We’ve seen many prominent handbag designers doing their best to help Haiti rebuild after the recent earthquake, but it’s refreshing to see a fashion brand from this devastated country rising again.
In fact, Phelicia Dell’s VeVe Collection is doing so well that isn’t taken her to Florida’s upcoming Miami Fashion Week festival.
Phelicia and her team of 13 employees are currently working overtime to meet the demand for their handcrafted purses. They took just two weeks out after the quake hit, returning to work quickly to help cope with the destruction around them.
“Especially for the workers who were doing the sequencing, it was like therapy for them,” explained Ms. Dell. “Sometimes I’d look at them while they’d work and I could tell they had a lot on their minds. A lot of them lost family members in the earthquake.”
VeVe Collections designs are vivid and colorful, embodying the spirit of the Carribean nation they were made in. You can expect to pay around $250 for the one-of-a-kind bags. They are available at selected boutiques across the United States.
