Onna Ehrlich Bags

In the WSJ, Onna Ehrlich on what spurred her interest in handbags

 As I was growing up in Nigeria, art wasn’t encouraged. They encouraged you to go to medicine, to study engineering. And then you have this kid, and all she wants to do is draw! I would draw women in the traditional outfits and in stylish and fashionable clothing. My interest in fashion—it was always there.
When I was about 12, my mom asked me what I wanted to do and I said I wanted to learn how to make shoes and handbags. Mom found a handbag factory and I would spend all my summer days going and just watching and learning.

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