Pastiche of the past
Nikki Williams has several outstanding memories of growing up on a farm at Upper Turon near the historic NSW gold-mining village of Sofala. One is of being obsessed with fashion. Another is a fascination for leatherwork and being “pony-mad”. In many ways, little has changed as Nikki is now the principal of her eponymous luxe handbag collection, which reflects the quality and respect for craftsmanship that leather workers always put into making horse saddles and bridles.
“Some of my earliest memories are of making rugs and clothes from rabbit skins for my Barbie dolls,” Nikki recalls. “Growing up on the farm gave me freedom to ride horses in my spare time and I was always intrigued by the
