Nooni bags by Vicki Vlachakis

No longer is design limited to FIT and Parson’s graduates; the new batch of independent handbag designers come from all sorts of interesting places and all walks of life. Vicki Vlachakis knows this all too well. She is a former Mercedes-Benz designer turned handbag designer of Nooni .

The Nooni collection features Vlachakis’ love of sophisticated lines, sculptural shapes, bold graphics (like you’d find in a Benz) as well as her passion for luxurious materials. The bags use red, white, brown, tan and black Italian vegetable tanned leather with gold plated hardware and laser cut designs.

Click the thumbnails below to check out pieces from the Spring 2010 collection and visit www.noonibag.com for more information and to shop.