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The 2017 Handbag Awards Photos

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2017 IHDA Winners
3 time IHDA Winner Christopher Belt
3 time IHDA Winner Christopher Belt walking off stage
AHQ Abe Chehebar
AHQ Best Student Winner McCall Morrow
AHQ Chehebar and IHDA Winner McCall Morrow
Accessories Council President Karen Giberson
Adam French receives Finalist phone call
Aimee Kestenberg Winner Christopher Belt
Alexis Spaide receives Finalist phone call
Alyssa Fischeden receives her Finalist phone call
Amy Steele receives Finalist phone call
Ana Karina Serfaty receives Finalist phone call
Andres Vivandi receives Finalist phone call
Basic Adhesives Chris Lynn and Finalist Kate Chan
Becky Moy receives Finalist phone call
Bernina Gayle Shleiman with IHDA Winner Christopher Belt
Best Green Winner Wilby Clutch
Best Overall Winner Elena Longhi
Capturing the IHDA moment
Christopher Belt receives Finalist phone call
Comfort Cases Founder Rob Scheer
Danielle Gumina receives Finalist phone call
Deux Lux Iconoclast Recipient
Deux Lux Iconoclast team
Elena Longhi receives Finalist phone call
Etienne Class receives Finalist phone call
Finalist Adam Ballou
Finalist Aditi Dhar
Finalist Alexis Spaide
Finalist Alyssa Fishenden
Finalist Amy Steele
Finalist Ana Serita Serfaty
Finalist Elif Akayden
Finalist Essi Peuhkuri
Finalist Heather Yang
Finalist India Rae Cohen
Finalist Isabella Queen
Finalist Kate Chan
Finalist Kristina Moneyhun
Finalist Maria Gabriela Duque Albornoz with IHDA All Star Aimee Kestenberg
Finalist Olga Kulenko
Finalist Serena Lin
Finalist Taesoek Kang
Finalist Yiming Lin
Finalists Elif Ayenden and Nelizebeta Strukelj
Finalists Isabelle Queen and Gbemi Johnson jpg
Finalists Melissa Moriarty and Paula Herrera
Founder Emily Blumenthal with her family
Fujifilm Winner Becky Moy
Gabriela Lopez receives Finalist phone call
Guess Winner Anna Hegeman
ICONOCLAST Recipient Sara Naghedi of DEUX LUX
IHDA AllStar Adrian Furstenburg
IHDA Allstar Aimee Kestenberg presenting her category
IHDA Best Green Winner Wilby Clutch
IHDA Finalist Mihoko Mitsumoto
IHDA Finalist Nahrin Yousif
IHDA Finalists and Winners Jennifer Hamley and Danielle Gumina
IHDA Finalists
IHDA Founder Emily Blumenthal
IHDA Founder Emily Blumenthal Winner Christopher Belt and Ken Downing of Neiman Marcus
IHDA Founder Emily Blumenthal and Ken Downing of Neiman Marcus
IHDA Founder Emily Blumenthal and Preliminary Judge Dawn Del Russo
IHDA Founder Emily Blumenthal and her son Charlie
IHDA Handbag display cocktail party
IHDA Winner Anna Hegeman
IHDA Winner Bernina Best Handmade Handbag Christopher Belt
IHDA Winner Best Green Wilby Clutch
IHDA Winner Christopher Belt
IHDA Winner Elena Longhi
IHDA Winner Gabriela Lopez
IHDA Winner Gabriela Lopez accepting award
IHDA Winner Jennifer Hamley
IHDA Winner McCall Morrow
IHDA Winner Shivani Suhag
IHDA Winner hearing his name called Christopher Belt
IHDA Winners Danielle Gumina and Christopher Belt
IHDA gift bag
IHDA handbag display
India Rae Cohen receives Finalist phone call
Italian Finalist Valeria Zingaretti and Winner Elena Longhi
Italian Spumanti to drink
Jennifer Hamley receives Finalist phone call
Juhree Erba receives Finalist phone call in taxi
Juree Ehrba receives Finalist phone call
Kate and Missy Falchi
Ken Downing of Neiman Marcus presenting
Ken Downing of Neiman Marcus with IHDA Allstar Aimee Kestenberg
Kristina Moneyhun receives Finalist phone call
Linda Baumane receives Finalist phone call
Making a statement
Maria Gabriela Duque receives Finalist phone call
McCall Morrow receives Finalist phone call
Mercedes Gonzalez of Global Purchasing
Mihoko Matsumoto receives Finalist phone call
Nahrin Yousif receives Finalist phone call
Nasty Gal Winner Amy Steele
Nick Riviezzo of FUJIFILM
Oeclat receives Finalist phone call
Paula Herrera receives Finalist phone call
Peter Berta and Don Pietranczyk of UBM
Peter Berta of UBM and Kate and Juliet Falchi
Philanthropist Caroline Avakian
Preliminary Judge Dawn Del Russo
Preliminary Judge Leckie Roberts and Blogger Dara Senders
Preliminary Judge Leckie Roberts and IHDA Allstar Tiffany Wu of Heirloom Handbags
Preliminary Judges Sabina Hitchen and Janine Just
Rhonda Zapatka of TrickleUp and Caroline Avakian
Sara Naghedi accepting her ICONOCLAST Award
Save the moment
Shivani Suhag receives Finalist phone call
Shuang Lin receives Finalist phone call
Signal Brands Michael Alexander and Teresa Kanode Ross
Signal Brands Michael Alexander and Teresa Kanode Ross presenting
Taesoek Kang receives Finalist phone call
Tara Plummer receives Finalist phone call
The 11th Handbag Awards completed
The 11th IHDA at the SVA Theatre
The IHDA ceremony
The ceremony begins
The handbag industry in attendance
Tien Duong receives Finalist phone call
TrickleUp Rhonda Zapatka IHDA Winner Gabriela Lopez
Trickle Up Socially Responsible Winner Gabriela Lopez
UBM Peter Berta and IHDA Allstar Aimee Kestenberg
VIP cocktail party
Verdi Spumante enjoyed by all
Winner Anna Hegeman of Van Der Borne
Winner Christopher Belt and IHDA All Star Aimee Kestenberg
Yiming Lin receives Finalist phone call
Capturing the bag moment
Cocktails for all
Amy Steele accepting her Award
Photoworthy bag display
Sponsor Boxed Water
Theatre before showtime
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