Tua by Braccialini - SS 2012

Tua by Braccialini gets us in the mood for summer and sunshine with colourful and cheerful bags in a collection where every woman can express herself.

For those who are always dreaming of the sea there are sweet hand- embroidered straw bags with floral print cloth handles.
The floral theme continues with bags in eco-leather that are enhanced by delicate bows and have chain and plaited leather handles.
For the funky there are irresistible reversible bags with a selection of printed linings. The clasp is a practical magnet which carries mottos such as ‘”la vie en rose”, “wanted” and “tres chic” on a coloured ground.

For aspiring fashion bloggers here are bags in patent leather with stylized female faces, each is accompanied by a message about fashion, style, and elegance; almost a personal manifesto to be carried with you in any situation during the day.
For the most romantic, as always in the Tua collection, hearts are a must have. This season sees them cheerful and super colourful and also proposes them sailor style with myriad ribbons, flowers and buttons.
For the more enterprising, flowers, gros grain, zig zag and the romantic command ‘ Love Me’ go to create a new patchwork worked entirely by hand. The heart dissolves into the peace symbol for practical bags in canvas or denim, embellished with tiny flowers.
For the vain, lipsticks, nail varnish, combs, perfumes and jewel boxes are key players for a range of styles that doesn’t take itself too seriously.
For the more absent-minded the bag becomes a personal diary with an applied pen and paper to jot down all the day’s notes, for bags in patent alligator.
For those who want a last minute get away the new Tua collection offers fun straw baskets with everything needed for a light-hearted picnic: jam, tea-spoon and table-cloth all applied by hand.

And travelling bags with balconies, flowers, a washing-line, curtained windows for those who dream of living in the countryside one day and of escaping from the sound of traffic horns. For those on the other hand who dream of living in an even bigger city, busy 24 hours a day, here is a range of patent and shiny leather bags, where buildings, roads, cars and lampposts are proposed both in a day and a night- time version on both sides of the bag.

There is also room for a dreamy cruise in the southern seas, for soft striped canvas sacs with marine subjects and characterful details like ropes, knots and a porthole on the front.

The much-loved adventures of cats and dogs are back. This season’s versions fashion, hippy, pilot, or captain and last but not least here they are together blues brothers style, for a concert to keep the neighbourhood awake all night!

Closing the collection is the famous range of postcards: 8 souvenirs from Australia, Mexico, Russia, Sicily, Provence, Switzerland, Thailand and Cuba each carrying the most typical folklore elements. To remind us that whatever the destination may be, the important thing is to leave some space in the suitcase for dreams.