Hi to everyone. I haven t updated my blog recently for a number of reasons...but the main one is that I have been busy preparing my FIRST collection of handmade bags ...
The butterfly bag you can see above is made with upholstery fabrics from the 40s and the butterfly decoration has been designed and made by Chizu Kobayashi, a great Japanese artist who does marvellous things with iron, plastic, metals and plexiglas . We have been working together for the last 6 months and she is a great source of inspiration to me.
A part from the butterfly bag, my collection is made up of shopper bags, week end bags, clutches and much more. Each piece is unique, the same fabrics is never used more than one time.
I ll present all my bags at Matta e Goldoni, a super cosy clothes shop in Bologna city center.
Mirelle bags will be soon available on line...but in the meanwhile..if you are interested in buying (I ship overseas) or knowing more about them...send an email to mirelle74@gmail.com and I ll answer back as soon as I can.
xoxo
First came the blog..and with the blog the idea to make, to create something of my own.I first started with the idea of making shoes (without knowing where to start from). Then one day I opened an old wardrobe and found beautiful fabrics in it. The fabrics were a gift that my grandfather- a famous and skilled upholster- gave me before dying.
I was 2 years old when he died...and my parents had forgotten the wardrobe and the fabrics...until May last year when I discovered them just by chance...
And the combination of beautiful textiles from 1930, 1940 and 1950 and my own style have given birth to the bags you can see below.
Right now there are on sale at Blu, in via San Vitale 34, Bologna. I am very happy and proud they selected my bags and found them beautiful..a big thank you goes to Filippo and Sante...
I ll make definitely more bags in the future and post their pics on my blog and a website which is under construction right now.
If you are interested in seeing or buying the bags, pls contact me at mirelle74@gmail.com.
Every piece is unique (all the fabrics are unique) and handmade with love!
