About LUXURY OUTLET
A factory outlet, taken literally
Welcome to LUXURY OUTLET. We sell handbags and accessories directly from the factory, which is a surprisingly literal use of a term that can now describe an entire shopping village with fountains. Somewhere along the way, looking for a discounted handbag became an excursion with lunch. We rather liked the part where you got the handbag.
The word outlet used to tell you something about how a product got there. It might be surplus, a discontinued color, or a perfectly good piece that had committed the commercial offense of belonging to last season. Today, the word can also mean a collection made specifically for an outlet or a shop in an outlet mall. In our case, it tells you where the goods come from. You can see why we were tempted to put it in the name.
The pleasure of a good bag
We’re Cris and Kiko. We came to fashion through fashion photography before moving into design and curation, and those years behind the camera made us particular about proportion, finish, and how a bag sits against the body. They also taught us that something can look irresistible in a photograph and be a nuisance after an afternoon.
That experience still informs what we choose. Some bags earn their place by going with almost everything you own. Others make you want to get dressed on a day when you had absolutely no plans. We understand both impulses, and we have a particular fondness for a piece that can do both.
Another ALT LUXE sandcastle
We owe the sandcastle idea to Matt Diggity, whose advice about building sites around search terms we may have taken a little too seriously. Each of our shops gives us a different corner of fashion to explore. LUXURY OUTLE picks up the story after the first owner, giving us plenty to say about factory sales and the remarkable social rehabilitation of the word. LUXURY OUTLET starts where the goods are made. Of all the keywords we’ve worked with, LUXURY OUTLET may need the least creative direction.
What we expect of the shop
We run LUXURY OUTLET independently, which gives us the pleasure and responsibility of choosing what goes into it. We want the object, the price and the description to agree. If you want to know something about a piece before buying it, ask us. We’re quite happy to discuss the length of a strap, the finish of a clasp or whether there’s room for the things you actually carry.
There’s a particular satisfaction in finding a bag you love at a price you’re happy to pay. That’s the bit of outlet shopping we wanted to keep. The handbag can supply whatever drama the occasion requires.