Vannessa Koko Bottoli is the inspiration behind the fine hand-crafted leather products of the Koko Bottoli brand. Our wide-ranging international travel and the role model of a highly fashionable mother have contributed to her vision. All my work exhibits attention as much as to aesthetics as to practicality, form as function. The result: extraordinary handbags and accessories for the most discerning tastes.

I chose Milan for the launch of the Koko Bottoli bag and accessory line. Here, I have been able to realize my creative vision working with some of Italy's skilled craftsmen and utilizing the region's extensive choice of high quality leathers (lambskin, Vitello, Vintage oil finished leathers, textured leathers). The Sandra bag is special because of the smocked technique that I have adopted from clothing to bags and on leather.

I established Koko Bottoli simply as a response to my own often fruitless hunt for handbags that would suit women with a similar lifestyle and sensibility as her own. After studying the particular techniques of luxury handbag and belt design as well as the production process, I combined my creative vision and fashion experience with the specific unique requirements of handbag design and production to launch her own range in 2006.

The collections celebrate elegant and timeless design, are characterized by audacious colors, modern construction and superior manufacture. Styles blend classic lines with vintage, edgy and sporty variations. The making of the Sandra bag (smocked effect on lambskin leather). Most of the craftsmen said that it would be difficult to use the smocking technique on leather. I wanted a different look to the 'quilted bags' which screamed Chanel no matter the style of the quilting. I literally had to hand-stitch (smock) a whole piece of leather, take the sample to a crafts-man who accepted the challenge and get the first sample made. The result and the response has been great.

Inspired by you, designed by me, created for you has been my philosophy from the beginning. Each Koko Bottoli collection adheres to that theme, proposing bags and belts that speak of timeless design and modern practicality.  My mission guiding her ongoing expansion is to appeal to the discerning woman by offering an investment in fashion innovation, quality and functionality.