The story behind new generation luxury label VLIEGER & VANDAM is a story about interdisciplinary design, about the relation between art and fashion, and about innovative craftsmanship. Carolien Vlieger and Hein van Dam, trained as graphic designer and industrial designer, respectively, started the VLIEGER & VANDAM label in 2004 in response to the overwhelming success of their collaboration in 2002. This collaboration named ‘The Guardian Angel Handbag’ was a comment from both designers on all the media attention to street violence in the city of Rotterdam, the place where they had just settled. Those early Guardian Angels were assembled with parts from second hand handbags and new brightly coloured felt embossed with distinct profiles. A handbag turned out to be the perfect vehicle for an international widely felt and far from salon fähig sentiment. In 2005 the Guardian Angel Handbags were featured in the exhibition SAFE: Design Takes on Risk at MoMA in New York, where they have been part of the collection ever since. Over the past decade the VLIEGER & VANDAM collections have seen many more bestsellers such as the Handcuffs clutch and hand painted Splash accessories. The label distinguishes itself with outspoken interdisciplinary design and innovative embossing techniques using the most luxurious leather qualities by Dutch and Italian tanneries. All bags and accessories are made in specialised leather workshops in Europe. New generation luxury means a traditional high end quality and craftsmanship, but with statement design as an added value in stead of conventional luxury industry branding. VLIEGER & VANDAM is sold around the world at design and concept stores and in the finest department stores such as: Harvey Nichols Dubai and Hong Kong, IT Hong Kong and Shanghai, Galeries Lafayette Beijing, LUISAVIAROMA Florence, Wall Tokyo, Chuckies New York and at Gregory’s in Fred Segal, Los Angeles.
View Top Employees from Vlieger & VandamWebsite | http://www.vliegervandam.com/ |
Revenue | $5 million |
Employees | 2 (2 on RocketReach) |
Founded | 2004 |
Address | 23 Durgerdammerdijk, Amsterdam, Ohio 43903, US |
Phone | +31 20 789 5265 |
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Industry | Design, Manufacturing General, Manufacturing |
SIC | SIC Code 31 Companies, SIC Code 317 Companies, SIC Code 513 Companies, SIC Code 51 Companies |
NAICS | NAICS Code 31 Companies, NAICS Code 424 Companies, NAICS Code 316 Companies, NAICS Code 42 Companies |
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The Vlieger & Vandam annual revenue was $5 million in 2024.
Hein van Dam is the co-founder of Vlieger & Vandam.
2 people are employed at Vlieger & Vandam.
Vlieger & Vandam is based in Amsterdam, Ohio.
The NAICS codes for Vlieger & Vandam are [31, 424, 316, 42].
The SIC codes for Vlieger & Vandam are [31, 317, 513, 51].