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9 September 2022
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September has something January never will: you start again with a tan still on your skin and a head full of ideas. The diary fills up, meetings find their rhythm again, and within a week the holidays have become a memory you carry around like a trace of perfume. It is the month for putting things in order, and the first thing to be reorganised, almost always, is the bag.
A work bag is the object that follows you through the whole day: you pick it up in the morning, set it on the desk, open it a dozen times, take it into meetings, onto trains, out to dinner. It deserves the same attention you would give an important piece of clothing. And this year it is worth looking at it from a different angle: silk.
A silk office bag sounds like a contradiction only until you hold one. EMA-BIA bags are made from structured silk, printed with designs by the Como silk district’s designers and mounted on leather, with hand-stitching at the points that work hardest. The result is an accessory that carries the day like a leather bag and lights it up like a foulard. Here is how to choose one, model by model, and how to make it work with the rest of your September wardrobe.
Anyone who works knows it: the real year does not begin on the first of January. It begins when you sit back down at your desk after the summer, with projects to pick up and new ones to plan. It is a moment of energy, and energy asks for a tangible sign: a new diary, a clean notebook, a bag that has not yet learned the weight of routine.
There is a practical reason too. Summer bags, light and informal, were never meant to carry a laptop, a folder of documents and everything else. September calls for structure, compartments, a secure closure. It calls for materials that do not mind being set down on a train seat or the floor of a meeting room. EMA-BIA office bags answer exactly this need, with a range that runs from the slim briefcase to the roomy shoulder bag.
And then there is the September light, which still holds something of summer. The Como prints, with their geometries and their flowers, keep that light alive inside a professional setting that tends towards grey and navy. A printed silk bag is the most elegant way to bring a little colour into the office without giving up restraint.
The question always comes up: isn’t silk too delicate for a bag you use every day? The answer lies in a word that appears on every EMA-BIA product page: structured. The printed silk is worked so that it holds its shape and stands up to daily use, and it is paired with selected leathers at the most exposed points, handles, flap, base and corners, which are precisely where a work bag wears first.
The metal components are galvanised, the key seams are stitched by hand and every bag is made in Italy. The silk design comes from the designers of the Como silk district, specialists in printing on silk: this is what makes each bag recognisable at a glance, with geometric, floral, arabesque or naïve motifs that change from one collection to the next.
The contrast between the two materials is the signature of EMA-BIA silk bags: the soft sheen of silk beside the matte solidity of leather. On a working day that contrast becomes a bag that gets noticed without raising its voice. If you would like to know how Emanuela Bianchi first imagined the brand, the about us page tells the story.
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If your day revolves around a computer, the Silky Doc is the bag to look at first. It is a document briefcase in printed silk with genuine leather trim, slim yet roomy: it holds A4 documents, a tablet and a laptop up to 13 inches. The measurements say it all: 39 centimetres wide, 27 high and just 4 deep.
The zip closure keeps everything safe as you hurry from one meeting to the next, and the adjustable leather shoulder strap lets you carry it hands-free, leaving room for the coffee, the phone, the badge. Inside, the hammered eco-leather lining protects the screen and feels dry and orderly to the touch.
It is the bag for women who move: the morning train, the coworking space, the client meeting. Geometric prints in blue, red tones, livelier patterns: each Silky Doc has a character of its own, and it is worth choosing the one that best says how you want to be seen this autumn.
Some days the laptop is not enough. You need the diary, a change of shoes, lunch, a light jacket for the evening, and all of it has to fit into a bag that stays elegant. The Silky Maya 40 is EMA-BIA’s answer: 38 centimetres wide, 25 high and 14 deep, a volume that takes everything in without losing its line.
Handles, flap and base are in leather; the body is in printed structured silk; the metal components are gold-tone galvanised. Inside, four small pockets keep keys, make-up and earphones within reach, while the zipped outer pocket on the back is the right place for your phone. Carried on the arm it is chic; carried on the shoulder, with the removable leather strap, it becomes as comfortable as a backpack, without ever looking like one.
