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Designer Q&A: Killspencer bags by Spencer Nikosey

Perrin Drumm — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:00:45 +0000

Ben Kaufman's company Quirky is all about finding great ideas from regular people and turning them into real, marketable products. Throughout the Quirky series, we'll be bringing you stories from designers, inventors and entrepreneurs who've either already brought their product from concept to completion or are right in the middle of that process - and all without the help of a company like Ben's, like Spencer Nikosey and his Killspencer line of bags made from repurposed military truck tarp.

Upcycling a billboard into a bag: Relan

Jeff McIntire-Strasburg — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 21:31:39 +0000

Vinyl, aka PVC, is everywhere... and, as we've noted before (and as the film BLUE VINYL argued), it's pretty nasty stuff. The best thing we could do is to stop making and using it, and substitute more environmentally benign materials. Second best... make use of all that vinyl that often goes to landfills.

FULL FRONTAL FASHION highlights

Sundance Channel — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:37:23 +0000

SUNO Resort 2011 collection Prepare to be wowed by SUNO’s stunning prints, check out Oscar de la Renta’s tweed dresses and silk caftans, and preview other inspiring new collections featured in the Resort 2011 Lookbook gallery. Resort lines will be hitting stores this October, but that doesn’t mean you can’t start dreaming of that perfect [...]

Bag for the zeitgeist

Matthew Rodriguez — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:34:24 +0000

This is an addendum to a luxury bag round up from back in April which included a Chanel bag designed to look like their shopping bag. Well here’s a do-it-yourself version that’s even more downtown and definitely more affordable that was spotted in the wild: As photographer Jerome succinctly summarized, “fake it till you make [...]

Pantone Bags

Matthew Rodriguez — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:29:25 +0000

These messenger bags created by Pantone are perfect for color fetishists. £45.00 here (currently out of stock in black, but available in blue or green). [Via] Relatedly, Pantone selected “Mimosa” (No. 14-0848) as the 2009 color of the year, because it is “a warm, engaging yellow, as the color of the year for 2009. In [...]