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you li e t wear it w thout ut s en s on yo r back, she sa k s. To lo k at Besco s w un s i her rk is o trul unde stand
the vi ion behind hese wo ds—svelte long-b died
bags in eau iful glos y calf ea s i her nst and soft ha fu y in ued str s. In the c nstru ti nt n f her acc ss es ries t ere
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ssive when one real zes Besco works un es it ck deads ock le hers. I go to fabr st res,
sear h marke leathe place a d re urpos h marke leathe ite ing s. f it’s crap s e e ther pl d ra ha I’m wor ing wi h, I piece h i t r s m g b c e n o t
to emb ther e e ore h i t r s m g b c e n o t
to emb ing ba ior . nce, I ma dw i ed
e a n t han bag that had 52 panels e a n t han e inte ba ior lining be ause h sc aps had otten s small, she r ma o n e n o s h m k s s p t a s i o d n p . Besco s
produ e n o s h m k s s p t a s i o d n p stands as a bul e n o s h m k s s p t a s i o d n p k ag inst a dw ba ad 5 ro an a nd f a cr lo he
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hig -octane llur of hide de ign gen gn use be nsp ide de like ean-Cla de pi de in and laude M ntana t on co dé f e u i C a d o e l i b t g i k n s g Cuir re eals
it pr elf to use be nsp to real a t for of stro f e u i C a d o e l i b t g i k n s g and it pr cise lines. “I t ke a lot of use be nsp to rat on fro archi ec u e a d the hap s arou l d e,” sh no es. T .
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