I recently started leathercraft as a hobby. My first project was a refurb of a battered tote bag with ripped, coffee stained lining. I took it apart, relined it with rich blue denim from some cut up jeans, and re-stitched with white linen thread. I re-used the jeans’ back pockets, kept the original maker’s logo […]
Arpège by Lanvin
Another classical elderly French lady, created in 1927. The origin story makes me feel a bit mushy and moist eyed, as a mother of a daughter. Jeanne Lanvin commissioned it as a thirtieth birthday gift for her musician daughter, Marie Blanche. The name refers to musical arpeggios: that individual notes would be clearly distinguished in […]