LA stylists design leather bags for Kate Spade NY
LA-based stylists Emily Current and Meritt Elliott have teamed up with luxury goods brand Kate Spade New York to produce a six-piece capsule collection of handbags and leather goods titled ‘Westward’.
Ms Current and Ms Elliott have a denim line, ‘Current/Elliott’ which features a laid back Western-inspired style. Kate Spade, however, favours more elegant, sophisticated design. Speaking of the collaboration, Ms Current told media: “We have such strong branding and aesthetics and we loved how consistent and directional Kate Spade is. They loved our west coast/Americana/vintage influences. We were able to play off of each other.”
Ms Merritt said: “We’ve been fans of Kate Spade since our youth and we’ve always associated their iconic structured lady like bags with the Kate Spade look. We looked through their archives and wanted to keep the essence of bag but added more whimsical boyish rough and tumble elements. They’re not as refined – more laid back.”
The new collection of bags was inspired by a US road trip from New York to LA, Ms Current says.
