about

When the neighborhood kids were outside playing kickball, I was deep in my mother’s closet exploring the world of handbags & shoes, sketching designs and sewing clothes for my dolls .  At the age of ten, I professed to my family and friends that one day I would be a handbag designer.  Some laughed. The others dismissed the idea completely.

My journey had officially begun – the journey of who the world wanted me to be and the journey of who I knew I had to be: a handbag designer.

Why handbags?  Because, it was the one piece of consistent fashion that allowed me to express myself through materials, texture and style. Plus, it went with me everywhere – through years of no sense of direction, except for my handbag.  It held my passport and my journal of dreams when I booked an airline ticket to Paris where I discovered freedom and adventure through the world of fashion.

My mission is to create a space where women feel beautiful by doing it their way.  And ladies, when this happens you will feel confident, a sense of freedom and walk through the world fully self-expressed.

I was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York and love love love to travel for inspiration, work so I can give back and play around the world because what girl doesn’t love to play?

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Nicole Catania is a luxury custom handbag company for the woman who values freedom, adventure and self-expression.   In a world of rules, social expectations and pressure to fit into a box, our company embraces the contemporary woman who dares to do it her way.

Nicole Catania Designs will be launching in 2012 with its first collection of custom handbags, small leather goods and accessories.