SACUM TENENT...bespoke bags

My return to London coincided with the opening of the craft market in Covent Garden where, over the following eight years, I earned the loyalty of an international clientele.

During this Covent Garden period I retained a large display case at the Savoy Hotel and sold to Fortnum and Mason and Harvey Nichols. A natural progression dictated opening my own shops in London and Glasgow, the latter opened by Prince Charles.

Finally in 1988 the development and introduction of in-house tapestries drawn from museums established the exclusivity of the collection.The following year I determined to sell to Bergdoff Goodman, New York. Meeting the store's vice chairman in the elevator, I took an order for the entire range between the 1st and 7th floors.

Over the past 17 years, collections have retailed in prestigious stores in Europe and the U.S.while my growing list of private clients numbers many of the actors and actresses who first discovered me at Morris Angels.

Growth in private custom has freed me to close my shops and concentrate my talent and energy on the design side in my studio sheltered in the tranquil woodlands of rural Worcestershire.