Thursday, July 22, 2010

NEW: bags by bag designer Maria Hees

New in our assortment are these modern contemporary style handbags MEKNES M in anthracite, MEKNES L in grey/brown and shoulder bag MARRAKECH purple. Designed by Dutch bag designer Maria Hees. For these bags she used the Smock-technique. Because the result reminded her of Arabian Architecture she gave the bags names of cities in Morocco. This bag is made of Nile Perch from Lake Victoria. 17 years ago Dutch designer Maria Hees also used this leather, in 1993 the bags were nominated for the Rotterdam Design Price, she produced the bags only for three years, after that she could not obtain the leather anymore. She was very happy when a friend of her discovered a fish leather tannery in Iceland who tans these same skins from Africa.
The fish leather wallet FISH by Maria Hees was already a familiar item in our assortment. Now you can also find the shoulder bag FISH with adjustable shoulder strap in our assortment. This bag is made of Nile Perch from Lake Victoria. 17 years ago Dutch designer Maria Hees also used this leather, in 1993 the bags were nominated for the Rotterdam Design Price, she produced the bags only for three years, after that she could not obtain the leather anymore. She was very happy when a friend of her discovered a fish leather tannery in Iceland who tans these same skins from Africa.

1 comment:

Marion Pannekoek said...

Great bags from a very good Dutch designer!