att ladies: handbags worth dancing around

07 Sep 2011, Posted by Cape Town Girl in CTG recommends, Parties, cape town, fashion, girl stuff, shopping, south africa, 1 Comments

Blogged earlier about going to the Cape Cobra ‘Allure’ Collection launch, all purses and bags designed by alumni of the Elizabeth Galloway Fashion Academy. Went with frangipanies, writer of openwardrobe.co.za, and we had a series of leatherleptic fits over how beautiful some of the items were. Vanessa Haywood hosted the evening and Kluk CGDT designed the beautiful dresses. Some utterly stunning stuff, highlights below:

Just love this cream python exotic. Stunning. Note: no endangered animals are used in sourcing their leathers. See below for more details.

Gorgeous lime clutch with an equally gorgeous Kluk CGDT gown

Loved this stone summer dress – MUST HAVE – and this snake skin beauty

Gorgeous metallic number. Cape Cobra are 100% ethical in their leather sourcing, from their website:

PS A few people have mailed me saying ‘I have never heard of Cape Cobra’. You probably would not have, since the average bag costs 40k up (that’s about 4 x LVs) and they are largely known for supplying designers such as DKNY and Calvin Klein with the leather for their handbags. So now you know!