All My Angel Bags are hand-made with the creative and skillful talent of my 20-year long-time family companion Isabelle.
The utmost attention is given to detail and quality. Overseeing the construction of each bag, I personally select and design the combination of the materials; feathers, fabric and semi precious gem stones, jewelry elements and retro pieces for our bag handles.
Using my experience and visual talent, groomed over the last 30 years in the Fashion Industry, I bring a unique design to each creation. I am also guided and inspired by a group of Color Energy Angels, who have joined my efforts in providing personalized notes that are included in each Angel Bag, giving a name to each bag and a message that describes the energetic qualities of each color.
The Retro line is always available and inspired by elements that are reminiscent of the 80's. Bamboo, lucite, and metals.
The Fashion line is inspired by current trends in jewelry and other accessories and is seasonal and therefore only available during a particular season.
The Precious line is made uniquely from Semi Precious stones, selected for each individual bag. I use many beautiful stones, different shapes and sizes and finishes. Agate, Onyx, Obsidian, Cornelian, Opals, Mother of Pearl, Turquoise to name a few.
My Angel Bags are delivered to you in a beautiful pouch made of metallic mesh fabric for storage.
It is my nature and personality to create beauty and perfection around me in everything I do. My goal is to pass this on to you; the spirit of the angels, the gift of beauty and joy enveloped in fun and originality.
I started my Angel Bag Company in March of this year. It was not a plan or a vision I had been contemplating, it simply unfolded in a beautiful way, step by step.
Inspired by my own guardian angel, who had been nudging me in the ways that angels do to carry a handbag of red everyday in order to be surrounded with the gifts of this powerful color. I designed, and began to carry a Red Feather Bag that I made by taking elements from different hand bags in my closet.
As I went about my daily routine, I began to notice that my red feather bag was creating attention more and more each day. Believe it or not, both men and women would stop me and make comments about my bag and ask me who designed these bags and where could they be purchased.
The interest continued to grow, and after a year or so of this ongoing and growing attention, I decided I should really think about making more of my feather hand bags.
With the prompting of a good friend, Gabriella Provenzano, very successful in her own right in the retail jewlery business, I produced 6 Grande Bags with semi precious handles and showed them at her display at the Women's Conference here in Miami Beach in April of this year.
At the conference and during the following few weeks, all of my original feather bags were sold. I still wasn't convinced and decided to get the advice of an old friend, a genius stylist, and very successful, Danny Santiago. I knew that he would be brutally honest and tell me whether I was on to something or just delusional! He viewed my bags and loved them and the story behind them and totally encouraged me to keep moving forward on my new venture.
I decided to give my feather bags the name "Angel Bags" because my handbags looked like they were in flight and in gratitude for the inspiration from my own Angel!
I am very fortunate to now have my daughter Caroline Marie involved in this new company. She has dived into this project with incredible enthusiasm and brings with her invaluable expertise in marketing, management, visual applications and a vast experience in the fashion industry. Her more youthful understanding of today's world, coupled with my old and wise experience should make for a dynamic duo!
To read more about Irene Marie's three decades in the fashion industry, visit www.irenemarie.com.
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