For the summer: 8 interesting brands of bags and accessories
The real accessory boom unfolds in fashion: if in recent years the industry has taken a course either on laconic leather models, or on near-sports backpacks and waist bags, now designers offer to wear whatever they want - and we are very happy about that. Now in instagram we only see that colorful bags of beads, baskets, shopping bags and other noticeable accessories come from childhood. We tell you what brand is worth paying attention to.
Susan Alexandra
Susan Alexandra is a project by New York artist Susan Alexandra, whose bags-baskets of colored beads have already managed to catch the fancy of many famous girls from Jeanne Damas to Alex Chang. Susan considers “Frieda Kahlo, 90s, broken hearts, watermelon candies, salad bars and hip-hop” to be her sources of inspiration, and her cheerful creations are fully responsible for this list.
In addition to bright bags ($ 265), in the Susan Alexandra line you can find surreal earrings (from $ 65), bracelets, painted under baubles ($ 70), a necklace with charms (from $ 138), and beaded watermelon wallets ($ 50), reminiscent of those that we did in childhood from ready-made kits for creativity - and Susan still does all this herself and sells on the Susan Alexandra website.
Staud
Staud is a Los Angeles-based brand founded by former fashion director Reformation Sarah Stodinger and her partner George Augusto in 2015. A young brand was loved primarily for clothes, similar to favorite finds from vintage stores. We would also advise you to pay attention to the accessories: in the Staud line you can find fancy bags, string bags, more like flower pots ($ 375), silk bags ($ 250) and transparent plastic bags ($ 195) with leather clutch pads. All products can be purchased on the Staud website, they give a 15% discount on the first order.
Beldy
Beldy is a French home decor brand, founded by friends Lucille Salamon and Akim Gach in 2015. Designers of the brand were inspired by Moroccan artisans, which they often brought from traveling, until they decided to make something of their own. Now Beldy can find beautiful pottery dishes (a set of two small plates will cost 41 euros), Moroccan wool rugs (from 420 euros), as well as perfect basket bags for the summer of various shapes that bloggers enjoy. The price tag is more than democratic - from 34 euros, and the Russian delivery will cost 19 euros.
Chivatas
Chivatas is still a very young brand (it appeared in March of this year), but it already managed to fall in love with the audience of Susan Alexandra. Who exactly is behind Chivatas, is unknown: as the Spanish Vogue tells, the designer prefers to remain in the shadows, but it seems that mini-bags of cheerful colors are made in Spain. On the Chivatas website, they are available in two sizes: very small (19 euros) and more (27 euros). The brand releases them in limited quantities, and they quickly fly away, so if you want to get something from Chivatas, you should follow their instagram.
Cult Gaia
The Cult Gaia brand appeared in Los Angeles in 2012 and gained popularity due to the semi-circular bamboo bags that we saw in Jessica Alba, Emma Roberts and other Hollywood stars. Popularity served them not very good service: Cult Gaia fakes can be found in all markets in Southeast Asia.
Now the brand makes the same bags, but from multicolored acrylic (from $ 195), as well as multi-colored baskets on a strap from large beads ($ 398), clutch-tassels ($ 298) and sculpted mini-bags ($ 328) - the last you can slam and carry with you on a journey. It’s not very clear how to wear your belongings in them without loss, but the founder of Cult Gaia, Jasmine Larian, prudently includes a bag in each set that can be used as a lining.
Emily levine
Emily Levine was founded by Emily Levin, a graduate of the famous American School of the Fashion Institute of Technology. Previously, Emily worked at Etro, but after traveling to Japan, the girl was set on fire with the idea of doing something of her own. “I was very inspired by simple forms and the concept of“ wabi-sabi ”- the ability to accept and love“ imperfections ”,” she tells Vogue. She went to India for the production, and the result of such a mixture of two cultures was bags, bags, which Emily affectionately calls "dumpling bag" - they are made of silk fabric for Indian saris. All products are made by hand by Indian artisans and produced in limited quantities on the brand's website, one handbag will cost 160 euros.
Trademark
The founders of Trademark, Pookie and Louise Birch, came to fashion for a reason: their former foster mother, designer Tory Birch, and her father, billionaire Christopher Birch, who is listed as a co-founder in Tory Burch. Initially, Trademark specialized in clothing, but in 2016, the girls noticed that their real bestsellers are accessories, so they quickly rebranded and began to sell only them.
The main sources of inspiration Birch consider actress Diane Keaton, primatologist Jane Goodall, Robert Altman's film “Three Women” and pictures of the street photographer Harry Vinogranda, popular in the 1960s, this can be seen in their products. Today in the Trademark line you can find checkered tote bags in vintage aesthetics (7 thousand rubles), laconic leather bags-baskets (26 thousand rubles), as well as cute "vediertsa" (628 dollars). You can buy them on the website of the brand, as well as on Farfetch and in other stores around the world.
Building block
The brand of minimalist accessories Building Block appeared in 2011 and is now based in Los Angeles. Its founders, sisters Kimberly and Nancy Wu, call their products “deliberate”: they remove all unnecessary details, bringing geometric shapes and materials to the foreground. As Kimberly explains, these are "bags for those who don't like bags." Despite the ascetic approach, the building block products are not too strict - for example, you can buy a mini cylinder-shaped bag with a handle of large beads ($ 495) and the same clutch box ($ 380) that would easily fit into the collection. Jacmus
And if you are looking for something out of season, you should pay attention to bags, bags, which are often compared with the products of their colleagues from Mansur Gavriel (from $ 346), as well as structural leather bags ($ 595).
