Thursday, July 30, 2009

Horse + Nail

Sometimes you find out about great fashion in the strangest of places. At work the other day, someone had left a newspaper section on a table in the lunchroom and I picked it up and was flipping through it. To my delight, there were a couple articles on fashion and one featured a write-up about the great handbags from Horse + Nail. The reasoning for the inclusion of this brand in my local newspaper is that the designer is somehow connected to my local football team, the Calgary Stampeders (the pretty red bag is named after them and has a charm of their logo).

I tucked the name away in the head and today remembered to check out the website. What lovely pieces! Not to mention that the photographs incorporate my other great love besides fashion: horses (oh course, this doesn't include my family or bf)! I love these photos and the bags are just gorgeous. I love how horse tack has been incorporated into the designs (the metal pieces that make up the handles are actually horse bits). Definately a great up and coming handbag designer. (Photos from horseandnail.com).

25 comments:

Unknown said...

Those bags are pretty great! Fate? lol xoxox

yiqin; said...

LOL wow. What a great name for a brand too.

Couture Carrie said...

Magnificent! Thanks for pointing these out, darling!

xoxox,
CC

ellie said...

What great bags! Cool. And I love the setting. Makes me think of the praire here in the midwest & where my grandparents are in TX too.

DaisyChain said...

amazing bags!

Brunch at Saks said...

Oh I love these photos! Going to check out the site now! Hope you have a great weekend :) XO

Hope Adela Pasztor said...

great pictures! i love the windblown hair

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prettyneons said...

Hello's,
Just stopping by to say happy Friday and have a top weekend hun ;)

PeAce & BoWs...
prettyneOns X

E said...

That's really cool it's a local designer. I really like the bags, too!

Angela said...

NICE! i like the red hobo.

the oaks said...

It looks like the vest must be coming back. I've seen this trend in some of the fall stuff on display at stores.

The Anthology said...

I know a couple equestrian enthusiasts who would love this post! Will pass it along right away.

♥ Cara Mia ♥ said...

LOVE the horses and the bags are fab!
:)

Bahrain Fashion said...

I heart the red bag. Hot!!

Fabulous shots!!

XX

Anonymous said...

The pictures are really great :)... and I love the bags.

www.janetteria.com said...

So fab. What a great brand name!

XoXo

Marian said...

great bags and i love the photos, different from the usual bag ads
xx
marian

ellie said...

Thanks so much for the note. Hope you are having a great time with that new car of yours.

simon n josh said...

A very cool western look.

sid and violet said...

cool bags. love the the pics.

Jen said...

These are gorgeous photos!

Pansieberry said...

very pretty photos!

Kira Aderne said...

Those shots are awsome!!!

the oaks said...

Thanks for the note..I'm trying to organize it a little here and there with different characters and their stories..but I'm sure it looked so.."What is this?"

Hope your week is going good..and I hope you've gotten to wear those new tops, too.

Cait said...

Its nice to see a western flare.