When CSC Met Brompton
When you think of Cambridge, you think of cycling, that’s why our logo features a hand drawn bicycle. We couldn’t dream up a more fitting collaboration than with Brompton Bicycle, the manufacturer of the iconic folding bike.
#CSCSpotted - Our Bags, Your Style
Looking for some #CSCspotted competition inspiration? Look no further.
Happy Birthday Ma'am!
The Cambridge Satchel Company has teamed up with The Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust to create a special, limited edition, collection of bags to celebrate excellence in British Craftsmanship and Her Majesty The Queen’s 90th birthday.
Fortnum & Mason - Complimentary Personality Event
We’re very proud to now be stocking our bags in Fortnum & Mason in Piccadilly. Established in 1707, Fortnum’s is one of London’s oldest and most prestigious department stores.
#CSCXBrompton Behind The Scenes
To launch our brand new collaboration with British brand Brompton, manufacturer of the iconic folding bike, we headed to our hometown of Cambridge for a photo and video shoot.
Mothering Sunday - Classic With A Twist
By Julie Deane OBE, Founder and CEO of The Cambridge Satchel Company In preparing to write this I started reading about Mother’s Day – the grand issue of the positioning of the apostrophe being a driver.
Keep Things Personal
There’s something quite lovely about owning something that feels like it belongs to you and only you. Once you’ve picked the bag or accessory you love and the colour you want, we can’t think of a more classic finishing touch than adding your initials, or a symbol, onto the leather.
Friday, I'm In Love: What To Wear This Weekend
Well done everyone, we made it through January and February! We’re officially filling our diaries with fun weekend plans and giving our wardrobes a new lease of life just in time for Spring.
The Best Of CSCSpotted
The beauty of our bags is that they can been worn by anyone, anywhere. We love seeing pictures of your bags, from the second they arrive on your doorstep to your first adventure together.
The Embellished Handbag For Hand & Lock
At The Cambridge Satchel Company, we love to celebrate craftsmanship. We are proud of the fact that all of our bags are handmade in the UK, so when England’s oldest embroidery house Hand & Lock asked us to join them with their 250th anniversary celebration: ‘The Embellished Handbag: A Celebration of 250 years of Fashion and Embroidery’, we jumped at the chance.
Inspiration Behind Our New Spring Collection
THE THEME by Julie Deane, Founder & CEO “This season, we’re feeling nostalgic. We miss the glamorous, exciting ritual of travelling from an era gone by. A time when taking a trip was something really special; people had less but appreciated everything more
Our Bags (In Real Life) By Team CSC
Here at The Cambridge Satchel Company we believe in style over fast fashion. Our bags are a hybrid of classic design and modern details and they’re built to wear again and again.
Postcards From The Penguin Post Office
If you know anything about us, you’ll know that we love a challenge. When the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust (our neighbours in Cambridge) approached us about selling our satchels in their Post Office in Port Lockroy, at the very tip of the Antarctic – we jumped at the chance.
CSC Journeys To The Antarctic
Position: Lat. 64° 49′ S, Long. 63° 30′ W The UK Antarctic Heritage Trust is a Cambridge based organisation committed to preserving and promoting British Antarctic Heritage.
CSC Stories – The Travelling Satchel By Millie Baker, Creative Designer
As part of our #CSCstories project, we’re asking our team, friends and fans to share with us the story of their satchel.
CSCStories - The Girl With The Yellow Bag By Dorothea Glenn
As part of our new project #CSCstories, we’re asking our friends and fans to share the story of their bag. When we found out that Dot from our UK PR agency named her blog after one of our classic Yellow satchels, we knew there was a story there to tell. We asked Dot to spill the beans…
CSC Stories - My Favourite Satchel By Julie Deane
We’ve got a thing for great stories. As part of our new #CSCstories project, we’re asking you, our fans, to share with us the story of your bag. From how you came to find each other to the adventures you’ve been on together, we want to know it all. Find out more about how you can get involved here.
CSC Stories - Every Satchel Has A Story
“There was somebody who took a photograph of somebody proposing to his girlfriend in Central Park in New York with a Cambridge Satchel on her lap. That’s a great story, isn’t it.”- Julie Deane
Little Things To Make January A Little Bit Better
Here at CSC, we’re starting 2017 the right way by making little changes to our every day routines rather than committing to big, sweeping (often unrealistic and a bit daunting) resolutions.
Better At Being Better By Julie Deane, Founder And CEO
Yes it’s the time for reflections and resolutions – what use is reflection if not to figure out a better way forward? 2016 saw us launch our mega bag, The Poppy – it’s been a massive hit but that came as no surprise as the team had all experienced that moment of falling in love when we first showed Poppy around.
CSCSpotted Lady Gaga Carrying CSC
“When a celebrity we admire wears one of our bags, it’s always an amazing moment. They could carry any bag they want and they choose our bag. That’s a great feeling.” Julie Deane, Founder & CEO.
A Week In The Life Of Our Content Editor
We’re kicking off the New Year with a new post in our ‘A Week in the life’ series, this time focusing on our Content Editor, Sarah Brand.
Christmas, Cambridge And A Little Bit Of Glamour by Briony Whitehouse, A Girl A Style
A friend of The Cambridge Satchel Company since the early years, we asked Briony Whitehouse from A Girl A Style to tell us all about her plans for the festive season and why Cambridge is at it’s most beautiful at this time of year.
Ten Realistic New Year's Resolutions By Dolly Alderton
Sunday Times Style Columnist, the voice behind The Dolly Mail and co-host of The Pandolly Podcast, Dolly Alderton tells us why she’s thinking small with her resolutions for 2017.