Mar 8, 2012

The 2012 Guardian Angel collection. Vlieger & Vandam

I want!!!!!!! My number one: The big black one and green clutch made of suede.


Vlieger & Vandam is an Amsterdam based accessories label, founded in 2004. The label focusses on bags and small leather goods for women and men. Besides presenting new collections every season, Vlieger & Vandam collaborates with fashion brands and artists to create unique pieces or limited editions. The Vlieger & Vandam studio is situated right in the center of Amsterdam. Every year Carolien Vlieger and Hein van Dam visit their studio in New York for a month to develop new collections.

Guardian Angel, a Vlieger & Vandam classic
The Guardian Angel bags narrate of the increasing violence and crime in the media, objectifying our addiction to fear. The first series of Guardian Angel bags were made of second-hand handbags and wool felt embossed with distinct silhouettes of handguns and kitchen knives reminiscing of Hitchcock’s iconographic thriller Psycho. In 2002 they were an instant hit in the media and in 2005 the MoMA Museum of Modern Art in New York included a Guardian Angel bag in their exhibition ‘Safe, Design Takes On Risk’. In 2006 MoMA added a Guardian Angel bag to its permanent collection.


From: http://www.vliegervandam.com/, http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2012/03/speak-softly-and-carry-vlieger-vandam.html

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