Born from a passion to infuse Old World craftsmanship into a bag for the
21st Century modern woman-on-the-go, Patricia
Nash offers 100% authentic handcrafted Italian leather handbags
at an accessible price and unparalleled quality. Fascinated by genuine
handcrafted Italian leather for over 20 years, designer Patricia Nash journeyed
from country to country visiting vintage European clothing and accessory shops
and realized there was a white space in the American market for handcrafted,
European vintage-inspired, leather goods for the modern woman today. This became
the inspiration behind the brand and thus, Patricia
Nash handbags were born.
Patricia Nash specializes
in bags with handmade details (design, hand-crafted stitching, and special
finishes such as burned edges) made with rich, vegetable-tanned leather. The
deep embossed grape leaf is the signature emblem of Patricia
Nash and is a signature feature on most styles. The brand also
features bags with exclusive, floral prints on leather, which evolves each
season with styles in suede, tooled leather, oil rubbed leather, over-dyed
leather and many more. Each handbag has its own story that portrays a time and
place from Nash's European travels exploring old inns, villages, markets and the
countryside.
Originally
from Houston, TX, Nash has always been in touch with travel and adventure
throughout her life; from airplane rides with her father, a pilot, to exploring
Europe with her husband, she has traveled the globe for over decades. Nash, is
also a business-savvy woman, founded and served as CEO of Innovo Inc., where she
combined her considerable design talents with her marketing and business smarts
to produce collections for a wide range of international clients, Disney and
Warner Bros, as well as for major domestic and foreign retailers like Banana
Republic, Express, American Eagle and more. She then created Marc Ecko
Enterprises Accessories LLC., and served as the company's president. After
leaving Marc Ecko Enterprises, Nash launched Patricia Nash
Designs and debuted her namesake collection at trade shows in
May 2010 and was quickly picked up by top department stores (Nordstrom,
Dillard's, etc.) for the fall season.
Patricia
Nash has
several collections within the brand; with the most notable and best-selling
being the Heritage
Collection. Each bag is made of vegetable-tanned leather and
displays a burned edge finish with a heavy hand-crafted stitch, and is adorned
with hand-crafted signature hardware. Patricia
Nash's best selling classic shapes, the Barcellona,
Venezia and Benvenuto styles
are multi-functional and great for the everyday task. The Tooled Collection
is inspired by Nash's mother's prized, tooled handbag she had for over 65 years
and is created for the fashion forward trendsetter gal. The collection draws
from various methods of hand-tooling leather perfected by old-world craftsmen
over many centuries. The deep tooling and embossing is reminiscent of old world
leather engraving but updated with a modern twist. The Oil Rub
Collection is inspired by an oil-tanning process, preserved for
hundreds of years, that creates a soft, pliable finish to natural, cleaned
leather skins. Over time, the skins wear naturally, revealing lighter or darker
tones. Patricia
Nash also offers a Suede Artisan
Collection, available in Light Grey, Honey Camel or Brown, that is
perfect to add to a summer or fall outfit for a bohemian aesthetic.
Patricia
Nash additionally offers small leather goods including wallets,
coin purses and clutches.
Patricia
Nash Designs is
based in Knoxville, TN, with its showroom in NYC, and sold in major retail
department stores nationwide including Dillard's, Macy's, Nordstrom, and Von
Maur, to name a few, with prices ranging between $98 and
$298; www.patricianashdesigns.com.
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