MARGARET HENNESSEY
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MARGARET HENNESSEY

Perfect bag, perfect gift

Treat a special person (is it you?) to a bag made in America with chrome-free leather, solid brass hardware, and love in every stitch.

Introducing: The Five-Gallon Bucket

Luscious. Capacious. Capluscious?

 

Process

 

 
Clearing out the studio and have this one special mustard-colored Cashew. It has a waist strap only (so no crossbody option) and I can customize the strap length to fit up to size L. It is a gorgeous vegetable-tanned leather from Tuscany...I couldn’t work out an affordable sourcing arrangement with this tannery, so I won’t get more of this leather. This is it! I’m selling for $175 (these bags are normally $235). DM me if you want it and I’ll tell ya how to buy!
Friends, I have a lot of thoughts about the myths that have grown up around handmade businesses, and I wrote some of them down. This is kind of the complement to last week's post about the dehumanization of labor in the global fast fashion industry, and why we expect a t-shirt to cost $5. This week, I look into pricing at the other end of the spectrum: pricing for small businesses like mine, that make pieces ethically and to order in the USA. Plus I share a lot more thoughts on why businesses like these are so hard to get off the ground. Let me know what you think 🙏 . Link in profile.⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #fastfashion #fewerbetter #fashionrev #fashionrevolution #slowbusiness #purchasefromwomen #imadeyourbag
Last summer, my dad gave @logicblue a hundred-year-old 8x10 view camera that he had held onto for many years. I remember my dad taking my picture with it when I was a kid, his head disappearing under the dark cloth as I did my best to keep very still. On our wedding day, just a couple hours before we got married, he took a few portraits of us in our finery. Here is one of the outtakes that @logicblue printed up in his darkroom. Today’s a fake holiday, but love is real y’all❤️
I GOT MY STUDENT VISA!!! It was looking a little iffy there for a bit but I tried to remain calm 💆🏻‍♀️. Check out stories for a silly little video of me getting the news 🇮🇹...TIME 👏TO 👏MAKE 👏 SOME 👏 FANCY 👏 PURSES 👜 👛 👜👛👜👛👜
The first of a two-parter is up on the blog. I have so many thoughts about this one, and would love to hear yours! "Given the fact that human beings make our clothes and bags—a fact that has been true for all of history and will remain true even as our phones start reading our minds and our cars drive off without us—how the hell did we get to a point where we think a t-shirt should cost $5?" Link in profile.⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #fashionrev #fashionrevolution #whomademyclothes #whomademybag #slowfashion #shopsmall #purchasefromwomen
Working on getting a back log of orders finished and shipped this week. Almost done! Don’t forget that 2/15 is the last day to order anything that’s not listed as sold out in the site. I’m winding down the studio in preparation for my big move to Italy 😱. After 2/15, I’ll be doing a little sale for newsletter subscribers to clear out existing inventory. So if you want in, get on the list! . . . . . . . . . . #purchasefromwomen #slowfashion #ethicalfashion #sustainablefashion #fashionrev #whomademybag #shopsmall
The winner of @thedoctorette giveaway has been named! See stories. BUT if you are sad it wasn’t you, I have but two of these left in this color...then they are gone FOREVER 😱 (ie not ordering more of this leather because I’m clearing out the shop in preparation for leather school in Italy 🇮🇹)! One is ready to ship, and one will be after I make it 😅 . . . . . . . #purchasefromwomen #slowfashion #sustainablefashion #shopsmall #vacchetta #fashionrev #whomademybag #fewerbetter
I took this picture in 2013, right after taking off to go to India with a group of my fellow public school teachers. How life has changed! 🤔 In other news, I've got a new post up on the blog: "So yes, it is true that it’s a lot easier to go adventuring when you’re not tied down. But being tied down doesn’t mean it can’t be done, I’m learning. There are just more problems to solve." Read on for my thoughts on how to solve (or not solve) those problems, so you can, in the wise words of @shopchc, "make that fantasy REAL." Link in profile ☝️
Hi, you want this? Sign up for my newsletter and @thedoctorette ‘s to enter! I will be sending you (occasional!) notes from handbag school in Italy 🇮🇹