Women's
How It’s Made: IIIBeca Handbags
IIIBeCa Fall 2012 in the showroom.
New York-based handbag designer Joy Gryson debuted her namesake luxury collection in 2006 with a contemporary accessories collection quickly following. This year, Gryson launches IIIBeCa Handbags — pronouced “TriBeCa” — with four distinct styles. North Moore Satchel, Chambers Crossbody, Duane Street Messenger and Reade Street Tote are not only fashion-forward, sustainable and functional, they also give back. Gryson gives 9% of wholesale proceeds (3% each) to 9/11 Memorial, Family Focus Adoption Services and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Gryson lives in TriBeCa, “the triangle below Canal Street,” in lower Manhattan where the handbags are designed. The IIIBeCa line is then manufactured using supple vegetable-tanned leathers.
“My favorite part of the IIIBeCa design process is choosing the colors of the leathers, the stitching, the edge paint and the nylon snap-out linings. This is by far my most colorful line and I’ve so enjoyed experimenting with color in a more vibrant way than I have in the past,” says Gryson.
The first stamp for embossing the bags.
Zipper hardware hangs in the factory.
Logo leather patch created on gusset.
The finished handbags in Cusp at NM.
See IIIBeCa Handbags at Neiman Marcus stores in the CUSP department.
