The New Passepartout Happy was born from YOU! I had so many requests for a bag sized to fit between the ANDI Large and The Weekender. I wanted this to be a super packable bag - and so I imagined my ideal beach bag - because if it can handle a family trip to the beach, it could handle almost anything. But it needed to be more than just a big bag. It had to go wherever I go: yoga, co-working, gym, travel. It needed pockets big enough for a laptop or iPad Pro, plus the kind of open space that swallows your day without losing your essentials. Since our materials for this were limited (our structured recycled “denim”), I wanted this to be made with our U.S.-based team at Mile High Workshop.

With a lot of collaboration with our team, we made it happen and I could not be more proud. The first iteration of The Passepartout Happy, made with our remaining grey denim fabric, sold out almost instantaneously. And so we are bringing it back with what’s left of our blue denim, hence the limited quantity available. 

And what makes it truly meaningful is who makes it. Each bag is sewn in Colorado by the incredible team members of Esperanza Productions at Mile High Workshop—organizations that empower people through second-chance employment and hands-on skill-building.

I fell in love with this bag the moment I held the first prototype. It pained me to send it off to Alessandro for photos! Since then, The Passepartout comes with me everywhere—big work days, soccer games, family outings, the gym, quick overnights and OF COURSE, the beach! It’s become the bag I reach for without thinking—because it just works, for everything.