no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . december 2011 belen echandia type private industry luxury goods founded 2005 1 founder jackie cawthra founder & creative director headquarters london england area served worldwide products handbags and accessories website www.belenechandia.com belen echandia be is a handbag and fashion accessory design and manufacturing company . it was incorporated in 2005 1 and is based in london england . 2 3 belen echandia produces leather handbags travel bags wallets clutch purses 2 and accessories for women . contents 1 history 2 products 3 in the media 4 references 5 external links history edit belen echandia was founded by jackie cawthra whilst she was training to be a lawyer . 3 4 jackie says her idea came after experiencing a difference between spain and london in the supply of luxury handbags . 5 in 2004 cawthra states she left the law practice 6 to work solely on belen echandia . 5 jackie cawtha states that belen echandia was chosen as a spanish girl s name which reflects the brand s spanish origins . 7 products edit in an interview for hilary fashion jackie cawthra says the company has been offering handbag collections since 2004 . 7 the names of the bags being said to be based on customer comments . 8 retailers that sell belen echandia products include harvey nichols in dubai . 9 10 belen echandia also launched a service on their website in 2009 where customers could design their own handbag . 10 the bec service that allowed customers to customise their handbags was discontinued in 2012 . in 2007 to mark belen echandia s introduction to london fashion week belen echandia collaborated with canadian leather artist vivien cheng who hand painted a one off collection of six bags . 11 in the media edit in september 2005 as part of london fashion week belen echandia was featured as part of the cnn program design 360 citation needed presented by dayna hochfelder . belen echandia has been mentioned in vogue 8 10 11 harper s bazaar 12 and the daily telegraph . 13 references edit a b http wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk 9cb267c6804afca75b59b3df0848ecca compdetails companies house entry a b muir lucie november 7 2008 . the clutch in the light of day . new york times . retrieved 2010 11 15 . thanks to a whole slew of designers from yves saint laurent to sonia rykiel and michael teperson to belen echandia the clutch purse is moving from an evening standard to seeing the light of day . ... the london based handbag label belen echandia is offering the clutch me envelope style . according to its creative director jackie cawthra this soft ... a b parafianowicz lydia june 24 2009 . english designer carries handbag brand to sweden . the local . cawthra 30 is the founder and creative director of belen enchandia a small company that has quickly made a major name for itself in the high fashion world of handbag production . ... cawthra who was born in northern england says a trip to madrid sparked her dream to start the company . after finishing her undergraduate degree in law she applied for a job at a firm in spain to gain work experience before starting law school . ... witchalls clint january 2009 . bags of money bags of style pdf . spectator business . a b belen echandia by jackie cawthra . handbagdesigner101.com . handbags for ex dentons lawyer . moretolaw . a b glouberman noa . belen echandia bags by jackie cawthra . hilary fashion . a b roe louise . take me anywhere and stroke me we re still loving jackie cawthra s belen echandia handbags . vogue uk . pyle ally . belen echandia make up bag . vogue uk . a b c milligan lauren . couture it yourself . vogue uk . a b barnett leisa . the echandia allure . vogue uk . harper s bazaar january 2008 p. 122 . luu phong november 3 2010 . i spied belen echandia nutmeg inspire me . london telegraph . external links edit official website fashion portal companies portal retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title belen echandia & oldid 663281028 categories fashion accessory brandscompanies based in londoncompanies established in 2005hidden categories orphaned articles from december 2011all orphaned articlesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from november 2010 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 may 2015 at 16 51 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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