Tetris Bag

I love the assymetry of this little piece and trust the Japanese to design it with such refined style. I even really like how its slightly slouchy in construction. Its not cheap though, at US$165, you can get your hands on it at Creatures of Comfort.

PARIS STREET SHOT

This is a photo taken in paris during fashion week a few weeks ago. It looks like a delicate business card holder, but i think its inspiration for a whole new genre of products. I love it.

VINTAGE HIDDEN PURSE BAG

This is another post from ETSY. Its from a seller called vintagetotes. Looking at this little black bag from the outside you would never notice anything suspicious about it - that is until you open it.


And you find in side two dinky little coin purses fixed on the inside in a bright green and a bright red.


They give me the feeling of being the gutz of the bag, the entrails that are hidden deep within.


Or a pleasant little surprise, like the sexy lingerie of a conservative little black dress, these foxy little inside pockets add a new level of excitement.

COCONUT BAG

And i don't mean coconut colour or coconut inspired... i mean a bag MADE from a coconut. Its got to be one of the kookiest bags i have seen, and guess where i found it... etsy of course!

LOUIS VUITTON SPRING SUMMER 2010

This bags are pretty cool from the recent paris catwalks. as much as i love to hate lv, its a pretty nice collection. The splashes of colour in hanging trinkets, oversized and repetitive gives a fun vibe of not taking itself too seriously. The contrasting materials chucked together also work. The subtle concept of the bag-in-bag give a nice reason for a material change and the bags are not overpowered by that necessary but evil monogram print. I'm so over catwalks but over the next few days i'll post some of my favourite bags from the season. stay tuned.

AROUND THE NECK PHONE CASES

I have been thinking a lot about people wearing mobile phone cases around their necks like this. So here are a few images of some interesting phone cases which cross over to being a fashion accessory.

Man in Stockholm enjoying the sun.

The utilitarian look dresses down a formal outfit which is what i really like about this look.

Granny Tunes embroidered ipod holder by Greece is for Lovers.

Round necklace coin holder by david and azumi - one of my favourite accessories brands.


I'm not really sure what could be in this little front joey pouch but i think it might be a phone or credit cards, either way, as you can see its quite a unisex look.


Not only is this method of carrying around your phone really handy but i think its the accessories direction of the future - fulfilling a function at the same time as making a decorative statement.

RAF SIMONS WALLETS

These are a selection of views and styles of Raf Simons SS09 wallets, keyrings etc. from Oki-ni.com (www.oki-ni.com) One of my favourite places to browse some of the coolest bags of the moment and designer pieces that are not available to be seen on catwalk shots.


This Raf Simons wwallet has the jagged cut - out and a mirror placed inside. I don't meant to be funny but it is very similar in concept to a bag i designed for puma, my one had a little opening door to protect the mirror but was constructed in the same way. So becuase of that, i really love this piece, especially the cool angled cut-out.


Again the keyring is really angular and blue and the wierdest thing is that i have had on my desktop for a few days now this image that i downloaded from google images of the tan gram which i was thinking about for a print design (below) which is strangely similar in colour and shape to these.


Anyway, i'm off for a bike ride to the park, so i'll leave you pondering a few more images below of the rest of the collection.


This wallet below is a slightly smaller version of the first one. I love the patent leather as well.


And again.. that blue... aghhhhh

Azumi & David

I love that this Azumi and David accessory is inspired by travel and tourism. With a slight muji-ish feel with a quirky designer twist, i love pretty much everything these guys do. Including their stickytape, as can been seen on my stickytape blog, http://ilovestickytape.blogspot.com/

Leather pendant style coin purse by Azumi and David.

Kenzo Spring Summer 2009

Mens bags get sparkly with oriental inspired over adorned classic shapes.

See the helmet bag with brass and aqua adornments shown above.

Tape Wallets by Marcella Foschi

Made by Italian designer Marcella Foschi, using old (Italian) tapes. Each design is limited, check out design boom for more info.

Irritating Trinkets

These little Louis Vuitton purses and keyrings are so french in a bad way. The little cutesy 'petit prince' porter man does my head in. I think i'd just prefer just the coloured stripes but even then i don't like Louis' monogram epi-leather in the first place.

This Prada bear keyring is not so much irritating in execution, its just slightly irritating that prada can make a flattened little teddy bear with a few sequence on it and then charge over £100 for it. I'm glad i didn't get one for xmas.