Eittem launches with a range of handbags that are part sculpture, part fashion accessory.
It’s impossible to tell that the Eittem bags displayed in the brand’s Chelsea office are bags at all—and that’s part of their allure. Sitting on shelves alongside plants, books, and candles in the minimalist, sun-filled Manhattan space, the pieces, made from salvaged wood, look more like sculptures than something to hold your ID and lip gloss. But then founder and CEO Erin Saluti picks one up, presses a slim, stainless-steel button, and voila—the piece reveals itself as handbag.
I believe we are the only people sourcing wood for handbags.” Once the bags are cut, they’re completed by a production team of architecture, art, and design school grads, using tools and materials from a range of industries. Bags are sanded with the same buffing pads used to finish cars; small details, like the inlays for the chain pendants to click into, call for dental tools.
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