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Who is Brandon Blackwood ?

The man behind the brand

Brandon blackwood is the fashion designer, CEO and founder of Brandon Blackwood New York. He is mainly known for his handbags and accessories, his handbags are widely loved for their luxury style and affordability. Brandon has addtionally worked with big celebrities and business much as sweetie and Mcdonalds for the rappers collaboration with Mcdonalds.

Before he was a designer was Brandon's career was in neuroscience.Brandon started out with interships with Elle magazine and NYLON magazine,from there he took a leap of faith and started his own brand, his mission was to create a brand that was inclusive, functional, affordable,luxurious and sustainable. The first collection was 4 designs which he named after friends or family or township in Jamaica.Eventuallty he gained a fan base in his home town New York,The brand blew up with his ESR(End Systematic Racism)bag and since then his brand has kept the attention of the fashion industry.His brand has also gain celebrity attention from Winnie Harlow, Joan Collins and Doja cat.

Collaborations

Starbucks

This is Brandon Blackwood's latest collaboration with Starbucks.They have teamed up to created a bag that could carry startbucks refreshers beverages the Pink and Paradise drinks. It is called the Sip & Sling bag. These limited-edition bags and come in two colours: Pink and Orange.

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Basquait

This collaboration is with the family of the artist Jean-Michel Basquait (deceased). They used some of the artist's famous artwork on the brands cult-favourite black and gold bamboo tote bag. The bag was sold for $475 but was limited-edition and is sold out

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Mcdonalds

The rapper Saweetie did a collaboration with Mcdonalds to create a meal, for the shoot of this collaboration. Saweetie collaborated with Brandon Blackwood to create a McDonalds themed trunk bag in honour of the Saweetie meal.This bag was only given to two lucky fans as a part of a give-away.