Alison Antrobus, a Miami based Designer, and inventor of the ANTROBUS bag, is showing off her controversially revolutionary convertible Antrobus Bag in MOCAShop.com, a new e-commerce site that provides an online destination for fashion-forward women who bask in their individuality and appreciate high-end accessories and unique statement pieces.
Born in Jamaica, raised in Barbados and schooled in Canada, and the United States, this designer, sculptor, and painter, is well known for her various design projects, namely Prime 112. She attended the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design, where she double majored in Architecture and Interior Architecture. Originally accepted to study fashion, she soon realized her interest existed more in the mathematics and science behind design, and thus chose to study architecture. Her studies took her full circle when she wrote her senior thesis analyzing the synthesis between the clothing and architecture. By no surprise, the ANTROBUS bag is an embodiment of her studies and brings her back to her original focus - fashion.
It comes as no surprise that Alison would come up with such handbag, she says “all my ideas come from needs” and always digging into her bag looking for keys and necessities like fabric samples when visiting clients, she decided something had to be done about it. She is a very busy person and very resourceful, she usually juggles many things at a time, she’s a senior designer at the Miami offices of YOO, and has still found time to search all over China looking for factories to make her new handbags.
The ANTROBUS bag is a fashion accessory that is architecturally designed to change according to the different functions throughout the day, whilst offering an ergonomic solution to women’s tireless search into their handbags.
Recently showcased in the Modern Luxury Miami Magazine, which states: “Featured on The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch and all over the blogosphere, the Antrobus bag helped heat up last year’s sizzling handbag market. For 2008, her carrying contraption with removable drawers that store items horizontally (thus neatly) advances with lighter, more feminine construction in natural linen with faux-croc trim and an interchangeable cover/clutch in lemon-yellow leather. ‘It was my solution to always digging through my bag for work supplies like paint chips and fabric swatches when visiting clients’ she says.”
Expect to see her new line launching this summer at www.mocashop.com.