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Brand profile
TELFAR
Telfar is a unisex New York label whose vegan-leather Shopping Bag tote, launched in 2014, sells out in timed online drops.
New York CityOrigin
UnisexFocus
StreetwearStyle
$$Price
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What to know about TELFAR
Telfar is a unisex label founded in New York in 2005 by Liberian-American designer Telfar Clemens, with Babak Radboy as creative director. Its 2014 Shopping Bag — a vegan-leather tote with embossed TC monogram, nicknamed the "Bushwick Birkin" — sells in three sizes through timed Bag Security Program drops. The range spans ready-to-wear, denim and collaborations with UGG and Converse. In July 2026 Telfar staged a fake "severe downsizing" announcement to introduce the $78 Baby Bag Charm, a roughly four-inch miniature tote. The brand remains independent and self-financed.
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Brand facts
- Founded
- 2005
- Origin
- New York City, United States
- Made in
- USA
- Price
- $$
- Focus
- Unisex
- Styles
- Streetwear, Minimalist / Contemporary, Avant-garde