...we are really curious about how a woman ‘‘spends her days: in the morning she takes her bag to go to the office, then she goes for a drink, for dinner, she dances and she comes back on a bike. We were thinking about a handbag that could be reversible, that could change colour and be flexible, a bag that could be a handbag but also a backpack... WHAT’S THE PHILOSOPHY OF YOUR BRAND? iridescent effects, we create patinas, work on the sanding and punching of the skins to develop unique Artists in love. items. In parallel we create prototypes of handbags, we try COULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR CREATIVE to find the right proportions, the perfect finish, we PROCESS? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU brainstorm over openings and how the bag will be CREATE A NEW COLLECTION? carried. It usually requires 2 to 3 prototypes before we have the final version of the bag. Everything starts with colours, materials, leather. Once all of the different leathers have been received, Sébastien spends hours in tanneries in France, Italy we mix the skins and the different models to finish and in Morocco in order to develop exclusive leathers the collection. We are perfectionists and we have a for our collections. We have our leather dyed in our lot of ideas so usually our collection keeps changing own colours, we mix the films to create metallic or until the last minute. WHAT DO YOU PREFER IN YOUR JOB? Creating new collections! Finding inspiration in a recent journey, an art exhibition, looking for colours, forms,when everything finally falls into place, when our models are out of our workshop, when the collection that used to be in our head takes form in our hands. WHO IS THE CRAIE WOMAN? She has a casual style, she loves fashion and French designers. She lives in the city but loves to relax in nature. She has a good eye for details. She is a dreamer, an artist, a lover. She knows how powerful a beautiful handbag or a pair of shoes can be and how it can change an outfit completely. 40 ‘‘