In the presence of Tollywood’s leading lady, Arpita Chatterjee and Sharbari Dutta, Rita Bhimani, Shyamlu Dudeja, British accessories brand ILEX London celebrated their first anniversary and launched the 2015 summer collection of leather bags and accessories at the Quest Mall store.

ILEX, founded in 1993 in London, is a British brand, which is currently available across eight countries including England, Austria, Germany and Russia. The first outlet in India is in Kolkata. Encouraging the global trend of functional fashion, the bespoke products are created in the ILEX in-house design studios in Milan and Rome. The Summer ’15 collection includes a premier line of shoulder bags, totes, handheld hobos, cross-body messengers, party clutches, laptop cases, currency purses and pop-colored wallets among other accessories. 

The ‘Grace’ collection has shades of orange, yellow, light grey and black in contrast with beige side panels and sophisticated metal locks. The ‘Aspen’ range is perfect for a girls’ brunch with beautiful hand stitched detailing while ‘Anya’ is the bag for the woman on the move. There’s something for men too. They can choose from satchels. duffle bags, laptop bags or soft leather travel essential cases. The price of each product ranges from Rs 5000-Rs 20,000.

I spent a wonderful afternoon at the store yesterday with ILEX, friends, champagne, cupcakes and delicious tidbits from Smokehouse Deli. Here are a few pictures from the event.

 

The ILEX London store is on the 2nd Floor at Quest Mall

33, Syed Amir Ali Avenue

Kolkata – 700017