Bonjour,

Today I'd like to talk about one of my very favourite things at the moment: Olympia Le-Tan book clutches. They are essentially handmade and hand-stitched clutches in the form of books, both classics and modern titles, and they're so beautifully done I can't help obsessing over the incredible detail of each. It's pretty much a dream of mine to own one of these, but since they cost upwards of $1200 I doubt that's going to happen anytime soon - I suppose I will have to content myself with ogling over photos on google images, or perhaps splashing significantly less cash on an Etsy imitation.

Here are a couple of the ones currently available in the collection on Olympia Le-Tan's e-shop. They're a Disney theme and remind me a lot of vintage-style movie posters. I love the little details like the sparkles on Cinderella's dress and the horses' tiny glittery bridles, there's really just so much going on and it's amazing to think it's all hand-embroidered:

Perhaps unsurprisingly, I desperately want to own the Lolita one because the Olympia Le-Tan version looks exactly like the first edition of the novel when it was published in 1955 by (wait for it) Olympia Press! Here are some incredible photos from Alix's beautiful blog The Cherry Blossom Girl (I really recommend you check out her blog, it's beyond amazing):