Nori Enomoto’s namesake leather goods brand is instantly recognizable for its bold, sugar-toned colors and playful, wavy silhouettes. There is a particular kind of curve that shows up again and again in her work — cartoonish yet chic, an alluring sort of wobble, unfolding along the handle of a ba...
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