Rika Handbags

Stylist-turned-designer Ulrika Lundgren started her Rika label in 2005 after first having worked as fashion and interiors stylist for prestigious magazines such as Casa Vogue and ELLE Decoration.

During her years travelling the globe, she developed a strong personal taste, always looking for really unique pieces. The Swedish-born designer credits her grandmother who loced to create things and showed her that key to beauty is in the details.

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While on a photo shoot in Menorca, Spain she has a local craftsman make her a bag to use as a prop on set. It was a leather tote decorated with Rika’s now trademark stars.

After countless compliments and requests from fellow stylists and fashion friends, Lundgren had another 100 bags made and just like that, the Rika label was born. The style is a bit rock’n'roll mixed with romantic vintage and the clean Scandinavian aesthetic the designer grew up with.

She chose her favourite symbol-a-star to be her trademark. ‘A star reminds us that vintage touch-of-Hollywood class as much as of a contemporary hue of rock’n'roll’, says the designer which pretty much sums up what Rika is about.

Today, Rika includes a beautiful selection of handcrafted, chemical free leather and canvas bags and a small collection of fashionable but seasonless wardrobe staples. Think floaty tops in her signature star print, supersoft vintage style cashmere cardigans and rock chic leather dresses and biker jackets.

French Vogue’s Varine Roitfield is a big fan of the bags, and RIKA has also been seen on style icons such as Helena Christensen, Alexa Chung, Scarlett Johansson, Chloe Sevigny, Kate Moss, Sienna Miller, Kirsten Dunst and Daisy Lowe to name but a few.

As well as in the own quirky Rika boutique in the heart of Amsterdam, the label is currently sold at more than 50 of the best stores all over the world.

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