Welcome to "Aint no saint"

The home of seriously gorgeous hand made handbags!

Sally Nicholls’ brand new designer handbag label ‘Aint no Saint’ has arrived; bringing a fresh, edgy and forward looking range of unique and original handmade leather handbags. The style exhibits bohemian flavour with a sharp tailored finish, offering that essential mix of beauty and practicality. What stands out about ‘Aint no Saint’ hand bags is the tactile nature of the manipulated surfaces, the high quality of the unusual leather and the engaging use of original design printed fabric. Each bag has couture-craft hand making in its process as an integral aspect of the design with inspiration drawn from ancient and modern architecture and culture from around the world.

About the collection

The Autumn/Winter 08/09 collection comprises four ranges that equally stand alone or can be blended together to create a more eclectic collection. Each range has within it, a perfectly balanced selection of different size handbags from gorgeous and practical tote bags to the cutest must-have clutch and wrist bags.
 
 
The designer
 

Sally is a born and bred Londoner, formerly NW now NE London based. She gained her handbag design and consruction skills as a Cordwainers student at the London College of Fashion.
Brought up in a creative home environment, as a child she was encouraged to pay attention to detail in everything she made.
Through her teens and adult working life Sally continually expanded her craft knowledge by attending a variety of courses ranging from tailoring to jewellery making, giving her an ever increasing knowledge base of skills to draw upon for what was an enjoyable hobby.
Sally continued her work as a Pilates Instructor and Personal Trainer and then while attending a short course on bag making at Central Saint Martins, a defining moment occurred when she realised that with specialist design and construction qualifications, she could combine all her gathered skills to create a bespoke and couture handbag business. The Cordwainers swiftly followed and the 'Aint no Saint' label was born.........