I am so proud that Aimee Kestenberg won the Handbag Designer Award for best use of Swarowski crystals this past week! She was one of my students at Parsons and is one of the hardest working young designers you'll ever meet! She already launched her line Jatalika at Debut store and is destined for a bright future as an accessory designer! Unfortunately I wasn't at the awards ceremony, but I was with Aimee when she was sweating over her designs and spending sleepless nights carefully placing every Swarowski crystal on a well thought out design. Her bag is inspired by the fluid shapes of an octopus. Here is the designer in action:
And here is the finished bag, along with the award! I'll post better photo as soon as I get one!
