Who says your couch can’t match your sweater?

Clare Vivier, founder of Clare V., a Los Angeles handbag and apparel company with a playful Francophile twist, is no stranger to collaborations.

Among her first was with Mike D of the Beastie Boys, a mutual friend with whom she made her first men's capsule collection, in 2016, inspired by his need for a simple card wallet (to replace his makeshift rubber band). Vivier has since expanded beyond leather and soft goods to create eyewear with Caddis and Garrett Leight; bicycles with Linus; limited-edition drops with Mother Denim, Tracksmith, Westerlind and Racquet magazine; and graphic prints with Framebridge, to name just a few. Clare V.'s team approximates the brand has produced nearly 100 collaborations to date. Most recently, the brand created apparel for the Carlyle hotel and a set of tees in support of Kamala Harris' presidential campaign, both of which promptly sold out.<...