Karen Yates is our fearless founder who launched Taylor Yates a luxury leather handbag brand in 2016 with her daughter Ellen.

The brand believes in empowering women by giving them the freedom of choice, in sustainability and in understated, minimal style. Taylor Yates is based in Northern Ireland and all products are made in England using British leather. Each style of bag is named after a woman who inspired Karen as she grew up in Warrington, England.

From Karen “It takes determination, resilience and a lot of hard work to be in any business today and I was reminded of the strong Lancashire women that guided me and gave me the freedom to choose. The bags are fittingly named after those great women in my family.”

You can meet the girls that inspired the bags here. We personally think Mary sounds like someone we want to go to the market with…