Bottega Veneta, the Italian luxury fashion house best known for its woven leather handbags, opened its first store in the Pacific Northwest on Saturday at Bellevue’s The Shops at The Bravern.
The 1,328-square-foot store carries items for both women and men, including handbags (such as a $3,550 one featuring the company’s well-known “intrecciato” basket-weave pattern), shoes, jewelry and accessories.
The company, founded in northeast Italy in 1966, caters to a wealthy clientele, with handbags typically retailing in the thousands, a small men’s bi-fold wallet going for around $500, and dresses costing up to $15,000, according to its website. It is owned by French luxury goods company Kering.
Bottega Veneta had said it would open in the Bravern once before, in 2008. But a year later, it decided against that plan, saying it wanted to test the Northwest waters by putting a few of its products in the Neiman Marcus location at the Bravern.