Handbag Designer 101: Everything You Need to Know About Designing, Making, and Marketing Handbags
By (Author) Emily Blumenthal
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Voyageur Press
24th August 2011
United States
General
Non Fiction
646.48
Hardback
160
Width 216mm, Height 254mm
Handbag Designer 101 is the bible for handbag designers or women who aspire to make their own bags. Included in the book are instructions for creating the fifteen essential bag styles-clutch, hobo, tote, and more-made simple with easy-to-follow how-to illustrations, suggested difficulty levels, and color photography. Advice from famous bag designers and today's hottest indie designers accompany each pattern.Also included is the inside scoop on turning your handbag hobby into a successful business. From designing, to making, to marketing, Handbag Designer 101 teaches you everything you need to know.
Emily Blumenthal is the founder of the Independent Handbag Awards and spearheads the website handbagdesigner101.com. She designed the Yasmena bag, that has appeared on Sex and the City and has been sold at discerning department stores such as Henri Bendel, Bergdorf Goodman, and Nordstrom.