this bag was made for nike basketball and used in the creative launch 2020. during the time I was working as a color separator at nike I was approached by 2 colleagues who were creating a custom Kyrie Irving bomber jacket and asked if I could build a duffel bag to match. at this point I had very little experience sewing but was known for making small mini duffel bags that I would sell at pop-up's. I was given a hide of leather, portion of the blanket material used on Kyrie's shoe upper, a couple yards of silk and zippers for the project. After the initial briefing I was off doing something that I had never done before, working with materials I had never used before. the top portion of the bag is the blanket material used to make the upper of a shoe, the bottom, handles and straps are leather, the interior of the bag is quilted and embroidered silk with the Kyrie irving logo. this bag is a custom 1 of a kind that I created from the ground up including the pattern, sewing and construction. this project was in addition to the full time color separations job I held at nike.
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![QUILTED & EMBROIDERED SILK INTERIOR](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/3635cdd7-eb10-4d35-aa56-a570649a6d0c/0b7eb19d-464e-4b77-94f2-3d31784506c4_rw_1200.jpg?h=cf5a0119de448a0aa2b7e8656a45f237)
QUILTED & EMBROIDERED SILK INTERIOR
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SILK POCKET INTERIOR
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KYRIE WEARING MATCHING JACKET
Custom mini duffels for cave mfg
With this project I was able to explore natural dye techniques as well as explore different types of natural and synthetic fabrics options.
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