{"id":6147,"date":"2013-03-13T02:10:06","date_gmt":"2013-03-13T06:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork?p=6147"},"modified":"2013-03-13T02:10:06","modified_gmt":"2013-03-13T06:10:06","slug":"africas-top-five-handbag-designers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/africas-top-five-handbag-designers\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa's Top Five: "Just Put It In the Bag""},"content":{"rendered":"

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What happens when luxury and sustainability collides? An Okapi bag is created.\u00a0<\/span>Launched in 2012, the okapi brand is produced in South Africa, created by hand and takes pride in craftsmanship as well as sustainability. Ding, Ding, sounds like we have a winner. If you love color they carry a range that\u2019s evocatively named like cocoa and cognac. Leathers also come in suede or ostrich. Oh and if you\u2019re really detailed you\u00a0wouldn’t\u00a0want to forget their unique 18 carat gold hardware and Springbok horns.<\/p>\n

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Sseko\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Change a woman’s life with a Sseko clutch.\u00a0You see, Sseko is on a mission. Their mission is to protect and help make true the dreams of women in Uganda. They do this not only with the saddle clutch (pictured above) that has a fold-over design and gold magnetic closure of high-quality oil-tanned leather. But they also partner with an organization in Kenya that employs artisans to end the cycle of poverty through fair-wage employment providing them with sustainable income to later further their education at a university.<\/p>\n

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Buki Akib<\/strong><\/p>\n

Celebrate your inner sensuality and identity as a female with a Buki handbag.\u00a0A handbag inspired by the controversial subject of the 27 wives of Fela Kuti. It\u2019s a \u201cwives\u201d collection celebrating the beauty and empowerment of women with rich yarns, bold textures and luxury timeless pieces. Each bag captures the essence of each wife, one being the Sandra bag which displays tasseled fringes, bright with every movement. \u00a0Feel empowered and claim your identity with a Buki Akib handbag from the wives collection.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/span>Fulani<\/strong><\/p>\n

What happens when you blend heritage with style? You get a Fulani handbag.Fulani provides a luxurious finish with soft pebble grain leather from vibrant fabrics inspired by the travels and places visited by the designer moving from Senegal to Europe then to America. Fulani\u2019s motto is to \u201clive your life in color\u201d which displays quality, structure and a feel of great functionality.<\/p>\n

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OCO Bags<\/strong><\/p>\n

The art of mixing cultures represents the OCO BAG.\u00a0Let the allure of the OCO BAG grasp your attention as it displays a mix of the Western culture with that of African Ankara fabrics. You can expect custom-made, high-quality material that\u2019s simply elegant with its profits contributing to something bigger than just the OCO women as it takes pride into giving back to local charities in Africa.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 Okapi What happens when luxury and sustainability collides? An Okapi bag is created.\u00a0Launched in 2012, the okapi brand is produced in South Africa, created by hand and takes pride in craftsmanship as well as sustainability. Ding, Ding, sounds like we have a winner. If you love color they carry a range that\u2019s evocatively named…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6149,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[72,73,75],"tags":[90,83,1732,1591,1733,1653,1734,1564,1735],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6147"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}