The handbag everyone wants now isn’t sitting in a boutique.
And blinding lights forbid on a midnight road,
the most unimaginative conglomerate bags flooded on social media.
And even though you’re eyes are tired of seeing or even wearing… the obvious…
You’re now desperate to find something new at which—
You won’t find it on Fifth or Madison Avenue.
You won’t even find it in Dubai, Monaco, Singapore, or London.
In fact, you may have to apply for it by way of word of mouth.
And yes, there is a chance you may not be selected, even if you have the money.
And that is the point.
Stay until the end, and I’ll to show you the difference between an expensive handbag that you’ll find sitting next to you at an airport,
and how to own a true heirloom that only you, your family, friends
and any one who needs to know, know about. #iykyk
Because once you’ve already owned a $8000- $30,000+ handbag, especially the ones that you recognize on - just- anyone…
the question of acquiring something new and different starts to change.
For you, it’s no longer:
“Can I afford this?”
It becomes:
“What else is worthy of acquiring today?”
And that difference is everything. Especially now.
If you want to explore the philosophy behind this idea, be sure to like and comment as a subscriber. I share more of it inside with my founding members inside The Liselle Club— it’s an intellectual refuge for the successful. We dive more into how to design your heirloom life, create beautiful handbag pieces with the House to solidify your legacy as a means of enjoying your wealth and success.
I’m Liselle Kiss, an American designer and High-Luxury handbag artist where, my first contemporary handbag work sold out at Bergdorf Goodman, Nordstrom, and Bloomingdale’s.
However,
As an artist, after exploring contemporary fashion, I wanted to continue to spread my wings and fly.
So I threw $price out the window. 💋
Now I create for private clients, particularly entrepreneurs or professionals like doctors and lawyers, American heirs and royalty today. Pieces are all custom and limited edition and can range from $4000-$30,000 or more depending on the materials requested.
So I’ve tell you this because I’ve had a very close call with how the luxury fashion industry actually works, yet I found it all to be too much business and less art.
So I eventually, I started creating a system where I can help answer this question for my private clients:
What happened to the relationship between the artist and the patron?
Because luxury was initially built around that relationship.
The patron wanted something made. The artist made it.
There was a maker, a story.
And there was a very specific person waiting for the piece.
Somewhere along the way, luxury became much more efficient.
Too efficient even.
The manufactured masters of this problem of efficiency is the conglomerates where every social influencer touts one, and almost every small atelier in Italy is bought up by one. Here’s my video into conglomerate luxury history.
Not only you can hardly tell if someone is truly successful with a logo-driven bag, you now have that icky feeling that your $4000+ handbag budget is feeding the machine that created the problem.
I’ve seen too many people on social media with the means say they are now embarrassed to carry a handbag with such logos as it’s no longer special.
And, don’t get me wrong— efficiency is wonderful thing, like certain airlines.
They are grand, and serve many people at scale.
Yet there are reports that many of these “high-end” conglomerate handbags are created in the 10s of thousands per year, and even worse, they are so popular that even gangsters are making replicas and selling them in the streets.
The horror I feel when I find that most of these replicas are made by human traffickers because the popular demand of looking “good” and what’s in supersede human ethics.
Many people on social media justify that buying a replica is like “sticking it to the man.”
I’d say its more like desperately fitting in without caring if the person who made the replica was a free man or not.
I digress. 💋
I know this sort of person is not you.
So let’s dive in, shall we?
1. KNOW WHO MADE IT
First, know the artist. Not just the brand.
If you’re spending $8,000 or more, you should know who designed the piece, what they stand for, and why the design exists.
I dive in all about the Zena Kiss in my video here
A recognizable logo is not provenance. The artist is.
2. KNOW HOW FEW EXIST
Second, understand the actual production.
“Limited edition” means very little if thousands are being produced. True scarcity comes from the number of pieces that can actually be commissioned.
Ask: How many exist? How many will ever exist? Is that number hidden and why?
With the Zena Kiss, the answer is built into every heirloom color No. release.
The pieces are made to order, produced by artisans in America, with no more than 30-150 pieces per heirloom color No., with built in digital certificate as proof with the tap of a phone- no secondhand reseller expert needed for authentication.
This is for family documentation and provenance.
The good news is that there are currently less than 30 Zena Kiss made in the world as of this writing.
That’s why commissions are limited.
3. KNOW WHO OWNS IT
Third, think beyond yourself.
A true heirloom has a story of ownership. Years from now, someone should be able to look at that handbag and know where it came from, who designed it, who made it, and who first carried it.
That is what transforms a luxury purchase into provenance.
And that’s why I call this an American Heirloom.
Now to be honest,
if you’re ready to acquire something quite special like this
I can’t guarantee you will be accepted..
However…
THE ZENA KISS HEIRLOOM NO. I
If desired, you can work independently with the Liselle Kiss® design team.
With the Zena Kiss™, you bypass the mass-production conglomerate luxury to create a true American Heirloom to cherish and hold for generations.
Acquisition of the Zena Kiss Heirloom No. I is strictly by application and invitation only. The top 1% of qualified guests will be able to acquire one color, and no more than 3 Zena Kiss™ masterpieces per calendar year.
Submit Your Application here: Select your acquisition package and submit your request to commission. Applications are reviewed personally by the Liselle Kiss design team, and will get back to you via text, phone or Whatsapp in 24-48 hours.
Meet Liselle Kiss and her Design Concierge Team: Need custom modifications or heirloom design financing (up to $50,000)? Schedule a 1:1 Liselle Kiss Heirloom Experience with our design concierge team after approval.
3-day acceptance window courtesy because you are next in line to acquire the Zena Kiss™
The only question left is:
Will your name be on one of the 30 Zena Kiss™?
Liselle Kiss® Credentials
Graduate at the prestigious Parsons School of Design, Liselle Kiss spent years in couture and bridal styling in New York City, learning the intimate geometry of the female silhouette across every shape and size.
Her work has been featured in Vogue, The Cut, Oprah Daily, and Cosmopolitan, and carried by Bergdorf Goodman, Bloomingdale’s, and Nordstrom.
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