Eittem Debuts Its First-Ever Shoppable Experience at Paris’s Hôtel de Crillon
Eittem debuted its first retail presence outside the U.S. at Hôtel de Crillon in Paris, an eight-piece Woodgrain shoppable experience.
New York luxury house Eittem, which carves sculptural handbags from salvaged American walnut, debuted a shoppable experience at Paris’s Hôtel de Crillon, A Rosewood Hotel, on Place de la Concorde — the brand’s first retail presence outside the United States.
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In official photographs of the Hôtel de Crillon boutique, Eittem’s walnut pieces share illuminated shelves and a long table with the palace’s own objects, behind a monogrammed iron grille. Eight SKUs are on offer, all in Woodgrain: Owl, Moon and Bird from the Inaugural Collection; the Petites Collection in the same finish, excluding the Petite Moon; and the Touchstones, palm-size interpretations of those signature shapes. The shoppable experience is set to remain for one year.
Photo Credit: Courtesy of Eittem
The brand is young and exacting. Founded by creative director Erin Saluti, Eittem — pronounced “item” — launched its inaugural collection in 2024, after six years of research and development that began in earnest in 2019. Each numbered piece is handcrafted in the company’s Manhattan atelier from salvaged American walnut and produced in small numbers, one object at a time. Once a form is resolved, the bag is carved to tight tolerances, then returned to the hand for sanding, finishing and assembly that unfold over weeks rather than hours.
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Owl, Moon and Bird are the house forms, archetypes drawn from nature and treated as sculpture first. Function follows once the shape feels resolved: each bag can be carried as a clutch or worn with a chain. The Petites scale those forms down to something closer to a minaudière; the Touchstones, carved from the same Eastern black walnut, are meant to be held or set out as objects rather than carried.
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That American-atelier seriousness is the point of placing the work in a Paris palace rather than a conventional flagship. Hôtel de Crillon has stood on Place de la Concorde since 1758, and Haute Living has been in those rooms.
In the United States, Eittem lists Moda Operandi and the Four Seasons New York Downtown among its stockists, which makes the Crillon debut the first time the house has a retail presence abroad. A one-year shoppable stay is a modest footprint, but it is a clear one: this is how a two-year-old New York house introduces itself to Europe.
The shoppable experience is at Hôtel de Crillon, A Rosewood Hotel, 10 Place de la Concorde, 75008 Paris, and is set to remain for one year.
Shop Eittem at Moda Operandi, beginning with the Woodgrain Petites from the Paris edit:
Eittem Petite Owl Clutch in Woodgrain with Gold, $6,200
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A minaudière-scale Owl in salvaged American walnut, with gold-tone hardware and a 20-inch sterling silver chain finished in 14k gold.
Eittem Petite Bird Clutch in Woodgrain with Gold, $5,400
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The Bird form at Petite scale, in salvaged American walnut, with a 20-inch sterling silver chain finished in 14k gold.
Eittem Owl Clutch in Black, $6,800
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The full-size Owl in Black, carved from salvaged American walnut, with polished stainless-steel hardware and a 20-inch rhodium-plated sterling silver chain.
Eittem Bird Clutch in Aurum, $6,300
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The inaugural Bird in Aurum, a gold-toned salvaged walnut clutch with a 20-inch rhodium-plated sterling silver chain.
Eittem Moon Clutch in Pearl, $5,800
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The inaugural Moon in Pearl, a 7.5-inch salvaged walnut clutch with a 20-inch rhodium-plated sterling silver chain.
For more of Haute Living’s coverage of handbags worth collecting, see The 15 Best Investment Handbags to Buy in 2026.
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