Heritage handbags, made local around St John’s Wood.
Client
SJW Bags London
Studio or location
Studio and around St John’s Wood
Year
Ongoing
The work
Selected work.
Instagram ReelModel in a purple silk dress with an ikat handbag between marble columnsModel in a green trench coat and sunglasses holding a bright ikat bag, pink backdropModel in a pale blue dress in an olive-green room hung with paintingsModel holding up a paisley box bag on a tortoiseshell chainModel in a silver gown on a tiled staircase in a period houseModel in a green leather coat holding an ikat bag beside her face, blue backdropModel in green satin with a bag in a red dining room lined with platesModel in a full-length green leather trench with a woven toteThe SJW Bags Instagram profile on a phoneThe SJW Bags London website on a phone
Brief
SJW Bags London is an independent luxury brand making handmade statement handbags, evening bags and exclusive garments. Its pieces combine contemporary British design with traditional textiles from places like Uzbekistan, Turkey and India. We work directly with the owner on every part of the production.
Challenge
The bags are full of detail, from the textures of the fabrics to the rich colours and the hardware, and all of it needs to come across in the pictures. The brand also wanted a local, homely feel.
What we do
The brand takes its name from St John’s Wood, so we built the content around the area itself, shooting Reels close to home among its shops and greenery, with local people taking part.
We find the studios and locations, cast the models and book the hair and make-up teams, then take care of all the product photography and retouching.
Day to day, we create the brand’s social media content, including behind-the-scenes photos and Reels that show how the bags are made, and look after the images and new collections on its website.
The result
We’ve been working with SJW Bags for the last five years.