The Bite Magazine - Autumn/Winter 2021 - Issue 30

bitebags ZackxA.Cloud W hen art and photography come together, they can produce something that equally complements the camera and retro aesthetics. Luxury bag with a vintage soul brand A.Cloud founded in 2016 and registered in 2017, collaborated with fashion photographer Zack Zhang to create an elegant and fashionable accessory capable of carrying professional photographic cameras and mobile phones, which have transformed the art of photography into immediate ac- tion. A.Cloud is deeply influenced by retro aesthetics and has a fas- cination with simple geometric structures to find the perfect balance between classic vintage and future modern style. The brand designs timelessly stylish, yet functional handbags for independent women that are affordable and created with lux- ury materials and craftsmanship. A strong sense of femininity pervades A.Cloud’s simple and romantic designs, who believes that an independent woman is multifarious, like the clouds in the sky. Renaissance Rebirth is an exploration of time past, present and future that experiments with a collection of renaissance and postmodernist aesthetic styles. Isabella Baby and Legal, Roman Column Doric Bucket, Roman Column Ionic, Roman Column Ionic Mid and Roman Column Ionic Mini Totes are architec- turally sculptured by the elegantly fluent lines of the Doric and Ionic orders with a colour palette that includes Cheese Yellow, Deep Space Grey, Smoked Rose, So Black, Beige White, Apricot Yellow and Vert Green. Future Notes is partly inspired by Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049 focusing on post-modern, futuristic AI heroines exploring the past and future, and seeking the meaning of ex- istence. In this world of absurdity, the human-clone dons a shoulder-padded vintage outfit, feeling imperiously beautiful, yet helplessly melancholic. Living within the smog-shrouded city of desolation, where light and shadow intersect between the phantasmagorias of high rises, she wanders alone in a daze. One of the sources of inspiration for the Book Collection is film director Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Dreamers which is im- bued with the revolutionary romance of the 1960s Parisian In- telligentsia. The hardware in the Book Clutch available in Ash Green, Burgundy and Pecan Brown and Book Shaped Lock Messenger in Black, Chocolate, Dark Blue, Peppercorn and Vanilla Custard features A.Cloud’s in-house designed metals using 3D-printing technology to form the model. The Balance Collection draws inspiration from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey which presents a space-age retro-futuristic outlook created by amalgamating the characteristics of the 1960s-1990s styles to achieve a balance by combining retro and modern designs. In this collection, you will find the Spacecraft Shaped Lock Bucket in Black or Grey White and Hal Circle Dot Handle Bag in Grey White, Grey Blue or Rose Brown. With the Louvre Collection, A.Cloud presented a special cap- sule bag collection in collaboration with the Musèe du Louvre in Paris, France. This allowed creative director Adrienne Yang to enhance her brand identity in art, decorating her iconic models with a selection of the most important works exhibited Images courtesy of A.Cloud