Remember filling a stripey paper bag to the brim with sweets for a penny or even two for 1p? That dusty powder covering pastel pink bonbons or the vintage graphics on toffee wrappers?
These are the things that inspire, celebrated designer, Natalie Thakur. Interested in how objects convey memories, her Re-Usable Collection consists of beautiful leather bags and purses that intricately replicate everyday objects from the penny sweet bags, with their serrated edges, those thin plastic stripey carriers from the local corner shop to piggy banks and paper carriers with the twisted paper handles.
(Leather Stripey Carrier £140)
After studying at the renowned Cordawainers College in London (alumni include footwear designers Emma Hope and Olivia Morris) Natalie went on to work on commissions for Ghost, Mulberry and Comme Des Garscon. Following this she set up her own studio in East London in 2004 and has since been recognised as a leading designer of her generation with companies such as Aquascutum snapping her up as a freelance designer.
The Re-Usable Collection is often hailed for it's eco-credentials, although true - better to use a long lasting leather bag than a thousand plastic ones - I think her true talent lies in creating objects which demand a second take. In the spectrum of design that has been influenced by early Twentieth century artists such as Marcel Duchamp with his 'Ready-mades', Natalie's collection asks us to look at mundane objects as something worth celebrating.
The Re-Usable Collection is available in the Bag Department.
And if you want to fill that Penny Sweet Bag with an array of vintage confectionery why not visit the faded sea-side town of Morecambe Bay and pop into The Old Sweet Shop for a 100g of Chocolate Limes?
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