Ora Leather Bags » Before and After

lucky lady

Randi — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:10:00 +0000

A very handsome boy I know took one look at this jacket and asked me to make a custom backpack for his girlfriend for Christmas. This jacket was given to me by a gentleman who acquired it in the ’60′s. His son has informed me that he was quite the stylish guy in his day, and that he happens to have been a good friend of Johnny Cash. I hope I’ve done him proud by reincarnating his jacket as a backpack. I threw in a few extra internal pockets and a custom laptop pocket in the organic cotton lining. I hope she loves it.

Mel doesn’t know yet, but I finished her custom backpack

Randi — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:07:38 +0000

check out the before pics of the jacket here

BEFORE… They Were Famous?

Mel — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:28:42 +0000

Here you see a few jackets before they were made into bags. Also visible are a few of our friends before they were made famous. On the outer edge of this rad sandwich we’ve got Dave and Brad from Vancouver garage rock band, Indian Wars. The savory centre is filled by Em of the Bad Guts Blog sporting the ‘before’ version of the below Ora Bag, also available in our online store.

BEFORE – Vintage Gem

Mel — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:53:19 +0000

This is going to be a beaut! The jacket was donated by the father of the owner of Outlooks here in Victoria. It’s over 30 years old and is originally valued at about $600. Somebody is going to get a great Ora Bag made from a gem of a jacket.

Made in Canada!

BEFORE – my custom bag!

Mel — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:53:53 +0000

Because Randi is the best, she’s making me a custom backpack suited to my needs and I couldn’t be more stoked! Things I need: laptop compartment because I compute a lot, pockets that close because I loose things and complete indestructibility because I’m hard on things.
Pictured here is the jacket that my new Ora bag will be sculpted out of. I’ll post a picture of my sweet sweet new bag as soon as I get my hands on it.

Made in Canada!

Huge pockets for my junk!

I’ll never leave home without it…