I love a good handbag. And given that most of the armful I own are old vintage, I especially love the ones built to last. No mean feat when it’s not uncommon to have a bottle of wine stashed inside (for work purposes, obviously) along with the usual wallet/keys/sunglasses combo and any number of squashed sweets. So when I was asked to road test a bag made by Village England, I was delighted. Founded by Julia Dobson, ex-manager at Céline and her friend Eddie Knevett, former head of accessories at House of Fraser, Village England was created to fill a gap in the market – namely beautifully made, practical bags at a fraction of It bag prices (so last season, it’s all about slow fashion now: do keep up). This is me with the Beamish, which I love because it’s big but not too big, has pockets with zips and different length straps depending on how many hands you need free.
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| Photo: Juliette Neel |
I will be beaming if i win the Beamish. x
Yay! Such a gorgeous bag x
I'm sure you've been asked this million times and I have read your book so I should be an expert on wine now but I was wondering if you could post pictures of the wine bottles that you recommend so that when in a rush, I can just see it and pick it up!
Hi Nisha, if you click on the link of the stockist, it'll take you to the right product online, so you know you're looking at the exact same one. You are right, I should do this – just not organised enough! Thrilled you've read the book, hope you enjoyed it x
Didn't realise that about the link. Pretty obvious though, when you think about it! Thanks for the photos in this weeks blog post.
I love the name of this bag company and I love the sound of that Prosecco.
Both gorgeous!