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Sharon Paris designs and makes high-end fashion accessories that make a statement – literally.

Paris House handbags and wallets bear small quirky phrases inside and out, such as "I like to push your buttons" and "Shut up and get on with it".

Ms Paris began selling the leather accessories about five years ago and they can now be picked up in high-fashion and upmarket department stores around the world, including Harvey Nichols in Hong Kong, Liberty and Urban Outfitters in London, and Colette in Paris.

The wallets, which sell for $100 to $200, are made in China and the bags, costing $500 upwards, are made by a small family operation in Portugal. The company gets most of its leather from Italy and the rest from New Zealand.