Subscribe to one of our news e-mail lists . I've sort of watched it becoming more and more and more important. I think this season it's reached its absolute peak. One group of handbags in Guinness' collection is woven like baskets.
People carry baskets to work or wherever.
She decorates her brightly colored basket bags with beading, flowers and raffia. And then I've drawn a sort of elegant face underneath, and then it's been embroidered. There's also a line of collectibles, featuring limited-edition bags shaped like fans, houses and shops. Those women, and anyone else looking for a Guinness purse, can check out her new store in London, where the decor is as funky as the bags. I couldn't put them on the walls because I thought they would fight the bags, so we just made the entire floor of these beautiful illustrations and photographs.