Shana Luther Handbags

Brooklyn-based designer Shana Luther creates handbags that display her love of classic yet modern styles, as well as her belief in American manufacturing: All Shana Luther Handbags are made locally.
Shana got her start in 1999, when she graduated from Pratt Institute and began designing her own bags under the label SML Bags. A one-woman show, she was involved in all aspects of the creative process—from sketches to final sewing of her leather and fabric bags.
By 2012, Shana longed to design bags that went beyond what she could produce on her own. Inspired, she re-launched the label as Shana Luther Handbags, continuing to showcase her signature designs. Soon after their debut, numerous fashion magazines and blogs, such as Teen Vogue and Hapa Time, featured the label, with Shana Luther Handbags becoming a finalist in Martha Stewart’s American Made Awards in 2013.
A Pennsylvania native, Shana has called Brooklyn home since 1995. She lives there happily with her husband, cofounder of Houses in Motion, an animation studio.