Olympia Le-Tan turns the clutch into a small, hand-held argument for taking culture out at night. Founded in 2009 by Gregory Bernard and Olympia Le-Tan, the label is known for hand-embroidered designs that borrow from books, art, and cinema. These are not quiet accessories, and that is precisely why they work.
Olympia Le-Tan
Hand-Embroidered Canvas
The label's embroidered canvas clutches make the case for accessories with a point of view. Olympia Le-Tan was founded in 2009 by Gregory Bernard and Olympia Le-Tan, and its visual language has long drawn on literature, art, and memorable cultural images. The appeal is in the tension between a formal minaudière shape and a subject that refuses to behave.
Brunch Club embroidered canvas clutch
Olympia Le-Tan
$2,160
Good Luck embroidered canvas clutch
Olympia Le-Tan
$2,585
Lettres de Capri embroidered canvas clutch
Olympia Le-Tan
$2,135
Toscana embroidered canvas clutch
Olympia Le-Tan
$2,415
The Loving embroidered canvas clutch
Olympia Le-Tan
$2,190
Waffles: Breakfast For Champions embroidered canvas clutch
Olympia Le-Tan
$1,890
Rome embroidered canvas clutch
Olympia Le-Tan
$2,380
Cote d'Azur embroidered canvas clutch
Olympia Le-Tan
$2,250
The Scream embroidered canvas clutch
Olympia Le-Tan
$2,225
Tulip embroidered canvas clutch
Olympia Le-Tan
$2,190
Dandelion embroidered canvas clutch
Olympia Le-Tan
$1,870
Wonder Woman embroidered canvas clutch
Olympia Le-Tan
$2,585
Appliquéd Stories
The appliquéd pieces push that same idea toward places, drinks, and little scenes. Olympia Le-Tan's own account describes a process that starts with a favorite book, painting, or cultural moment before artists turn it into a pattern for hand embroidery, a process that can take up to 300 hours. Wear one with a simple dress or plain tailoring and let the clutch carry the conversation.
Marbella appliquéd embroidered canvas clutch
Olympia Le-Tan
$2,245
Napoli appliquéd embroidered canvas clutch
Olympia Le-Tan
$2,175
Breakfast At Tiffany's appliquéd embroidered canvas clutch
Olympia Le-Tan
$1,895
Aroma d'Italia appliquéd embroidered canvas clutch
Olympia Le-Tan
$1,835
Rum Punch appliquéd embroidered canvas clutch
Olympia Le-Tan
$2,010
Costa Del Sol appliquéd embroidered canvas clutch
Olympia Le-Tan
$2,305
Lobster appliquéd embroidered canvas clutch
Olympia Le-Tan
$1,940
Los Angeles appliquéd embroidered canvas clutch
Olympia Le-Tan
$2,210
Our honest take
Olympia Le-Tan is for the person who would rather own one strange, beautifully made object than five anonymous evening bags. The prices and limited-edition sensibility make these a deliberate purchase, not an everyday utility play, and the visual references reward a little curiosity. If you take one thing away, keep the rest of the outfit restrained and let the smallest thing in your hand have the loudest opinion.
