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Sara’s Bag releases ‘Golden Murex’ purse, a tribute to Sour

As she learns that Israel destroyed her house in Sour, Sara Beydoun celebrates her city with an homage purse.

Sara’s Bag releases ‘Golden Murex’ purse, a tribute to Sour

A bag entirely handmade from hundreds of freshwater pearls, with a murex shell used as a clasp. Photo taken from the Instagram account @sarasbag

It is said that seashells hold the breath of the sea and return its whisper when held to the ear. Originally from Sour, Sara Beydoun is the founder of Sara’s Bag, a brand born from a sociology thesis and work done with inmates at Baabda prison, whose life stories she collected. A committed and supportive artisanal enterprise, today it unveils a purse in tribute to the founder's city heavily destroyed due to Israeli bombardments. The clutch, a hard-shell purse, closes with a golden murex clasp and is adorned with white and iridescent pearls in shades of purple. Between gold and violet, embroiderers devote themselves to an object that, even unfinished in their hands, already appears infinitely precious. The murex is a species exhausted since antiquity, although a few endemic specimens can still be found walking along the beaches of...
It is said that seashells hold the breath of the sea and return its whisper when held to the ear. Originally from Sour, Sara Beydoun is the founder of Sara’s Bag, a brand born from a sociology thesis and work done with inmates at Baabda prison, whose life stories she collected. A committed and supportive artisanal enterprise, today it unveils a purse in tribute to the founder's city heavily destroyed due to Israeli bombardments. The clutch, a hard-shell purse, closes with a golden murex clasp and is adorned with white and iridescent pearls in shades of purple. Between gold and violet, embroiderers devote themselves to an object that, even unfinished in their hands, already appears infinitely precious. The murex is a species exhausted since antiquity, although a few endemic specimens can still be found walking along the beaches of...
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