New York-based brand offering Italian handmade leather handbags in classic, structured styles at an accessible price point.
ORIGIN
Italy
PRICE TIER
contemporary
Teddy Blake is a New York-based handbag brand founded in 2016 by Samy Waiche. The company was started with the mission to democratize luxury by making high-quality, Italian-crafted leather bags more accessible. The origin story stems from the founder's search for a fairly priced yet luxurious gift, which revealed how much of the cost of traditional designer bags was tied to brand name and marketing rather than materials and craftsmanship. Teddy Blake's core proposition is to offer this same level of quality by using the same Italian leather suppliers and factories as high-end luxury houses, but without the associated markups.