Boho cross body handbag, hippie boho buying handbag, gypsy handbag, boho fringe bag, hippie fringe bag, festival fringe bag, boho fabric bag, purse

This stunning boho cross body, hippie, gypsy chic, festival fringe, custom designed cross body handbag, with its lovely paisley design, makes me think of the Persian mathemetician, astronomer and poet, Omar Kyyam.

"Wake! For the Sun, who scatter'd into flight
The Stars before him from the Field of Night,
Drives Night along with them from Heav'n, and strikes
The Sultan's Turret with a Shaft of Light. "

The front of this cross body bag is a divine Paisley satin Jacquard, in shades of teal, ivory, buttercream, citrus yellow, dijon, asparagus, and rosewood.

The edges of the bag are framed with a a beautiful reembroidered, tasseled trim in ivory and celery.

The reinforced strap, and side gusset are a stunning rust salmon and ivory, textured, Italian Jacquard.

The purse flap has an artfully arranged collage of fabrics, including a sumptuous textured gold silk Jacquard damask, a woven herringbone stripe in shades of teal, light teal, candlelight and moon glow gold, and a woven Jacquard in rust salmon and honey gold. The edges of the purse flap is embellished with a whisper of salmon rust fringe, and a vintage silver and teal floral brooch graces the bottom right edge.

The back of the bag is a luscious candlelight gold, Italian silk Jacquard.

A floral garden linen lines the inside of the bag, and has a multitude of pockets just the right size for carrying sunglasses, cell phone, keys, makeup, pens, credit cards, a notepad, and even a small book. Perhaps the Rubiyat of Omar Kyyam, so you can read more of his buying sublime poetry.



The finished size of this handbag is :
Width:11 1/2" Height: 14" Depth: 2 1/2"
Strap drop(the length of one side of the strap from the top of the shoulder to the bag):

This handbag has been artistically designed and meticulously handstitched, with great attention to detail, beauty, functionality, and durability.

Each of our Lotus Rising handbags are sewn with an additional center layer of fabric or batting, between the lining and the main exterior fabric, to ensure strength, and durability, while still being light and comfortable enough to carry.

All magnetic snaps are strengthened with an additional double layer of fabric on each side, for durability.
All handbag straps are created with double layers of fabric for strength.
All buttons are sewn with double reinforced, professional tailoring techniques.

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Because Lotus Rising bags are made from reclaimed and repurposed materials, picked up in a multitude of locations, with each new shopping trip an adventure of discovery, and each new purchase a delight of a found treasures, most of my bags are rare, novel, and uncommonly, one of a kind. Being handstitched, and not stamped out en masse, factory conveyor belt style, you may also, from time to time, notice slight imperfections, or pieces that may have slightly different colors side by side, or interesting textural mixes. That is part of the fun of sewing and purchasing products made from reclaimed materials, that have a smattering of this, and a dab of that, a texture here, a splash of color and a bit of lace there, all tumbled together from artistic vision to design, to cutting and piecing, and then stitching a final piece of wearable artistry.
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In this age of fast fashion, and products made with poor quality materials, meant to wear our quickly, you can choose to put the brakes on, and return to custom designed, hand stitched, slow fashion, that is more environmentally and socially just and sustainable, and created with attention to quality and durability.

All our Lotus Rising Handbags are made with reclaimed, recycled and repurposed materials.
To fit the conscious and enlightened life styles of our customers, our bags allow you to rest assured that your purchase has not contributed to the wasteful use of hundreds of gallons of water, in order to create all new fabrics. It has not created dyes and chemicals to leech into land or waterways, it has not contributed to sweat shop labor, or added to the release of green house gases from the manufacturing process of creating all new products, and it has saved fabrics and supplies from taking up space in land fills where they may not decompose for many years.

Your purchase has helped to extend the life and use of reclaimed and recycled materials, which have been repurposed and designed to create a new, artistic, lovely, and fully functional fashion accessory.

It has also helped contribute to a fellow sentient, interconnected sister, who is challenged and disabled by systemic lupus erythmatosus, so that I might support myself financially, even thought my disability will not allow me to work outside my home any longer. It also allows me to share a portion of my proceeds from handbag sales, to help purchase much needed school and art supplies, for the precious, inner city students, who attend my daughter's design classes at the Baltimore Design School.

These amazingly gifted and talented kids are faced with the challenges of inner city living and poverty every day, and yet, through hard work, perseverance and determination, (and the love, caring, and support of a great group of teachers and administrators) they are steadily climbing to the mountain top of success, as they sharpen and develop skills and knowledge that will allow them to become some of the best and brightest artists and designers. These kids have known hardship and over come great odds, and I have no doubt they are going to rise up and change the world, bringing it ever closer to becoming, "the more beautiful world our hearts know is possible. "

Thank you for your purchase.
Thank you for caring about the impact of your purchases on the one and only Mother Earth who gives and sustains our lives. Thank you for caring to help support your interconnected brothers and sisters.

I hope you love carrying your new handbag, as much as I loved designing and creating it.
I hope too that as your purchase has blessed others, you too will realize the truth that we become blessed ourselves, by blessings others.
If you would please offer feedback after receiving your purchase, it will be most appreciated.
We also always appreciate your kind referrals.
Many blessings, Namaste.

***Please Note - We have done our best to represent and describe the shades and colors of our products, but there may be slight color variations due to the differences between computer monitors.
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