OUR STORY
THE DESIGNER
YEN CONDÉ
EVERYTHING BEGINS WITH LOVE, ALSO THESE BAGS.
LET ME TELL YOU THE TALE OF A MODERN TRAVELER WHO FELL HEAD OVER HEELS FOR SICILY - ITS CULTURE, ITS BREATHTAKING BEAUTY, AND ITS AWE-INSPIRING SENSE OF FASHION.
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MEET YEN - WHO FOUND HERSELF ENCHANTED BY THE GLAMOUR AND RICH HISTORY ENCAPSULATED IN THE ICONIC HANDMADE SICILIAN COFFA BAG.
DRIVEN BY A DEEP PASSION, HER MISSION BECAME CLEAR: TO EXTEND THIS LOVE AFFAIR TO THE WORLD. HER GOAL IS TO PROVIDE A GENUINE ALTERNATIVE TO THE EVERYDAY BAG, CRAFTING UNIQUE, ELEGANT ART PIECES THAT CAPTURE THE ESSENCE OF HER SICILY LOVE STORY.
THE BRAND
"SICILY, THE FAMOUS ITALIAN ISLAND, STANDS AS THE BIRTHPLACE OF AMORE SICILIANO™, WHERE THE COFFA BAG REIGNS AS A SYMBOL OF SICILIAN FOLK ICONOGRAPHY. WITH A KEEN EYE ON THE FASHION INDUSTRY, THESE BAGS HAVE TRANSFORMED INTO A
HIGH-END PHENOMENON, MAKING A RECENT COMEBACK ON
THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE THANKS TO THE SICILIAN LUXURY POWERHOUSE, DOLCE & GABBANA.
THE SICILIAN COFFA, AN ANCIENT STRAW BASKET, TRACES ITS ROOTS BACK TO THE YEAR 1154. CRAFTED FROM SICILIAN DWARF PALM STRAW, SOURCED FROM THE ISLAND'S MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN,
OUR AMORE SICILIANO® BAGS ARE METICULOUSLY HANDMADE.
THE EXPERTISE OF THIS CRAFT IS PRESERVED BY A FEW REMAINING PRACTITIONERS OF THIS FADING ART-FORM. EACH BAG IS ADORNED WITH LION'S HEADS, PLAYFUL POMPOMS, GOLDEN MIRRORS,
AND AUTHENTIC ITALIAN FABRICS, ALL METICULOUSLY APPLIED
IN THE TRADITIONAL SICILIAN STYLE,
FOLLOWING THE UNIQUE DESIGNS OF YEN CONDÉ."
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