Handbag Designer 101
Emily BlumenthalFrom the Handbag Fairy Godmother, Emily Blumenthal, for the handbag obsessed covering handbag history, handbag collabs, and everything you need to know about designing, making, and marketing handbags. \ud83d\udc5c
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The New Playbook: Strategic Statements Over Traditional Runways
For decades, the standard playbook was simple: dress a model in 30+ apparel looks and let a handbag dangle from her arm down a 12-minute runway. That model is officially broken.
A single, highly focused “strategic statement,” whether a sli...
Vegan Leather Alternatives. A Fruit Salad of Opportunities
Sustainability and vegan materials are a key part of the waste discussion in today’s retail lifecycle. Handbags have a variety of vegan leather alternatives, and for your reference, I have organized them by source material, with notes on te...
The Handbag Industry Is Shifting. Are you listening?
The accessory landscape is undergoing a massive transformation. Between changing lifestyle habits, shifting retail channels, and the unraveling mythos around traditional luxury manufacturing, designing and selling handbags today requires a...
Is the Independent Designer in the Minor Leagues?
Ever since ’s post about the “Anti-It Bag” and how her readers have proclaimed that they want something “hard to identify, well made, and not meant-to-wealth signal,” I must say something struck a chord. No, a nerve. This post has burned my...
The Energy is Back: How IT BAG x NY NOW Delivered Big Sales & Pure Joy
If you walked the floor at NY NOW this season, you felt it immediately: something fundamental has transformed, which I had discussed with Dorothy Belshaw, the new CEO and co-owner of NY NOW, on a recent episode of my podcast, Handbag Design...
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I am known as the "Handbag Fairy Godmother," & do a lot more within the world of handbags - author of "Handbag Designer 101," professor, mentor, podcaster, & founder of The Handbag Awards. I'm also known for creating wild handbag collaborations.
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