About Mary Frances

Mary Frances Shaffer is an accomplished entrepreneur with 25 years of leadership and business experience who started Mary Frances Accessories in 1989. What started as a home-based wholesale handbag business, quickly developed into a multi-million dollar corporation employing over 700 people.

In 2004 Mary received the Accessory Designer of the Year Award at the Dallas Fashion Awards and continues to receive accolades from the design community for her handbags and accessory creations. Her creative flair and infinite energy is supported by her view that "life is too short to dress boring". And we couldn't agree more!

Mary Frances has a true passion for design resulting in unique, quality accessories that suit every individual style and strongly express different personalities. Every bag is handmade, becoming a true, one of a kind treasure to their owner. Unexpected textures and colour combinations create bags that are full of life, innovative and simply stunning. It's no wonder Mary Frances designs have continued to captivate many hearts and imaginations all around the world.