#shoulder bag
Left: 1950s leather handbag
Right: Mulberry Darley shoulder bag
Recently whilst reading one of my favourite fashion magazines (Look Mag) I came across an article about Hipsters for Sisters, fashionable bum bags! (Or for you americans fanny packs) these gorgeous bags are the brainchild of Debra Denniston and her two daughters. Everyone knows those awful bum bags from the 90s made from a horrible Nylon material in garish colours. But these little beauties have completely changed the accessory from a no go to a festival favourite! They are absolutely gorgeous and you can get them for an affordable price starting from £67 I’ll deffo be getting my hands on one! Plus these lovely ladies donate 5% of the price of every bag that is purchased to a women’s charities across America.
p.s the straps are also long enough to wear over the shoulder, 2 looks for the price of one!
check them out: http://www.hipstersforsisters.com/
also follow their tumblr: rockthestatusquo
Shoulder bag
I’ve designed simple bags for #sewing before: this one is not simple, and it’s *Order of Operations* that’s stumping me. Designing the pieces was simple… figuring out how to sew them, wasn’t. It’s almost like sewing was meant to #teachmathskills …
a handsome cover over the bag’s zipper
A friend of mine asked me to make a sort-of complicated shoulder bag for a friend of hers for Christmas. I winced and said yes — but I admitted that it wouldn’t be before Christmas, and that it might take a while. Complicated shoulder bags are hard, my friends… and the more elements that are in them, the harder it becomes. That’s especially true when we’re…