We love to sup­port amaz­ing Cana­dian tal­ent here at LYNNsteven. When we first saw ela hand­bags we fell in love and knew we had to have the line at the shop. We are super exic­ted to be car­ry­ing their sig­na­ture clutch M.I.L.C.K. (money/id/lipstick/cell/keys). We have five amaz­ing col­ours to choose from.

The basis of ela is the idea of humble lux­ury, where refined and soph­ist­ic­ated sil­hou­ettes strive to show­case, rather than upstage, the wearer. From subtle asym­metry to luxe hard­ware and leather, every design ele­ment is infused with a high level of crafts­man­ship, mater­i­als and a sig­na­ture aesthetic.

It was while work­ing in pub­lic rela­tions at Her­mès Canada when Ela Kowalewska developed a pas­sion for leather goods, and an under­stand­ing for high-end crafts­man­ship and design. She later held a post at Bur­berry in Lon­don, Eng­land, and decided it was time to fur­ther explore her love of hand­bags. In 2008, a chance meet­ing with Jimmy Choo (who also saw her sketches) reas­sured her path. ela’s co founder, Mar­tin Aldorsson comes from a back­ground in mar­ket­ing and advert­ising. His port­fo­lio includes pos­i­tions at global agen­cies BBDO New York, and McCann Erick­son in Lon­don. Most recently, he served as the brand man­ager for Havai­anas in North America.