Elif Akaydin

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294 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 21 Jul

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Handbag Designer 101: The Stories Behind Handbag Designers, Brands, and Industry Icons · The Business of Wearable Handbag Art | Emily Blumenthal & Elif Akaydin · 21 Jul 2026 podcast

And in the past, I did work with these artisans in India.

So I knew the capabilities of what quality they can deliver.

And I could see it would be a very different thing to do.

And I said, you know, it's very niche, but I'm going to give it a try.

That was my starting point.

Something inside you was like.

It was just felt right.

And yeah.

And I love seeing the bags as a canvas.

Right.

Something that it could be a piece of art in there.

Yeah.

It's either it's a hand embroidery or hand beading or hand painting.

So those are the crafts I always look, search for, and I see how can I turn this into something that like, you know, because I have emotional attachment to the bags like you, you know, sort of you are.

Yeah.

We live in those things.

We give our houses.

It has our things in it.

We go and do our thing in the world.

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