Isabella Rossellini Designs New Handbag Collection for Bulgari

by Carrie Coolidge (RSS feed)
Jul 13th 2010 at 9:31AM

Isabella Rossellini designs handbags for Bulgari

Bulgari has partnered with actress Isabella Rossellini to launch a new lines of handbags aptly called the Isabella Rossellini collection.

The partnership makes sense. Rossellini is an influential style icon who is also a long-time client of Bulgari. The daughter of Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini, she grew up in Rome and began visiting Bulgari's Via Condotti shop with her mother. As her acting and modeling career developed, Rossellini was frequently photographed wearing Bulgari jewels, appearing on the covers of Vogue and countless other international magazines.

Gallery: Isabella Rossellini's Handbag Collection for Bulgari

For several months, Rossellini worked in close contact with Bulgari designers to create a bag that would express her personality. The end result is the "Rossellini" which is a sleek yet modern handbag distinguished by simple, essential lines and a twist lock decorated with semi-precious gemstones.

The handbags will be offered in a variety of colors and materials, including patent leather, pony hair and calfskin. Each version will feature a lining with Rossellini's signature and snail sketches – an homage to her passionate commitment to environmental and biological education. All of the handbags are hand-made in the Bulgari workshop in Florence, Italy.

The bags will range in price from $1,700 to $2,600. The handbags will be available in all BVLGARI stores by early August.

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