We recently viewed the Resort 2012 collection of handbag designer, Nancy Gonzalez, who is known for her handbags and clutches made of precious exotic skins. We were totally amazed by the beauty and craftsmanship of this luxury line, which boasts bright beautiful colors inspired by the designer's native city, Cali, Columbia.
Nancy Gonzalez launched the line in 1988, a woman entrepreneur from a Latin American company who eventually took her eponymous brand worldwide and whose bags are sold at high-end boutiques and the department stores, Saks Fifth Avenue, Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus.
Here are nine fascinating facts about this fabulous line:
1- Each skin is selected and matched by experts as it takes multiple skins to fabricate a single handbag, and each design is hand-sewn and hand-dyed.
2- Due to the particularities of precious skins and the dyeing process, no two bags are ever identical. Furthermore, each bag is lined with a different, randomly-selected shade of suede, making the bag-lining color combinations varying and unique.
3- If all the above-mentioned features weren't unique enough for you, every season, the company also creates a diversity of singular one-of-a-kind designs, which is an incredible opportunity to own something exclusive and unique.
4- Nancy Gonzalez's designs are surprisingly practical; even the smaller handbags and little clutches open to reveal deceptively roomy interiors and offer organizational features like tons of pockets and slots for credit cards.
5- The company's Cali factory employs hundreds of local artisans, 90 percent of whom are women.
6- Nancy Gonzalez recruits single mothers and provides them with training and on-site day care, according to a book about the company by Pamela Golbin. Golbin quotes Nancy Gonzalez as saying, "For me, if a mother has a job, then her child has a much better chance for a healthy life and a successful future."
7- The company actually raises its own crocodiles in-house- by farm-raising their own animals, they can guarantee the quality of the skins and the sustainability of the species; they keep 25 percent of the crocodiles on the farms in order to maintain the species.
8- Nancy Gonzalez's designs have been featured at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute.
9- If you are ready to make an investment handbag purchase, Nancy Gonzalez's bags are a great value. They are stylish yet timeless and delicate yet sturdy enough to stand the test of time. They are the kind of bags you can pass down from mother to daughter! Check out the collection at Saks Fifth Avenue.
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