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Telfar Clemens Is Rewriting the Rules of Luxury Retail
Starting with an accidental It bag and unexpected collaborations.
By Alison S. Cohn and Photographs by Sue Kwon; Styling by Avena Gallagher Dec 15, 2020
Clemens at home in his LeFrak City apartment in Queens, New York. Clemens wears a Telfar track jacket and pants, and his own Ugg slippers. Sue Kwon
Christmas might come early this year if you placed an order through the Telfar Bag Security Program. The innovative retail concept allowed fans of the New York label to preorder the always sold-out Shopping Bag a.k.a. the Bushwick Birkin, or simply the Telfar bag, as the accessibly priced vegan leather tote is known for guaranteed delivery between December 15 and January 15. The Shopping Bag comes in three sizes and 17 colors, including the medium o