KARA's crystal mesh 'Lunch' bag was created in celebration of NYC-based chef, author and multidisciplinary artist Angela Dimayuga and the launch of her first cookbook. The rhinestone covered clutch was inspired by Dimayuga’s experience of growing up as a first generation Asian American in the Bay Area.
Sharing a childhood memory, Dimayuga said “For me, a lunch bag is so related to my upbringing as a Filipino American and my parents wanting me to feel American. They would give me a brown bag lunch every day — filling it with American snacks like Capri Sun, Doritos, sometimes a sandwich, because that's what the other Americans were having and that was them exploring luxury. And of course, at certain times I would have rice and spam in my lunch bag too, but I know that they found a particular joy in giving me a brown bag lunch.”
