This handbag was bought for me by my lovely friend and bride-to-be Sandra to accessorise my bridesmaid dress eight years ago. The dress (ankle-length, empire-waisted, claret in colour, hand-made for me by the bride's seamstress mother) has long since been gifted to charity, but I decided to keep the bag and it was in storage for years.
Until last year, when I came across it and realised how simple and beautiful it is and how it was exactly the right silvery-blue colour to accessorise our bedroom.
So, now it hangs over the side mirror of my dressing table and when I look at it I remember the wedding and think of Sandra, 12 thousand miles away in the UK and how long it's been since I saw her last (six years) and how much I miss her...
