New York-based Croatian designer a finalist in Independent Handbag Design Awards
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Ivana and Marija Curic
NEW YORK, NY, May 17, 2020 – New York-based Croatian Marija Curic is a finalist in the Fourteenth Annual Independent Handbag Designer Awards™.
Handbag Designer 101 announced the finalists for the Fourteenth Annual Independent Handbag Designer Awards™ to be held digitally for the first time ever live-streamed on all social media platforms, on Wednesday, June 10th.
Forty finalists have been selected from 1000 submissions sent from 5 continents and 28 countries. The brainchild of handbag designer turned curator, Emily Blumenthal, The Handbag Awards has created a global discovery platform for unknown designers and brand-launching prizes and opportunities, since 2007.
Marija Curic, Co-founder of Curic&Curic is one of the finalists in a category for the Best Green Handbag sponsored by The K. Carroll Accessories. Marija is originally from Croatia but now resides in Hoboken, NJ.
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Marija with her design
“My bag is made out of repurposed denim (cotton). These pieces were meant to be garbage and waste. I have picked three different denim washes that used to be jeans. I had to cut many strips out of each wash that were braided separately and sewn together. The whole bag was made by hand and no machine and electricity were used. I have used cardboard-base lining to achieve shape firmness and a minimum of eco-friendly glue.”
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Marija’s design
Online voting is open every day until 3 June on the link HERE
For complete information for the Independent Handbag Designer Awards, check out www.thehandbagawards.com.
Information about Curic&Curic Eco-friendly denim brand at www.curic.online.