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| Industry | Shoes and accessories |
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| Founded | 2008 in London, England |
| Founder | Charlotte Olympia Dellal |
Area served | Global |
Charlotte Olympia is a British luxury shoe and accessories brand founded by Charlotte Olympia Dellal in 2008. [1]
Dellal launched her label right after graduating from London College of Fashion, where she studied product development and footwear. [1] [2] Her first footwear collection was presented during London Fashion Week in February 2008. [3] In 2010, Charlotte Olympia opened its first store on Maddox Street in London, [1] followed by two stores in New York [4] and Los Angeles. [5] Starting in 2014, the brand opened many more stores worldwide, including in Miami, [6] Hong Kong, [7] and Dubai. [8]
Charlotte Olympia's designs are influenced by classical Hollywood cinema glamour, pin-ups and movie stars from the 1940s and 50s. [2]
The brand has become known for the "island" platform Dolly pump, the Kitty flat and Perspex Pandora clutch box. [9] Although primarily focused on footwear and accessories for women, the label also produces a collection for little girls called 'Incy' [10] and the Tom Cat smoking slipper for men.
Her logo is a spider web design placed under the shoe sole. [11]
Charlotte Olympia Della was born on June 5 in 1981 [12] in Cape Town, South Africa, [13] to a Brazilian model Andréa de Magalhães Vieira and a British property developer Guy Della, [14] son of the property tycoon Jack Dellal.
Her sister is the model Alice Dellal. [15] She lives in North Kensington, London with her husband, Maxim Crewe (m.2010) and has three sons. [14]
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