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Sourced is a family-owned business that sources discarded truck tarps and repurpose them into durable messenger bags, shoulder totes, shopping bags, and Sourced cases (We take back what was said about Swiss-brand Frietag being the only source of truck-tarpaulin carrying solutions). The company launched in 2011, and is based in Cornwall UK, where all brand products are handmade on-site and/or outsourced to local contractors.

M-Edge was founded in 2006 in order to respond to the exploding e-reader market’s demands for fashionable and protective accessories. The company strives to create products that reflect style and sophistication, while still maintaining total device protection. While certainly projecting a simple and straightforward statement, we wonder if they will be able to excite us with any of their products.

  In 1887, Frank Smythson opened his first shop on New Bond Street in London, presenting a trade card that described his business as, “First class stationary, leather goods and cabinet work”. Like many UK companies that offer similar traditional royal-British style, Smythson caters to high-end lifestyles with a diversified product line that includes: key rings, jewelry/watch cases, photo frames, purses and wallets, grooming,...

In 2005, the roots for LuxMobile Group began in Rochester NY with the development of Crystal Icing, the first company to incorporate luxury brand Swarovski Crystals on mobile accessories (interesting thought - if you are any bit familiar with the city then you know Rochester combined with luxury is quite the oxymoron). The company became the first to form partnerships with fashion brands and...

Similar to such brands like H by Harris, Kate Spade and Saddleback Leather, here is yet another company that was founded as a result of one man’s fruitless search to find a functional and durable bag with character and style (not to toot our own horn, but we’re beginning to think many brands may not have spawned if we were around in time to...