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A shop you will remember most when ordinary just wont do.
The mainspring of our designs is you!
We seek to offer truly peerless handbags and more.
We believe that all women should pursue individual style and personality.
Pursing your Personality!
Designer, Melissa
is the sole owner, designer and purveyor of Claudia Rae Designs.
After leaving a successful career in sales, in 2004, she enter into the 'world' of designing. She has always loved designing in areas such as interior design, art and painting. However, decided to take her experience and turn it into a business of handmade handbags. With the ability to work with all types of designs, colors and textures, you will find many different styles in her shop: with a wide variety of sizes, shapes textiles and colors choices.
When she's not designing or sewing, she enjoys fishing with her husband, rollerblading for her quite time, playing football with her son and baby dolls with her daughter. Her loving husband and two beautiful children support and encourage her work. In fact, she chose to name the company after her daughter, Claudia Rae, in hopes that one-day they will be designing together. She absolutely loves creating and designing and it has become her passion in life to create beautiful and unique handbags that women can have fun carrying. She believes that all women should carry handbags that represent their unique personalities.
Q: Do you make all your handbags yourself?
A: I do make all my handbags from start to finish. Some handbags take me weeks to finish and some I can whip up in a day. It depends on my mood and my inspiration. Each fabric is handpicked with you in mind. My goal is to offer enough variety so everyone will find a style they love. Popular styles will stick around, others may come and go!
Q: Can you make the same bag twice?
A: I think you could say I love variety. I think I would be bored making the same bag over and over. So you may see similar fabrics on some of my handbags, but never the same bag twice. It would be rare.
Q: Can you make custom order bags?
A: Of course I could, however I like the freedom of designing what inspires me. I love the no pressure aspect too much to move into custom orders, for now. Remember, that’s why I left sales. If I started taking custom orders I may just be taking the joy out of my passion. So for now, I hope you find one you love. If not now come back again. I will always have fresh new designs.
Q: How long have you been designing handbags?
A: I would love to tell you all my life. But, I have been designing now for about a 2 years. Ten years from now I look forward to saying I have been doing this forever. I have a long-term vision for this company and right now it is in its infant years. So, I have so many more years to create and design and hopefully teach my daughter how to sew and have her by my side.
Q: What’s up with all the weird names for your bags?
A: Well... do they sound familiar to you at all?…ok ok I’ll tell. The names are song titles from the 80’s. What can I say; I’m a product of the 80’s generation. The music inspires me. 80’s hits is what I roller blade to, its what I sing in my car when no one is watching (I hope) and its perfect for naming my bags.
I actually have fun naming them.
Q: Who built your website?
A: It has evolved a lot since the beginning, but for our redesign (Oct 06) I am the sole designer of the site.
But, I had two very talented good friends, Kim West and Lauren Dean, that were gracious enough to help me at the start.
Q: Who takes your photos?
A: I take my photos myself and getting better at photo techniques everyday. I use Photoshop Elements to crop and edit. The photos depict the handbags to the best of their ability. I can assure you that your handbag will look even better in person.
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