Since its inception just four years ago, Tarah Smith’s loud yet flirty and feminine designs have erupted into one of LA’s hottest contemporary women’s labels. Headquartered in Venice Beach, California, the brand finds true inspiration from the raw artistic culture in which it is immersed. Focused primarily on high-end handbags and leather jackets, the label has become known for vibrant colored leathers, creative crochets, and unusual finishing touches.

Designer and company founder Tarah Smith, employs a renegade design approach, granting each piece a voice that screams to be heard. Tarah attributes her style to an imaginative and colorful childhood, during which she spent long hours playing dress up in her mother’s tossed aside wardrobe. It was through these overflowing boxes of vintage dresses, ripped hats and bottomless tubes of orange lipstick that Tarah developed a daring disregard for the rules, and thus her sense of style was born.

Having spent most of her adolescent years in the world of performing arts, Tarah gained a deep appreciation for costume and set design. During secondary schooling, Tarah gained her most valuable experience in the industry as a fashion model. It was during these years of traveling throughout Europe and Asia that Tarah developed a keen insight into a world that would quickly become her life passion. Currently, Tarah travels regularly and spends time abroad, in order to study the different arts and cultures that have become crucial influences in her designs.

Tarah Smith handbags and jackets have appeared in numerous film and television shows and can be found featured on the pages of Life & Style Magazine, Lucky Magazine, Apparel News, C Magazine, Item Magazine, US Weekly and many more. Celebrity fans of Tarah Smith include Paris Hilton, Kim Kattrall, Nichole Richie, Sharon Stone and Kimberly Stewart among others. The collection can be found in upscale boutiques such as Revolve Clothing, ASOS, Fred Segal, and Henri Bendel.

With a subtle blend of rich patent leathers, creamy suedes and delicately sewn knits in vibrant shades ranging from fiery yellow to metallic silver and gold, the Tarah Smith collection is quickly becoming one of the most sought after brands in a world of mold breaking style.

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