This item is for pre-order. Shipping the first week of March 2025, following its presentation at London Fashion Week's February 2025 season.
Asmun is an upcycled vintage leather triangle bag reimagined with brown and green merino wool and metal accents, in collaboration with visual artist Chisara Vidale. It's a triangle shoulder bag with three interior zip or snap-closure compartments.
Working alongside Chisara, we transformed this vintage bag into one of our signature pieces of wearable art. We replaced portions of the bag with felted and stitched merino wool, backed by robust recycled cotton canvas. We made a piercing into the side of the bag with a metal eyelet, accented by a hanging streak of merino wool. This portion of bag was relined with an interior accent of green organic bamboo silk.
Asmun follows the theme of our Moroccan-inspired Raha collection, which explores expressions of coziness and intimacy in a warm climate. Inspired by Berber wool artistry, we transformed this vintage bag into a tactile 'comfort creature', which sits snugly under the arm.
Asmun means 'friend' in Berber.
Each bag from this series is one-of-a-kind, with only five made. They're signed by Chisara, and identified by an edition number.
Upcycled in London.
Sustainability
Upcycling is one of the best solutions to combating fashion's waste problem. By definition, it's the process of adding value to something that previously held little.
Rather than sourcing virgin leather and making brand-new bags, we sought to transform existing vintage bags into something of higher value and sentiment to a consumer - a functional work of art.
The bags were lined with organic bamboo silk, and fortified with 100% recycled cotton canvas, sourced from recycled cotton shirts. All wool used is natural merino wool.
Upcycled in our East London studio.
You can learn more about the making of Asmun in our Journal's Creative Process series.
Sizing
Model is 5'9.5, wearing OS.
Our measurements are taken in cm from the products laid flat, from seam to seam.
| Length (excl. Strap) | Width | |
| One Size | 23 cm | 34 cm |
Packaging
Our apparel products are shipped in a 100% compostable mailer. After removing the shipping labels, your mailer will decompose after six months in a household compost, or after three months in a commercial compost, leaving no harmful residues behind. Our stickers are also compostable as they are printed with soy-based inks.
Our tissue paper is made of 100% recycled pulp and our comp cards are printed on FSC-certified paper.
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