BAGSINPROGRESS ON CANVAS 


We are excited about the post on Canvas Magazine!!
http://www.canvasmagazine.net/fashion/its-in-the-bag/

BAGSINPROGRESS

SPRING/SUMMER’11 COLLECTION

We are pleased to introduce our first bag collection. It is small, yet has been built with hard work, relationship, and love of making things.  They will be at stores globally in February 2011.



STARTING FALL'11 DEVELOPMENT

MUSIC DISPERSED 

On the 2nd floor of Chelsea Flea, there is a vendor who is always there.  But, it was not until last Sunday did I discover that he has so many good records from 60's - 80's.   I got so excited when I found it out, carefully reviewed all he got, and purchased the following five.

"Sings Ellington" - Nina Simone (1962)

"The Times They Are A-Changin" - Bob Dylan (1963)

"The Complete BIrth Of The Cool" - Miles Davis (1972)

"Searching For The Young Soul Rebels" - Dexys Midnight Runners (1980)

""Too Rye Ay" - Kevin Rowland & Dexys Midnight Runners (1982)

Despite my excitement, my dear friend and a music master, Koji, calmly commented my selection is so dispersed.   I looked at records I Just got and the list of music in my iPhone.  Then, I realized my music taste really is all over the place... and superficial.  

CHELSEA FLEA MARKET

112 West 25th St

New York, NY 10001-7461

1 212 243 5343

Open Hours: 9am-5pm Saturdays & Sundays

HAVING LESS

There are many vendors in flea markets, and volume of stuff is often overwhelming.   It is what makes flea market so exciting because you never know what you end up finding from those piles of stuff.    At the same time, we really enjoy visiting vendors who have less stuff, but good stuff, with "visions".   Their booths are nicely displayed with their own taste, and we can really see what they believe with their knowledges and curatorial skills.   

We have our favorites in each location, and Andre's Tavern is one of them who stand out in Chelsea Flea.   It is always a pleasure to visit his booth that looks like a small museum where he displays numerous vintage tools and utensils by category in stacked old wooden boxes in his own way.    

It reminds us, how much you have may not always be important.  Rather, how you edit or curate to have less makes you stand out in a crowd.   It is such a simple thing, but we often forget.   

CHELSEA FLEA MARKET

112 West 25th St
New York, NY 10001-7461
1 212 243 5343
Open Hours: 9am-5pm Saturdays & Sundays

ANDRE'S TAVERN

http://www.andreburgos.com/

MADE IN USA BY SWISS 

For our in-house sampling, we chose Swiss made sewing machine.  

Berrnette 56

The bernette 56 is perfect for the occasional sewer. With variable stitch width, an automatic needle threader and more stitches than ever before, it's a snap to achieve beautiful results.

BERNINA 

http://www.berninausa.com/

WEST SIDE RENDEZVOUS



BAGINPROGRESS congratulate Katsu Naito’s first photograph exhibition at Nepenthes New York.　His photographs are so powerful yet sensitively capture transitory moments of the subject and of New York in 80’s. 　Definitely worth to view.

@ NEPENTHES NEW YORK
307 West 38th Street
New York, NY 10018
212-643-9540 / shop@nepenthesny.com
http://nepenthesny.com/

ANONYMOUS DESIGNS

A “name” often change our perception towards things.   The more the name is well-recognized, the larger our evaluation might be regardless of what the actual value of things.   As soon as we hear a big name, our expectation towards its value becomes higher than something we are comparing which we don't know what anymore.    And, at that point, we are not comparing to anything but the name itself or our preconception perhaps.    Because the influence of the name becomes so large that we cannot judge without preconception anymore.    

On the other hand, we often do not recognize things without “names” despite how beautiful or valuable they are.   Just because they often are mass produced or too accustomed and not mean to be recognized, we forgot to pay attention and appreciate them.   Here are some examples you see everyday that were designed anonymously, but we think they deserve to be noticed as much as those big names.  Just because they are beautiful. 

HELL'S KITCHEN WITHOUT FOODS


Looks like many vendors are coming back to Hell's Kitchen flea with more items in fall.   Despite its name referring foods, this flea does not have food vendors to enjoy your weekend brunch like the ones in Brooklyn, but there are many great vendors for clothes and accessories here.   


One of the best things that you can find at this flea is great vintage bags.   The best among all has always been the vintage Coach bags for us.   Simplicity of the design, functionality and durability of them are outstanding and timeless.    
Here are some of our findings from the flea.   

Hell's Kitchen Flea
Location: West 39th Street & 9th Avenue.
By Subway: Take the A,C or E line to 42nd Street/Times Square stop (on 8th Avenue) or take the 1,2 or 3 line to 42nd Street/Times Square stop (on 7th Avenue).
http://www.hellskitchenfleamarket.com/

SATURDAY ROUTINE

It has been our weekend routine to visit flea markets.   During the summer/fall season, Brooklyn flea became our favorite among all in NYC.   Here are some recent findings from the flea in Fort Green on early Saturdays.   

Henley neck vest in soft shrunken navy wool with wooden buttons

 Short brown leather boot made by Bass

A set of white wooden cabinets 

and tiny metal ponies 

Brooklyn Flea - Fort Green
Location:  176 Lafayette Ave (btw. Clermont + Vanderbilt Ave.)
Subways:  A/C to Lafayette Ave.
G to Clinton/Washington Ave.
2/3, 4/5, B/D/Q, M/N/R to Atlantic Ave.-Pacific St
http://brooklynflea.com/

FIRST STEP

We started preparation of bulk production for spring/summer’11.   Since we are a small team, we got get starting as early as possible, so we have enough time to catch up with others and even to make mistakes…    

First, started working with a print maker who will be printing the navy dots for our 1st collection. It has been an eye opening experience to work there and to discover how much we can do with them. The process is a simple original style of silk screen printing, yet done in a precise craftsmanship.

And, we got a chill while watching how things are made and felt so fortunate to be able to witness such an exciting process kept for over 50 years here in Garment District. 



STARTING POINT


BAGSINPROGRESS decided to start blog to write about any type of things including products, fashion, arts, events  etc. that excite us in our daily life and to share with anyone who may be interested in the things that we found.