working across product and textile design.  she collaborates with artisans and companies to reinterpret inherited techniques, philosophies and cultural narratives through a contemporary sensibility.

Profile  - originally Japanese, based in Milan, Italy.  She has valuable work experience in various fashion houses as an handbag designer for totally 17years, such as DIOR HOMME, VERSACE, and She worked at BOTTEGA VENETA as a senior handbag designer. As a fashion designer her style focus on mixing Italian luxury and an artisanal flavour with Japanese cultural background, She designed various typologies of BAG have become BEST SELLER and HISTORICAL ITEMS.

Since 2021, She has been working as a Design Director. Across PRODUCT and TEXTILE Design, She collaborates closely with artisans and companies, continuously evolving inherited techniques and philosophies by fusing them with a contemporary sensibility.

In 2021, She designed handbags for "Suzusan", a Germany-based Arimatsu Shibori brand. In 2022, She participated as a Europe-based designer in the Nagoya traditional craft project "Creation as Dialogue", where She worked on both product and textile design.

From 2026, She has been leading the branding and design direction of the original handbag collection “SUIHA” for WAKO Ginza, Tokyo, further expanding the scope of her work.

古川紗和子　Profile

イタリアを拠点に、これまで17年にわたりDIOR HOMME, VERSACE, BOTTEGA VENETAなど欧州ラグジャリーメゾンで、ハンドバッグデザイナーとして携わってきました。各メゾンにおいて手がけた多くのバッグはベストセラーとして高い評価を得ました。2021年よりデザインディレクターとして活動を開始。プロダクトやテキスタイルをはじめとする領域において、職人や企業との協業を通じ、受け継がれてきた技術や精神性を現代の感性と融合させながら、新たな価値へと発展させています。2021年にはドイツ拠点の有松絞りブランド「SUZUSAN」のハンドバッグデザインを担当。2022年には名古屋の伝統工芸プロジェクト「Creation as DIalogue」に欧州拠点デザイナーとして参加し、プロダクトおよびテキスタイルのデザインを手がけました。2026年より、銀座和光オリジナルバッグコレクション「SUIHA」のブランディングとデザインディレクションを担当し、文化と伝統を現代へとつなぐデザイナーとして、さらなる活動の幅を広げています。