For people who appreciate quality & originality, V’nessa brings you chic & funky handmade artisan bags, with sweat shop free sensibilities & Japanese aesthetics.

     
 
Formerly ‘Chou Chou Designs’, V’nessa is a designer handbag company started by Vanessa Brown in 2004 whilst living for 12 years in Ichinomiya, Japan. While honing her skills, Vanessa discovered that she has a talent and passion for stylish handbag design, unique fabric selection, combinations and small business innovation. Her work seamlessly combines her early aesthetic influences from Asia with a hip, modern and functional flair. V’nessa has developed a devoted international following of loyal customers who appreciate her solid workmanship and exceptional handmade handbag designs.

Vanessa is driven not only by a love of and talent for handcrafting handbags, but also by her core value of exchanging and supporting creativity in the community. By supporting a small, conscientious business such as V’nessa, customers know they will get a quality and beautiful handmade handbag that supports good business practice: fair living-wage prices, sweat-shop free labor and artisan products.