PERSONAL BAGS

The latest trend for personalisation and customisation seems to be growing and also expanding across lots of bag categories. From luxury to the intensely personal, we take a look at some great examples.

This school rucksack from East London bag company,  GOODORDERING with its retro style pairs perfectly with the iconic Smily Face button badges shown above.

Of course Chanel's 'home made' style ruck sack from their SS14 catwalk show shows how extremely high end fashion can be inspired by the street.

This red clutch bag featuring oversized perforations comes with 80 attachable 'scrabble' style tiles which you can use to write a message on the bag, or you can just spell out your name. What i like about this bag is that it actually looks quite fashionable rather than overtly home made. The lettering is quirky and understated and the customisation method is simple and effective. There are more bag styles in this range but i think this one words the best, find out more by visiting We are Selecters website.

I have always absolutely LOVED charlotte olympia, and if i could afford one, it would definitely be on my 'buy myself a birthday present list'. This 'be mine' perspex clutch is on netaporter and features a cute personal message inspired by the retro sweets.

However, i'm much more of a fan of her crafty hand-embroidered book clutches and mini-bags such as this one above 'The Fog Boat Story'. I think they are really timeless and fun.

I think the glamour in faux customisation started with Stella McCartney ss14 (i think) where she designed bags and apparel with wonky beaded drawings. The elements are seeminly mismatched and misplaced like it has been done as a birthday card by a 3 year old. This naieve illustration is so cute and works really well on evening clutch bags. And of course was unashamedly copied by the likes of H&M, zara etc. Well, why wouldn't you! 

Here is a slighly more cleaned up version by Giuseppe Zanotti, you can really see how this trend has developed from clunky and naive attempts at personalisation through to more slick renditions of playful decoration. The trend of customised and personalised bags will defintely continue as well see technology allow the quick and affordable techniques to make this happen such as 3d printing and short run processes become more common place.

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TASTEFUL FAUX CHANEL

I LOVE THIS!!!
In fact, i am feeling a Chanel graffiti attack coming on right now. The democratisation of luxury? A fine comment on haute brands? either way. It rocks.

Emi Kameoka at Home in Tokyo: THE SELBY

I love the Selby - its a site where photographs are taken of the interior of celebrity and interesting people's houses. These photos of a chanel bag collection are taken in Tokyo at Emi Kameoka's house. She is a fashion assistant at Vogue Hommes Japan but more interestingly has a keen collection of Chanel hang bags.









Photographed by Todd Selby., she also has a wierd fascination or obsession with My little Pony.
Check it out here: The Selby

MY EBAY BAGS

Here are some pictures of the bags that i am ebaying at the moment. I am trying to raise enough money for my bloody maintenance payments on my flat. Every 6 months i completely forget about it and then BANG! it hits me just before christmas. Boo Hoo. Bye bye lovely bags.

Chanel

Louis Vuitton

Mulberry

CHANEL 31 RUE CAMBON

This very simple leather shopper is a sort of spoof shopping bag with a tongue in cheek feel from Chanel.


Thats my take on it anyway. Its humorous and sort of makes a comment about the value of hand bags by comparing a leather bag to the paper bag that lots of expensive stuff from Chanel comes packaged in.


The bag is designed to replicate a paper shopping bag - and in that, it is nothing really all that new, Louis Vuitton did it with their leather version of the chinese laundry bag (everyone has a different name for that bag), i will try to dig it out and post it here with these, so stay tuned.

In the same way, this bag is also quite modest, there is no hardware to be seen, it says what it does on the front, and makes so illusions about what it actually is. Thats why this bag should be respected, and it has my thumbs up.

Chanel expose-all bags

Chanel on sale for £5.99 at Tesco! Well thats what it could look like. This crazy design reminds me of the toy packs that you get for kids at xmas from Toys R us with the kiddy versions of all the adult accessories.


This is a really cute inventive idea, and i'm sure very press worthy and eye catching. I have been going through the Autumn / winter 2009 catwalks and things are looking really grim in the accessory area. There doesn't seem to be anything interesting at all going on - except this - Chanel transparent bag, which i love.


This is the pretty-in-pinnk version. It comes packed with Chanel goodies such as the Chanel I-pod, specs, eye-shadow, Chanel 2.55 classic handbag and its all put together in a plastic transparent casing for all to admire and bound together by the signature (and often copied) Chanel leather woven chain.