Rachel Mansur and Floriana Gavriel, the New York-based designers behind burgeoning luxury leather handbags and footwear label Mansur Gavriel, have done it again. Since debuting what Business of Fashion reported on as "the first post-recession it-bag" in 2013, starting with "two simple and iconic silhouettes," a bucket and a tote, the duo has continually leveraged art and fashion to inform their creative vision and propel these worlds into new, and unexpected, directions.
Embracing the accessories game as a platform for daydreaming, beauty, and self-expression, the co-founders have carved themselves a name by infusing their designs with globe-trotting references echoing the things they love most. Unveiled last week, the Mansur Gavriel General Store — a quirkily curated, stylish digital marketplace merging designer-approved home goods, groceries, handbags, wallets, shoes, and knitwear — brings that very idea to the fore in "a love letter to Italy, the home and birthplace of our products, and a great inspiration to us both," write the two. We're bookmarking this store as one of the best home décor websites to watch.
