About Us

About NICOLE&DORIS
Since 1980, famous for its classic and fashionable design as well as high quality, NICOLE&DORIS is an Italian luxiourious fashion brand of handbags. Each handbag of Nicole&Doris is carefully handmade with the designers paying great efforts.We believe that good material, attentive design and first-class workmanship together can bring you a surprising experience.

HOW WE DESIGN NICOLE&DORIS BAGS
At NICOLE&DORIS, we try to bring the aesthetic and practical aspects of the design together. The aesthetic inspirations usually come from the works of modern artists and architects even musicians. We deconstruct the works and abstract the visual elements for our design, like colors and shapes. More importantly, we internalize the core concept of the works, like to comfort, to enjoy, to encourage, etc.. We intent to put constraint to our design elements. We believe that a limited palette and material set will only boost the creativity, not depress it.
After sketching the designs, paper and fabric prototypes are made to get a real-life idea of the bags. At this stage, we make adjustments or discard the idea if it won’t work out. It makes its way to the next stage if we really like it. We always evaluate the designs with leather prototypes. We believe that testing with the exact material of the final product gives you the most accurate feedback. We work with our users in mind. We carry around the bag for a couple of weeks and look for any uncomfortable edges, unreachable pouches, any parts that get in the way when you unzip the bag, or unintentional tilts caused by suboptimal weight distribution. If we find anything wrong, we go back and make further tweaks until we are pleased with the design.