Dora Schabel, launched in 2001, is a line of leather bags based out of Cyprus.   Hand-crafted by trained experts, each bag not only has an organic feel, but truly a sense of individuality. 
Both the structure and the lining of each bag is made with leather, which is either treated or combined with glass, metal, beads, [...]

EllaPoe, designer
Starting from a young age, EllaPoe has had an interest in creating jewellery.  Born to Hindu Ashram and raised by western entrepreneurs, EllaPoe has always been interested in unifying these distinct philosophies.  EllaPoe’s work is also hugely inspired by the antiquity, early minimalism and her background in music.
EllaPoe was in Manhattan, training to become an [...]

Loella Medina, a jewellery designer based in New York, became interested in the process of hand-made jewellery when she was ten years old.  Her father, a civil engineer, had started to create earrings, after finding pliers and beads at a construction site.  For a while in the 1980s, Mr. Medina’s earrings were a hit with women [...]

Fuffy J. Couture, a line of high end handbags based out of Sacramento, California launched in 2006 by two sisters, Lyndie Eimerl and Kristin Morrow. The name was inspired by the eccentric and flamboyant entrerpreneur (and Lyndi and Kristin’s grandfather), Norman Joeger who expressed his creativity through his wild sense of style. Like [...]

Neiko Designs is a small New York-based hand made bag company. Launched the summer of 2006, Neiko’s work was inspired by the lack of timeless classics in today’s bag market. The company does understand that fashion has its trends, but it does not allow the fashion industry to dictate what they do. They just go [...]

Natha Perkins loves to create. Making pretty things gives her “such a thrill!” While she never could master painting or sculpting, metalsmithing became her niche, especially after taking her first course in 2001. She became so enthralled with it that she couldn’t stop. In fact, she majored in metalsmith and jewellery [...]