Flamingo Estate is an American lifestyle and wellness brand based in Los Angeles.
Flamingo Estate operates from and is named for Richard Christiansen's 7-acre estate in the Los Angeles hills. [1] [2] Christiansen, a former advertising agency owner, bought the estate in 2013; [3] he started the company in 2020, [2] [4] selling boxes of local produce to friends during the COVID-19 pandemic shut-down to help farmers survive; [1] candles and soap were soon added. [5] His partner, Aaron Harvey, is the creative director. [1]
The company has expanded to offer a range of lifestyle and wellness products, [2] including a wine, [5] special offerings of bags of manure (labeled Good Shit) and of honey from bees kept in named celebrities' gardens, [1] [3] and a set of four soaps made from oil blessed by the Dalai Lama, proceeds from which were donated to his foundation. [3] The brand is nature-based, with bags bearing the slogan "Mother Nature is the last great luxury house." [3] A Flamingo Estate cookbook, Fridays from the Garden, was published in 2023. [1] [6] In 2024 Christiansen is publishing Flamingo Estate: The Guide to Becoming Alive, [3] based on interviews with seventeen "thought leaders". [7]
According to Christiansen, Flamingo Estate had sales of almost $10 million in 2022 and completed a first fundraising round in 2024. [3] In summer 2023 and 2024, it had a pop-up store in the Hamptons in partnership with luxury brand Mytheresa. [8] [9] In 2024 it launched a collaboration with Marriott International, including a line of toiletries under the brand name Expansion. [10] [11] [12] Flamingo Estate has become very popular with Southern California celebrities, [1] [2] [5] including Meghan Markle, whose American Riviera Orchard brand has been rumored to be inspired by it. [4]