Gina Alexander Handbags Company History

Thanks to Gina Alexander's strong sense of fun, fashion and family, you never have to leave your loved ones behind again. You can take them with you: put your honey on a handbag, your baby on a diaper bag, your kids on a tote or your pooch on a pack. Gina's fun enterprise takes your personal photos and turns them into works of art you carry proudly everywhere you go. Gina, a native of Hollywood, California, had been designing handbags and accessories for 10 years when she came up with the idea to make beautiful, personal, one-of-a-kind bags using her customers' personal photos. She asked her marketing-savvy cousin, Alexander Aquino, to help get the idea off the ground. Sharing a strong work ethic and a dream, Gina and Alexander have a real success story on (and in) their hands.

Designer Gina Alexander and actress friend Victoria Rowell, share a love of shopping, fashion and great causes. Both Gina and Victoria are dedicated to children's adoption-foster organizations. In fact, a portion of every Gina Alexander bag sold is donated to an adoption with Hope for Children, Inc. Gina and her husband, Richard, adopted their daughter, Katelyn, through Hope in 2002. Victoria has her own foundation, The Rowell Foster Children's Organization, which joins efforts with Bruce Willis Foundation. Gina Alexander was adopted and Victoria Rowell lived in 5 different foster homes as a child.