traditional Blackberry and many other ‘qwerty’…

Possibly the Smallest Handbag in the World?

Leather is an expensive commodity and we don’t like to waste it! But – when we make our leather shoppers, there is a lot of waste after cutting the large leather pieces. We don’t like waste The cutters at my factory are very good and the cut-offs or ‘waste leather’ is put aside in colours and…

Model Handbags

On the catwalk in motion. Our model at the International Spring Fair, February 2013. Showing the large orange square shopper and the large pink round shopper. It was very exciting to be so near to the catwalk for the whole show – our stand was right by the side, so we had a great view…

On the Catwalk

It’s Spring time, it’s Show time! The spring is always a very busy time of year for us. It’s a time for lots of trade shows and exhibitions. We do up to 11 trade shows a year, all over the UK and some we love and some……… Going International The International Spring Fair at the…

Do you Travel? Win a Travel Wallet!

I get the feeling that 2013 is going to be a busy travelling year for me. It’s only 28th Jan, and already I have been in UK, France, UAE (Dubai) and India. I have written before, about my trusty apple green travel wallet and because I love it so much, I am sure lots of…

A Tweed Handbag: New Video

I thought I would play around making a short video showing clips of just one bag. Here, you can see the views of the black and white soft Merino wool tweed tote from all angles. What do you think? Find out more about this style here. Try the Animoto video maker.

A new addition to the Design Studio

An Antique? Maybe one day! When travelling, one of my favourite past times is searching out local junk (antique sounds a bit posh) shops. France is full of them and there is a huge one in Villedieu les Poeles in Normandie, which we visit a lot. Many visits result in no purchase whatsoever but then,…

Win a Business Card Wallet

I was at a ladies networking lunch recently and as the business cards  were passed around the table, I noticed that nearly everyone there had their cards in one of my wallets! The ladies who didn’t have one, wanted to buy one there and then, so today, I’ve decided to give you the opportunity to WIN…