Designer Spotlight: Irina Bragin - Made Of Carpet

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Finding herself drawn to the Victorian English heritage and envisioning a brand for those who have a taste for luxury, Irina Bragin created the wonderment that is Made of Carpet in September of 2010. Made of Carpet is a British handbag company celebrating the uniqueness and extraodinare of British inspired influences. However, Made of Cartpet comes with a unique flair, as its names suggests. The handbags are meticiulously creafted from pieces of Oriental carpets bringing an extremely phenomenal breath of fresh air to an otherwise daily wardrobe piece.



Featuring an array of designs including the Mary Poppins bag, the Weekend bag, the Gladstone models and purses, Bragin designs her bags to cater to all needs, in all colours, sizes and shapes.


Rich patterns, prints and layered materials give these accessories a Future folk feel, as Made of Carpets draw on the rich histories of different cultures reinterpreting them for the modern era, to make a nostalgic style statement which travels back to the past. Hand-crafted, eclectic, and richly embroidered are the key essentials behind the brand. Made of Carpets have combined the classic luxury with bohemian making it an amalgamation of two styles which fuse together effortlessly thus making it the perfect style statement. 



Irina designs the Made of Carpet bags from real thick piled Oriental rugs which have originally been made to be used for their intended purpose and it is this creative thinking that has made Made of Carpets a success.  What indeed had made Irina start this brand? Speaking of her passion for bags but never having the time and conditions to, being a ‘gypsy in soul’, she lived in six different countries until she settled in Britain. 




As a child marvelling at the magical influences of the Victorian era’s fashion and art, charismatic literary characters such as Miss Marple and Mary Poppins and the romance and elegance of sixties style icons including Jackie O, Irina has fused together historically rich influences with a flair for passion and creativity. Her pieces evoke the nostalgia of days gone past in a world of modern designs channelling the contemporary and lack of originality that comes with designer brands.




The collection encompasses different styles in a variety of fanciful patterns and colourful waves, woven from Oriental. It blends the multicultural influences of her background with the quintessentially Poppins-esque culture of Belgravia, Knightsbridge and Kensington, Irina reinvents a style that has been “patiently awaiting renaissance”.






The bags are available to buy online at Made Of Carpet.
        





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