''Charlotte Olympia'' is a British luxury shoe and accessories brand founded by Charlotte Olympia Dellal in 2008.

History

Dellal launched her eponymous label after graduating from

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's Cordwainer's footwear design course. Her first footwear collection was presented during

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in February 2008. In 2010, Charlotte Olympia opened its first store on Maddox Street in London,followed by a second store in 2011 on East 65th Street in New York City, and the third store on

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, Los Angeles in July 2013. In 2014, the brand opened three additional stores in Miami, Hong Kong, and Dubai. In 2015, Charlotte Olympia opened more stores around the globe. The first store opened in the South Coast Plaza in California. The second store opened in the Forum Shops at Caesars in Las Vegas. The third store opened in the Emporium Shopping Complex in Bangkok. Finally, the last store was opened at Brompton Cross in London.

Brand

Charlotte Olympia's designs are influenced by

classical Hollywood cinema Classical Hollywood cinema is a term used in film criticism to describe both a narrative and visual style of filmmaking which became characteristic of American cinema between the 1910s (rapidly after World War I) and the 1960s. It eventually be ...

glamour,

pin-ups A pin-up model (known as a pin-up girl for a female and less commonly male pin-up for a male) is a model whose mass-produced pictures see widespread appeal as part of popular culture. Pin-up models were variously glamour models, fashion models ...

and movie stars from the 1940s and 50s. The brand has become known for the "island" platform ''Dolly'' pump, the ''Kitty'' flat and Perspex ''Pandora'' clutch box. All shoes and accessories are

handcrafted A handicraft, sometimes more precisely expressed as artisanal handicraft or handmade, is any of a wide variety of types of work where useful and decorative objects are made completely by one’s hand or by using only simple, non-automated re ...

in Italy. Although primarily focused on footwear and accessories for women, the label also produces a collection for little girls called 'Incy' and the ''Tom Cat'' smoking slipper for men. Her logo is a spider web design placed under the shoe sole.

Awards

*2008: :* NewGen sponsorship by the

British Fashion Council The British Fashion Council (BFC) is a non-profit organization that aims to enable sustainable growth of British fashion in the global fashion economy. Founded in 1983, the BFC organizes biannual womenswear and menswear showcases, London Fashi ...

. *2010: :* Footwear News Achievement Awards, Emerging Designer of the Year *2011: :*

British Fashion Awards The Fashion Awards, known as the British Fashion Awards until 2016, is an annual ceremony established in the United Kingdom in 1989 to showcase both British and international individuals and businesses who have made the most outstanding contribu ...

, Accessory Designer of the Year *2012: :*

Glamour Glamour may refer to: Arts Film * ''Glamour'' (1931 film), a British film * ''Glamour'' (1934 film), an American film * ''Glamour'' (2000 film), a Hungarian film Writing * ''Glamour'' (magazine), a magazine for women * ''The Glamour ...

Women of the Year, Accessory Designer of the Year :* Footwear News Achievement Awards, Designer of the Year :* WGSN Global Fashion Awards, Footwear and Accessories Designer Award *2014 :*

Marie Claire ''Marie Claire'' is a French international monthly magazine first published in France in 1937, followed by the United Kingdom in 1941. Since then various editions are published in many countries and languages. The feature editions focus on wo ...

Spain Prix de la Moda Awards, Accessory Designer of the Year *2015: :*Walpole Awards, British Brand Ambassador :*

, Accessory Designer of the Year

Designer biography

Charlotte Olympia Dellal was born on 5 June 1981 in

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, South Africa, to Brazilian model Andréa de Magalhães Vieira and British property developer Guy Dellal, son of the property tycoon

Jack Dellal Jack Dellal (2 October 1923 – 28 October 2012) was a British property investor, nicknamed "Black Jack". His company, the property group Allied Commercial Holdings, financed the purchase of Shell Mex House in 2002 and sold it in 2007. Dellal ha ...

. Her sister is the model

Alice Dellal Alice Olivia Dellal (born 29 July 1987) is a British-Brazilian model and photographer. Biography Daughter of Brazilian model mother, Andrea, and Iraqi-British father, Guy Dellal, Alice is an heiress and granddaughter to the property tycoon, ...

. Charlotte attended

Bedales School Bedales School is a co-educational, boarding and day independent school in the village of Steep, near the market town of Petersfield in Hampshire, England. It was founded in 1893 by John Haden Badley in reaction to the limitations of conventio ...

, Hampshire. At the age of eighteen she left to complete a foundation course at the

before graduating from Cordwainers with a degree in product development. She launched her London-based shoe and accessory brand in 2008. She lives in north Kensington, London with her husband, Maxim Crewe (m.2010) and three sons.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Olympia, Charlotte 1981 births Living people High fashion brands Luxury brands Fashion designers from London British women fashion designers Shoe designers 2008 establishments in England Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2018