COLVILLE, the much loved brand by fashion insiders, brought their good vibes to the store @bygeorge in Austin, Texas last week - see @boothmoore article in @wwd below. The ultimate “collaborators of good things” @colville_official partnered this time with the University of Texas students and artisans from Italy, Colombia and Madagascar to make these handwoven “mobile disks” - the same technique used in their bags! When a collection has good design, responsible well-made product and takes the time to incorporate artisanal craft, I’d say that’s what makes fashion really interesting! WWD - “Designers Lucinda Chambers and Molly Malloy, touched down in Texas on Wednesday, bringing their craftsy Colville collection to the luxury retailer ByGeorge in Austin. To mark the cocktail party celebration the designers enlisted artisans to create discs similar to the ones used to make their cylinder bags, had them shipped to Austin and assembled into a hanging large-scale installation in the store. University of Texas art students were also invited to contribute to the installation — and attend the event. “Giving the students the chance to meet Lucinda and Molly, having that kind of opportunity in Austin is so special,” said ByGeorge fashion director Laurel Pantin, who joined the store last year bringing editorial experience from InStyle, Glamour and Lucky magazines, among others. “We feel there is a lack in retail of that Barneys sensibility and sense of discovery and community that stands for something. In Austin we believe there’s a chance to create that.” #colville #ByGeorge #tomorrowcrew #austin #sustainability #WWD