LODESTARS ANTHOLOGY
DESIGN ANTHOLOGY
VOGUE
Nuno Henriques hat das Wissen um traditionelle portugiesische Flechtkunst vor dem Vergessen bewahrt und setzt es jetzt für die kunterbunten Taschen seines Labels Toino Abel ein.
ELLE
"Mit schlichten Bastkörben mit Lederhenkeln wie von Toino Abel wanderte schon Jane Birkin durch die französische Küstenstadt. Und initiierte mit weißen Hippie-Kleidern und Römersandalen den bis heute geliebten Boho-Chic.
Würde auch Jane Birkin begeistern: Korb von Toino Abel."
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BRIGITTE
"Ein Accessoire so freundlich wie ein Sommertag: Nach alten Fotos werden bei Toino Abel portugiesische Korbtaschen aus Schilf und Weide designt und auf traditionelle Art von Hand gefertigt."
IRMAS WORLD
Dress by AnAnlondree, Bag by Toino Abel, Shoes by Miu Miu
FIVE REASONS WHY THIS NEW, SUSTAINABLE MUST HAVE BAG BY TOINO ABEL MAKES SENSE
Every summer in Portugal besides vacationing I learn about and find new things. I am fascinated by the roughness of this country and at the same time find their innovative approach towards design and lifestyle inspiring.
Like Toino Abel’s handmade most charming bags. Find out all the reasons why this bag is a piece you will need also for winter.
CLUÉL
PAZ HALABI RODRIGUEZ
SOMETHING MEANINGFUL
I’ve been always kind of restless and very anxious person. Despite that, what I liked the most, when I was studying my career, was the creative process. To find out the right fabric, together with the threads and other materials…to place the pattern properly, cutting it, to sewing the pieces, and then watch how, little by little, my hands joining under the sewing machine becomes that “something” that I was expecting so anxious in order to be able to wear it. (…)
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Editor’s Pick: Toino Abel
Toino Abel steht für traditionelle Handwerkskunst. Die einzigartigen Taschen aus Reet verleihen jedem Outfit einen Hauch von Urlaub
THE SIMONE MAGAZINE
Handwoven from an organic reed in Portugal, this little pretty creation deserves an art award not only for its artsy appearance but also for the sustainable materials. The handbag is adjusted with full vegetable tanned leather strap and closure, plus toxic-free metal pieces. Little ceramic handmade charm is also adorning the handbag to its finest final look. In short, Toino Abel is bringing us a top-class fashion directly from the Mother Nature.
FEMINA
CUT MAGAZINE
"Das Bastkörbeflechten hat zwar eine lange Tradition, findet inzwischen aber bei den meisten Produktionsstätten nicht mehr statt, denn besonders wirtschaftlich ist es halt nicht, jeden Halm per Hand zu bleichen, zuzuschneiden, nachzufärben, zu hübschen Körben zu verarbeiten und dann auch noch aus Weidenzweigen einen Griff dranzufriemeln. Dass die Henkeltaschen von Toino Abel trotzdem mit dieser ursprünglichen Methode produziert werden, haben wir dem Portugiesen Nuno Henriques zu verdanken, dessen Urgroßvater besagte Technik entwickelt und perfektioniert hat. Ist und bleibt: schön!"
LISSOME
"Nuno, when did you start your label "Toino Abel"?
For me it all started in 2010, on the night when my grandfather died. My family came together for dinner in the house of my great grandaunt who was running the basket business founded by my great great grandfather. At the end of the night my brother gave one of the traditional reed baskets to his new girlfriend. For me it was like a gesture. His girlfriend took the basket home as a memory, as something that was created here in the village. And this made me think that I could do the same, just on a larger scale. (…)
AU COURANT
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FRANKIE
"Back in the day, Nuno Henriques‘s great-grandfather was the reed basket king of Castanheira, Portugal. His workshop employed a whole mob of makers who stuck to traditional techniques: cutting reeds by hand, dyeing them over a woodfire, then weaving everything together on a hand loom. Four generations on things are done pretty much the same with Nuno overseeing the last remaining traditional basket crafters as they go about their business of making awesome stuff."
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TELVA
MADRID FASHION WEEK - Ailanto SS16 - COLLABORATION WITH TOINO ABEL
"No podemos dejar de nombrar los accesorios, especialmente los bolsos artesanales de mimbre trenzado en versión XL, que nos han enamorado desde el primer vistazo." TELVA
WOMAN
MADRID FASHION WEEK - Ailanto SS16 - COLLABORATION WITH TOINO ABEL
"Y para culminar esta colección, Ailanto nos conquista con el detalle estrella del desfile: bolsos artesanales enmimbre trenzado que completan los looks más primaverales, llenando de vida la pasarela de la MB Fashion Week Madrid." WOMAN
