A green canvas satchel and a lantern hang from two rusty nails on a wall — possessions supposedly left behind by a lanky teenage boy from Beijing sent here four decades ago to do hard labor.
I chose a navy oversize button-down Les Copains sweater with chunky Charlie Brown stripes, a deep emerald green vintage cross-body mini satchel that I scooped up from the Manhattan Vintage Clothing Show last year, and my new favorite outfit-makers: zigzag pony hair and desert boots by 80%20.
Make that "downtown," for this collection shed patrician style for something more cool -- as in a leather satchel hitched across a green velvet gown.
The utility crew filed in next, in fatigue-green safari jackets and wide pants, carrying beatnik bags -- a suitcase and satchel covered in badges, patches and buttons, and a cross-body style tricked out like a tweedy Chanel jacket.
Instead, opt for complementary colors like bright green shoes with an orange clutch or an electric aqua belt with a bright yellow satchel.
Here William Hardie, car bloke Ant Anstead and Clemency Green are challenged to make a dog bed, a garden bench and a hand-sewn leather satchel.
