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Byline: Jane Herman
In the spring of 2004, Devi Kroell debuted her collection of disco-metallic snakeskin satchels, and fashion lovers followed as if they'd been charmed. These simple sacks stitched of opulent skins were made even more hysterically cool with their then-innovative finishes of platinum, gold, and rusty copper: a giant shimmery-pink python hobo? It was unheard of, and an instant It.
Three years, five namesake collections, and a store in East Hampton later, Kroell, who won Swarovski's Perry Ellis Award for emerging talent in accessories design at the CFDA awards last June, is still making this signature bag by the hundreds. It's that good. But she's taken its concept-a simple silhouette that's totally outrageous otherwise-further. In Kroell's ...