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Art Deco Inspiration: Roses Clutch Bag
24 September 2013
by Mala Mare in Clutch Bags
More Art Deco inspiration: another Kallina house detail on a handbag. Kallina house, which for me is the most beautiful building in Zagreb, its Art Deco beauty and its details are huge source of inspiration for me. I can not help it, nature inspired Art Deco ornaments and their soft organic [...]

Velvet Bats
26 December 2012
Photo source: Kuća Kallina | Facebook.
Bats – where from, why?
There is an Art Nouveau building at the junction of Masarykova and Gundulićeva streets in Zagreb. It is called Kuća Kallina (Kallina House). The building has been built 1903-04 for industrialist Josip Kallina, it was designed by the [...]

His Highness the Velvet
16 December 2012
Luxurious evening bags have been on my idea and wish list for a long time, but somehow other things make their place to the top of the list most of the times. Maybe it is the time of the year that finally made me dug through my stash of fabrics to see what have I actually got there of luxurious [...]

Denim and Old Lace
30 October 2012
Have you seen „Arsenic and Old Lace“? The movie directed by Frank Capra in 1944, starring brilliant Cary Grant. One of the best comedies of all times, as far as I am concerned. It does not matter how many times I have seen it, every time I watch it again, at some point tears of laughter start [...]

Blue Jeans and Anchor
2 July 2012
It is summer, time for a bit of nautical touch, isn’t it? So, thinking of a casual clutch bag for a slow and easy evening walk, and looking at friend’s old and torn jeans… (Siniša, thank you for the jeans!) some blue embroidery thread later… jeans and anchor bag!
Love,
Mare
Anchor clutch bag [...]