technical description
Part of a collection reflecting a love for recycling, and seeking beauty in obsolete leather jackets. Black bag that transcends its original sense, forming a hybrid with a biker jacket, but maintaining the elegant details of a classic bag: handle, zips, rivets on the bottom − all hand-stitched with strictly black waxed thread.
Size 670x670x130mm, 688 gr., 2009.
concept
Hoiming and Baldwin love recycling. They feel it's a waste to leave beautiful leather in vintage shops where no one appreciates it just because it is over-sized or out of style. They wanted to give old jackets new life. They treat the jackets not only as if they were pieces of leather, but help emphasise the concept of "wearing a bag", and challenge how the bag relates to the body. Their collection is a declaration of refusing to conform to the traditional shape of any particular bag.