For the Love of Bags

Julia Werner is an experienced journalist and book author. A graduate of the German School of Journalism in Munich, she has versatile journalistic experience in the field of fashion and lifestyle, e.g. as a style columnist for the Süddeutsche Zeitung and as deputy editor-in-chief of Glamour Magazine. She lived and worked for five years in Florence — the centre of international bag making.Sandra Semburg studied film and acting in New York and has worked as a photographer for numerous magazines and labels. Her photos have appeared in American Vogue, German Harper's Bazaar and garancedoré.fr, among others. Since 2010, she has been travelling to the most important fashion shows as a street style photographer and shows the latest trends on her blog aloveisblind.com.

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