Canon and Stella McCartney Unveil Limited Edition Camera Bag Collaboration

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<p>Canon and Stella McCartney have announced an exclusive collaboration unveiling the limited edition Linda camera bag. Named after Stella’s mother and specially designed for the Canon EOS 100D White, the Linda camera bag combines fashion and technology with creativity and style.</p>
<p>Functional without compromising on style and true to Stella McCartney’s vegetarian philosophy, the Linda camera bag is completely cruelty free, crafted with an innovative Eco Alter Nappa leather alternative which uses natural vegetable oil coating that is less harmful to the environment. The stylish box shaped bag in a colour combination of matte neutral tones and metallic finish has been custom designed to house the Canon EOS 100D White, the world’s smallest DSLR camera. The chic EOS 100D is the perfect camera for those looking to explore the world of photography, whatever their skill level.</p>
<p>The camera bag also doubles as a sophisticated everyday handbag featuring an adjustable strap to be worn either over the shoulder or as a handheld tote.</p>
<p>A limited run of 1,000 bags will be produced and will only be available as a special package with the EOS 100D White. Within the UK, the package will be available from Harrods and Selfridges for £1,200.</p>
<div id="attachment_17493" style="width: 585px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://www.canonrumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/canonbag.jpeg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-17493" src="http://www.canonrumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/canonbag-575x575.jpeg" alt="The Canon & Stella McCartney collaboration." width="575" height="575" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The Canon & Stella McCartney collaboration.</p></div>
<p>The special design collaboration between Canon and Stella McCartney was presented last night at the launch of the the 2014 London Stella McCartney Green Carpet Collection during London Fashion Week at a certified sustainable event co-hosted by Livia Firth, Natalie Massenet, Stella McCartney and Anna Wintour. The limited edition camera bag was presented alongside the designer’s exclusive sustainable evening capsule collection.</p>
<p>Stella McCartney is best known for her creativity, sense of style, innovation, and modern and ethical approach to fashion – making the brand a natural partner for Canon, which shares a mutual commitment to responsible and sustainable business.</p>
<p>Stella McCartney said, “Growing up with a mother and a sister who are photographers, I have fond memories of them pulling out cameras from their bags snapping and capturing moments. It was a no brainer to create a bag for this brilliant Canon camera, because it was really exciting to design something fashionable and stylish that encourages people to take photographs.”</p>
<p>Susie Donaldson, Marketing Director at Canon UK and Ireland said, “Photography and fashion have always gone hand-in-hand, with beautiful, evocative imagery at the heart of Fashion Week. For almost a decade, Canon has played an integral role in capturing the beauty, design, style and excitement of Fashion Weeks across Europe. We are thrilled to be collaborating with Stella McCartney, one of the most talent and admired designers, and extremely proud to be able to launch this striking piece at London Fashion Week.”</p>
<p><strong>Pricing and availability</strong></p>
<p>The Linda camera bag, complete with EOS 100D White will be available from Harrods and Selfridges on from early November 2014 for £1,200.</p>
<p>For more information please visit: <a href="http://www.canon.co.uk/stellamccartney">www.canon.co.uk/stellamccartney</a></p>
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Re: Almost too precious for words

JonAustin said:
Was Linda McCartney / is Stella McCartney a photographer, or is Stella just trading on her dead mother's name?

Linda was a famous photographer. Stella is a globally recognised designer... I have no trouble in her "honouring" her mother's name. That being said, I think someone in Canon's marketing department should get a grip. What a crass idea... The white SL1 was bad enough, but this is just too far from the knitting to be true.

Get back to things truly photographic Canon!
 
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Stella McCartney is a fashion designer who is known for her excessive use of fringe in her designs.

See http://tomandlorenzo.com/?s=in+Stella for examples and commentary on her work.

Personally, I do not care for most of her designs. I guess we can be thankful she didn't add fringe to this bag. But I think we really should call it a camera case, because there seems to be very little room to put anything inside of it other than the camera and lens. Okay, there does seem to be a zippered pocket on the side in which you could place your iPhone. Assuming the bag is big enough that you could put the new iPhones in it. And the short handles on that thing are virtually nonfunctional.

It will be very interesting to see who buys this. I wonder if the purpose of this is for Canon to gain some marketing information on a particular target demographic that the company is interested in pursuing. As I've said, the bag isn't that functional, but it does have on some level a high cuteness factor.
 
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I think it is safe to assume the VAST majority of us on a photo geek site like this are men and this product is obviously for women. As such, I don't think it's a bad idea. Of course it does not appeal to any of us, but I am not sure why people here would think it is so awful or somehow shows Canon is desperate. IMO they are reaching a new market which to me makes good business sense.

Plus I like white cameras. When the M went on sale for 299, I bought a white one for my point and shoot.
 
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Great product Canon - my wife has much smaller hands than I do, and loves using the 100D (well it's that or the 1Ds3)

I showed this and she almost spat on the floor at their name. I'll be sure to remind her next time we get a Canon rep around ;-) :)

After Hassie-bling, we get a range of tawdry Cano-bling...
 
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Canons Reputation is ok for all that People who do their Job in Sport-, Journalism- and Wildlife-Photography. That stuff smells like sweat and blood, Mosquitos and Cocaine, Gunpowder and elephant dung.

Obviously the Canon-Guys are now working on their Image in the World of Chanel No 5. :)

Greetings Andy
 
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Berowne said:
Canons Reputation is ok for all that People who do their Job in Sport-, Journalism- and Wildlife-Photography. That stuff smells like sweat and blood, Mosquitos and Cocaine, Gunpowder and elephant dung.

Obviously the Canon-Guys are now working on their Image in the World of Chanel No 5. :)

Greetings Andy

Gunpowder and elephant dung?

Talk about a job where you just stand around all day and "shoot the Sh*t" :)
 
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