The Luxury Handbag Patience Game on Building Siena Wolf | Emily Blumenthal & Lori Tyberg
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Handbag Designer 101: The Stories Behind Handbag Designers, Brands, and Industry Icons
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What does Lori say about the patience required for luxury handbag sales?
I've also come to realize that because these bags are so costly to make and the price point that I sell them at, that it is gonna take a while. I M selling. But I know that for the luxury market of which I am brand new and I can't even call myself a luxury. line that I've you know. But it takes a while, and if someone likes it. They're not gonna buy it right away. They're gonna buy it six months, you know, a year from now. I just have to be patient and know my product is good. It is actually it's amazing. The feedback has been incredible and just have faith in myself. You know, I'm doing this. Because I'm good at it and just remind myself.
Hi and welcome to Handbag Designer 101 the podcast with your host, Emily Blumenthal, Handbag Industry Expert and the Handbag Perry Godmother. Each week we uncover the stories behind the handbags we love, from the iconic brands and top designers to the creativity, craftsmanship, and culture that define the handbag world. Whether you're a designer, collector, or simply passionate about handbags, this is your front row seat to it all.
Welcome Lori Tiberg of Sienna Wolf to Handbag Designer Oneon the podcast. And before I even let you start, Lori is one of our incredible talents that would be at the It Bag X New York Now in New York City, August 2nd through 4th at the Java Center. And Lori is one of our newcomers and so excited to have discovered you. and to see the beautiful bags that you've created. Now you can speak.
Welcome, welcome. Thank you, Lori. Thank you so much. I'm so happy and honored to be here. I'm just thrilled, tickled. Oh my goodness.
So handbags was not your first rodeo in life, was it?
No, I've done a few things. Boy, I worked in the medical field. I've been a server. I've been like all of us have all these jobs. And I had a small handbag business about 20 some odd years ago. And then I had How did that start? How did that start? You know, I wasn't finding what I wanted. And it's kind of like what inspires me today. I couldn't find the bag for an event, or they were too expensive, or it just wasn't for me. So I started making them on my own, much different than what I'm doing now. They were fabulous. They were fun fabrics, tapestries, some of them. I sold them in local boutiques, and then I found a manufacturer in Los Angeles. And I started manufacturing them, selling them to boutiques, and then I had my kids and I put it on the back burner, always thinking, hoping, dreaming that I would return to it.
But I was fortunate enough to be able to just focus on my kids. And now I have one on the way to college. I have one in college. And in twenty twenty three, I just jumped back in and found what what inspired that? Like
It's crazy, you know. They say, what is it? The days are long, but the years are short. Like you went through this and starting even all those years ago, starting a bag business is not for the faint of heart. You had the courage to go to boutiques to show, like, how did you know? To do that as opposed to because crab fairs existed, all that stuff existed, but to go to local boutiques, how did you
know to do that? I don't know. You know, I worked in an accessory store. So I think that helped me. I knew that that was the way to sell them. I mean, way back then in the Stone Ages, we didn't have really I don't even think the internet the internet wasn't around. It was vintage. Yeah. Yeah. We were pounding the pavement. I mean, you still are today, but it's much different today. Yeah. Which is I've learned a lot. I've always loved art and design. That was always my passion. Even when I throughout my life, And it was I don't know Why I got this crazy notion to do this. I think I wanted to work for myself. I wanted to make money for myself. I wanted to do something, put myself out there. I don't know why. I don't know what gave me the idea, but I just did.
And getting back into it. I think it's because all along I kept thinking, I even started an interior design program and loved it. But it was really expensive. Yeah. I started falling back into designing bags and thinking about bags.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What does Lori say about the patience required for luxury handbag sales?
0:00–7:26
2
How did Lori’s early career and first handbag business shape Siena Wolf?
7:26–14:48
3
Why did Lori decide to pause her brand and later relaunch after raising her children?
14:48–23:02
4
How is Instagram used as the main discovery engine for Siena Wolf?
23:02–24:29
Speakers
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