Behind the scenes

Woowooki Bags

We met Lera Pechenaya & Adndrey Netovannyy Founders of Woowooki.

Country: Kiev, Ukraine What: Bags| For: Men, Women | Style: minimal, handcrafted, petit luxe | Category: Emerging Brand

Our story is told by the universal language: of lines, of harmony, of simplicity.

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1. What's the meaning of woowooki?

Woowooki – Behind the name, a word with several meanings.

First meaning – some kind of creatures/spirits from the invisible world.
Second – mirror of the internal personality, state of being.

Every one can become woowooki when we think about our intside world and when we reflect it outside.

Handcrafted Bags in Kiev, Ukraine
Kiev based artisanal Studio

2. As a designer, where do you draw your inspiration from?

We are inspired by various things: lines, forms, people…Sometimes it can be a simple word that inspired us with our backpack Sinobu.
The concept of a Nindja backpack which we developed further. Sometimes fabrics and textures dictate images.

3. How would you describe your designs?

Like a declaration of LOVE to every owner of each bag.

What do Woowooki's founders carry in their bags?

In Woowooki's Bags
Keys, wallet, sunglasses, phone, camera, headphones, charger

4. How did you get into designing bags?

Our designer team is 2 people who esteblished the brand. Lera Pechenaya dedicated more than 10 years to fashion.

Andrey Netovanniy stopped his office work in Russia in 2012. He moved to Liverpool where he started studying leather work.

Both met in Budapest at a festival in 2015 and decided to launch a collection which kicked off the brand story.

5. Which one is your favourite piece from your collection and why?

In reality we don’t have any favourite one. All of our bags are like children for us. Lera often carries the red leather KOWA bag.

6. When you are creating a piece or a collection, how does the process work?

Usually we start with an idea. Lera the creative director is responsible for that.

She is drawing pictures, thinks through the idea in details. After that comes the making and technology where Andrey plays his role. He is responsible for prototypes, materials, pilots e.t.c

Sinobu Bags
Our aesthetics is clear for an old samurai, the modern metropolis resident and a visionary.

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Sinobu Backapack by Woowooki

7. If you weren’t a designer, what would you be doing?

Andrey would have become a musician as he was actually playing in a band before.

Lera would have become a writer if not, a fashion designer.

8. Your favourite moment of the day?

Sunset.

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