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The Legacy of Judith Leiber







Judith Leiber creations are a cut above the competition; incomparable in quality and craftsmanship. These artful handbags and minaudières are part of the permanent design collections at The Victoria and Albert Museum in London, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, The Smithsonian Institute in Washington, The Houston Museum of Fine Arts and the Los Angeles Museum of Art. Adding to Hollywood’s nearly 50-year love affair with the brand, almost every First Lady dating back to 1963 has carried these custom-made bags to the U.S. Presidential Inauguration ceremonies. Judith Leiber is truly an iconic American brand.

First a look at the new arrivals, a limited edition of triple tiered cake minaudiere.

Topsy Turvy

Blue Bows
Hard Candy
Blush pink octogonal minaudiere


Madeleine in Raspberry Python
Clutch with enamel and crystal floral closure
Now a look at some of Judith Leiber's amazing creations.

Kyoto
The Pagoda minaudiere

Ming
Dragon minaudiere

Animal series
Pigtail
Pig minaudiere
Humble
Penguin minaudiere
Wilbur
Hedgehog minaudiere

Ling
Panda minaudiere

And last, the exquisite series of fans

Fluttering Geisha
Empress

Courtesy Judith Leiber

1984 or For Whom The Bell Tolls ..... Made in Paris with Love by Olympia Le-Tan

Moby Dick, Lord and Jim and the list goes on.... " They are books you can't read." The Novel Handbag is a collection of minaudieres and bags designed by Olympia Le-Tan. Fashion designer Olympia Le-Tan accessories line features clutch bags, suitcases and pouches with a hand-knitted exterior inspired directly by some of literature's classic first-edition covers, stolen from the library of her artistic father Pierre Le-Tan. This season, her collection is inspired by Paris, the 1940's surrealism, covers of book that were turned into movies.
" I was thinking there were all these beautiful books around and they were being forgotten with everybody on the Internet, so I made it  so that you can carry them around, " said Le-Tan.













Images, courtesy of Olympia Le-Tan