THE MADISON | One-of-One Wearable Art Handbag
For the woman who doesn’t want to see her bag on everyone else’s arm.
The Madison starts with a blank 34" × 18" piece of soft cream canvas.
Before it ever becomes a handbag, I create the art.
That canvas gives me more than four square feet of space to paint by hand. I create the rich chocolate stripes, lines, circles and brushstrokes directly onto the canvas. Nothing is digitally printed or reproduced.
Every line, stripe and brushstroke comes from my hand.
Once the artwork is complete, I take that original 34" × 18" painted canvas and begin transforming it into The Madison.
The canvas is cut, shaped and constructed into the finished handbag, then completed with The Madison's bold oversized signature bow and genuine leather handle.
Inside, The Madison is fully lined and finished with an interior pocket.
What began as a blank canvas becomes an original piece of art you can carry.
THE MADISON CAN BE RECREATED. YOUR MADISON CANNOT.
The Madison is a signature handbag style that I can create again.
I can recreate the shape. I can use the same soft cream canvas and rich chocolate color story. I can paint the stripes again and finish another Madison with its oversized signature bow.
But I cannot duplicate the artwork.
Because every stripe, line, circle and brushstroke is painted individually by hand, I can't place each detail in exactly the same position twice.
One stripe may be wider. A line may fall somewhere different. A circle may appear in another place. And once that painted canvas is cut, folded and constructed, different portions of the artwork will naturally appear across the finished handbag.
Those differences aren't mistakes.
They're what make each Madison an original.
So yes, another woman may own The Madison.
But she won't own your Madison.
DETAILS
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Begins as approximately 34" × 18" of soft cream canvas
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More than four square feet of original hand-painted canvas
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Original artwork painted by hand
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Rich chocolate hand-painted stripes, lines, circles and brushstrokes
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Oversized signature bow
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Genuine leather handle
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Fully lined interior
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Interior pocket
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Individually constructed and finished by hand
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Each hand-painted design is unique
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Finished handbag size: approximately 15"W × 13"H
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No two Madisons will ever be exactly alike
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Complimentary U.S. Shipping
WEARABLE ART
The Madison isn't a handbag made from fabric with artwork printed onto it.
The canvas itself is the artwork.
I start with a blank 34" × 18" canvas. I paint it. I cut it. I shape it, and then I construct that original artwork into a handbag.
That's why I call what I create wearable art.
The handbag is functional, but the process begins the same way a painting does—with a blank canvas, paint, an idea and my hands.
The difference is that instead of hanging this canvas on your wall, you get to carry it.
That's what makes Angelique Collections different.
The style can be recreated. The artwork cannot be duplicated.
The Madison can be recreated. Your Madison cannot.
Angelique Collections
Wearable Art. Made by hand. Made to be different.