This is exactly what you ask of a work bag: that it carries the days without making you feel their weight. The cotton lining, matched to the outer colour, closes the argument with a touch of consistency you only notice when you open it, and that makes a difference every time you are looking for something in a hurry.
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Not every day ends at six. September also brings back working drinks, evening presentations, industry events. The Silky T-Case is designed for that transition: a wrist clutch in silk with leather trim, with minimal lines that look as right on a boardroom table as on the counter of a cocktail bar.
The substance is there too: the T-Case is slim but holds documents, a tablet and a laptop up to 13 inches, closes with a zip and has a wrist strap that keeps it secure when your hands are busy. For anyone who wants something even more compact there is the Silky T-Case mini, the same spirit in a smaller format.
In the same family of work bags you will also find the Silky Baguette, with two compartments and the option of carrying it by hand or on the shoulder, in shades from black and gold to fuchsia and lime green, and the Silky 35, the day handbag with side panels and leather trim, the most versatile choice for anyone who moves between the office and errands. Each line has its own character: choosing means, first of all, understanding how your day is made.
OFFICE BAGS Find your silk work bag: Silky Doc, Silky Maya 40, Silky T-Case |
A new bag is also a chance to decide what you really want to carry. The laptop and its charger, of course, and the paper diary that comes back into fashion every September. Then the small things that make a day easier: a lip balm, earphones, a wallet, a pen that writes well. The Silky Maya 40 files them away in its four inner pockets; the Silky Doc keeps them tidy next to the computer, away from the documents.
One object deserves a permanent place: a silk foulard. Folded, it takes up the space of a notebook, but in the evening, when the air cools or the office is over-air-conditioned, it changes the look in a single gesture. The silk accessories of the Silky Stripes line, with their graphic stripes, speak the same language as the geometric bag prints; tied to the handle of the Silky Maya 40 or to the strap loop of the T-Case, a twilly becomes the quiet signature that makes your bag unlike any other.
One last piece of advice: leave a little empty space. A structured silk bag keeps its line when it is not filled to the brim, and that margin always comes in useful, for the papers handed to you in a meeting or the book bought at lunchtime.
A printed bag needs a wardrobe that gives it room. The simplest rule: one lead player only. If the bag is patterned, the shirt stays plain or picks up one of the colours in the print; if the shirt is printed, choose the bag in its plain version or in a print that shares the same palette.
For September, the combination that works best is a silk shirt with a light blazer, straight trousers and the Silky Doc worn across the body. The shirts of the Ninfea Collection, like the Silky Belle with its elasticated neckline, sit perfectly under a jacket on the first still-mild days. When the temperature starts to drop, the Silky Vest, the stretch silk vest (94% silk, 6% elastane) from the same collection, slips over a white shirt and pairs with the bag effortlessly.
One detail makes all the difference: the wallet. The Silky Wallet line takes up the same prints as the bags and completes the look with a consistency you notice every time you pay for a coffee. It is the kind of attention that sets apart those who chose with care from those who simply bought.
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Silk asks for care, and it is only fair to say so plainly. EMA-BIA bags are not to be washed: structured silk and leather are protected by small daily gestures. Avoid setting them down on wet surfaces, dry raindrops straight away with a soft cloth, and when they are not in use keep them in their dust bag, away from direct light.
For silk shirts and vests there is a single rule: dry cleaning. It is the method that preserves the hand of the fabric and the vibrancy of the print, and it applies to every EMA-BIA garment. With this care a silk bag will see you through many Septembers: not forever, because nothing is, but long enough to become part of your professional story.
Every return needs an object that marks the line between before and after. This year it can be a bag that brings the light of silk and the solidity of leather into the office, designed in Como and handmade in Italy.
Silky Doc for those who live by their laptop, Silky Maya 40 for those who need room, Silky T-Case for those who go straight from the meeting to the aperitivo: the right bag exists, and it is waiting for you.
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