article_snippet.sent: The £2,000 designer tote bag, hand-made in Japan, was a 50th birthday gift for Hampstead woman, Sabine Smouha, from Hampstead woman husband Jeremy, the director of an investments company.
article_snippet.sent: High end: A £2,000 designer tote bag, hand-made from African Nile crocodile skinin Japan by exclusive designer Hikiji .
article_snippet.sent: Judge Anne Redston spotted the 'very pretty bag' on the website of elite Japanese handbag maker, Hikiji.
article_snippet.sent: the 'very pretty bag' on the website of elite Japanese handbag maker, Hikiji, was the creation of top designer, Mayumi Kondo.
article_snippet.sent: Mayumi Kondo paid $3,400 for it and it arrived in the UK by express mail, in time for Mrs Smouha - who happy day.
article_snippet.sent: It was the first time that the Japanese company had exported to the UK, but she was unaware of that.
article_snippet.sent: Mrs Smouha's is not in business and the bag was a birthday present.
article_snippet.sent: the bag cost $3,400 and Mrs Smouha's did everything
highlights_snippet.sent: The bag was a 50th birthday gift from her investments manager husband .
  