Sarasota design house announces partnership with the ‘Queen of Versailles’ (PHOTOS)

Sarasota Design House, BSWANKY, has partnered with Jackie Siegel, an American socialite, model, actress and beauty pageant director. Siegal was one of the main subjects of the 2012 documentary film The Queen of Versailles. The line has three bag silhouettes with BSWANKY’s signature 24-karat gold-plated QV pendant.  The Queen of Versailles Collection will be featured

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Sarasota designers BSWANKY and TWEEDS announce collaboration

BSWANKY, a purse brand owned by Gretchen Bauer, and TWEEDS, a bespoke menswear brand owned by Donald Carlson, have announced a collaboration for three new handbags.  The handbags incorporate vintage flattened pearled Parisienne gold leaf ostrich, metallic finished lizard from a boutique family tannery in Spain, and BSWANKY’s 24kt gold hardware and statement chain. The

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One Liners Sarasota and Manatee: New College, BSWANKY and more

► BSWANKY, a Sarasota luxury handbag brand, was named a finalist, for the second year in a row, in the Design Excellence Awards Competition by The Accessories Council. (Pictured above) ► Ringling College of Art and Design’s varsity esports team, the Ringling Rollers, has opened its dedicated esports arena, which includes 10 gaming stations, a lounge

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