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LA stylists design leather bags for Kate Spade NY

13/07/2011

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.”

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