The story of a bag and its owner...
The very first Clippykit was made by me, Calypso Rose (called Clippy by my friends) on the kitchen table. This was because I wanted to display all my collection of Polaroid photographs in a bag. Lots and lots of people stopped me in the street and wanted to know where the bag had come from. I put 250 bags into production. I customised a large bag with a sign saying ‘stop me and buy one’ and I hired a stall on the Portobello Road, London. I sold all my bags in the first month – hurrah. Clippykit was up and running.
Very lovely celebrities started to carry Clippykits, including Helena Bonham Carter (and her mum), Jools and Jamie Oliver were spotted under a Dolly Brolly and Thandie Newton said she was making up a jumbo washbag with keepsakes for her small daughter.
At 22 years I became the London Young Business Person of the Year (very exciting!) and since then the range has just kept growing, with no pocket left unturned. I now run the company with my fabulous mum Clare, who does a lot and Ted the dog who does a bit and Cabbage the bunny who just looks pretty.
