REPOST: The amazing bags that look just like cartoons – but are actually REAL

Tired of those similar-looking designer bags? This article on the Daily Mail features Taipei designer duo Rika Lin and Chay Su and their line of quirky, optical illusion bags sure to turn heads wherever they go.  

Have these eye-popping bags dropped out of the latest Disney cartoon and been photo-shopped into these images?

It certainly looks that way, but stare at them and you'll see that they are in fact 100 percent real and exist as you see them in the fashion flesh.

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The quirky bags created created by Taipei-based design duo, Rika Lin and Chay Su, are designed to look like bold, colourful 2D drawings that have come to life. And they really do!

There's no doubt wandering down the street with one of these will make people do a double take.

This cool idea came to the designers one afternoon when the friends were sketching their dream designer bag. 

They thought how amazing it would be if a two-dimensional hand-drawn illustration could come to life as a real bag so they then set off exploring the possibilities.

After much hard work, eventually they're brand 'Jump From Paper' was born.

'We love to confuse people, but more so, we love to see them burst out into laughter once they realize these are real bags.' said Chay and Rika, who aim to take fashion outside the proverbial box.

The girls, say they're 'addicted to collecting funny and weird stuff', and take inspiration for their designs from everything in their daily life. 

The bags, which started as a small run in 2010, are now a hit in over 25 countries worldwide.

In the UK, they are exclusively available at the Saatchi Gallery on London's trendy King Road and the website, jumpfrompaper.com.

The designs include handbags, shoulder bags, cross body bags, backpacks, purses and laptop and ipad bags and start at 30 Euros for a purse and up to 150 Euros for the bigger bags.

Their imaginatively named collections include Time Machine and Wanderlust.

The limited edition Time Machine series are all 1950s inspired and include the cute, spotty Ballerina (90 Euros) and the red, white and blue striped Swing-Swing (95 Euros).

And don't worry, your man need not miss out. The Wanderlust manbag costs Euros 150. 

The designers' ethos is to be 'colorful, quirky and always with a sense of humor'.

They say they're driven by a passion to create laughter and to encourage people to let their imaginations go wild. 

'Why take everything so seriously?' say Chay and Rika. We quite agree!

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