Some of my friends in NYC (the lower east side crew- yes you– Caroline, Wendy and Audrey!) are trying to make me (as they say) “downtown”. Though I see nothing wrong with my uptown sensibilities I do love their street edge styles and would like to mix it up with my current stash of luxury bags. That’s when I turn to GRYSON bags. No one is cooler and more downtown than designer Joy Gryson (hello, she designed and launched Marc Jacobs’ bag line with the Venetia and Stella bags!) For fall, Joy offers up the “Painted” bags (hand painted on soft leather or eel skin!). A multi functional bag with adjustable straps (looks chic as a shoulder bag and very hip as messenger style), zippered pockets in front and back plus a sprinkling of grommet studs on the straps that lends the functional bag a healthy dose of current trend. Sized at 14″x11″ it is very wearable no matter your size. And the price is amazing for the work– it’s hand painted!
Gryson Painted Violet Bag is $755 here
Gryson Painted Eel Violet Bag is $995 here.
Handpainted sounds like something that will rub off on your clothing. Like suede, only worse.
what exactly is painted on the bag?? i don’t get it.
Like the leather, not fan of eel! Yeah! Go downtown more please (‘_’)
these are beautiful, but the prices seem a bit high for gryson. i’d go with a rebecca minkoff or botkier if i were interested in this price point!
FROM JOY GRYSON:
“The skins are dyed, then someone literally hand paints the leather (I chose a very tonal paint color to the skin color), and then they finish it with a special finishing technique which ensures that it will NOT come off. It is very natural looking, and not meant to look “painted on” , but in fact is. It’s all about the subtleties!”
Does nothing for me.
I have a handpainted Olivia in the same deep grey as the bag on the left.
The skin is amazingly soft and the color looks completely natural, only better, sort of like barely there highlights in your hair.
And this leather….it puddles when I set the bag on the table, just beautiful.
i like this leather ,