A. KAR is a Los Angeles based fashion brand of luxurious and unique exquisitely handcrafted handbags and jewelry designed and created by Adrine Karapetyan. A. KAR by Adrine Karapetyan features two main types of handbags which double as sophisticated WEARABLE ART and are conversation starter pieces that can make anyone stand out in a crowd. The designer’s desire to always wear something different and never-before-seen pushed her to begin creating at a young age and eventually bloomed into her own couture fashion brand.

Each one-of-a-kind A.KAR FELTED WOOL HANDBAG is an individual ART piece created from the magical process of patiently layering down gifts of nature, pure raw wool and silks, to create a unique shape with unpredictable fabric textures that sometimes even surprise the designer herself. Much like how different types of music can be made from the same set of musical notes, there can be infinite possibilities for textures, shapes, and colors that come from mixing different fibers, such as wool and silk.

Her signature A. KAR “GORG BAGS” are named after the Armenian word “gorg” meaning “carpet”, since the fabric of the trendy, best-selling bag is created with carpet making techniques. The pops of color and meticulously carved patterns reflect the designer’s fashion forward approach and eye for detail.

The beauty of each piece lies in its exclusivity and the designer’s mission to be a TRENDSETTER with every piece she creates; the combinations of different techniques allow each bag to always be different and impossible to repeat.