About the Brand

Bringing together a love of organic forms with a desire to create low waste, slow fashion, Isla de Gar creates sculptural, tactile, wearable works of art.   Each piece is handmade to order in London by a team of designers and makers. That’s why when you receive your bag, you’ll see it signed by one of the team - a fingerprint of the work and love that has gone into making it. 

Isla de Gar began life during the pandemic, when Founder and Creative Director, Emma Garner, found herself on furlough and back at her parent’s house. With time to spare, she returned to what she loved most—making. Drawing on her experience as a handbag designer for both high-end and high-street brands, and going back to her roots in textiles, she started experimenting with 3D surfaces. Slowly, over months, intricately crocheted bags took shape, and the Hive was born.