More on the team behind R & Y Augousti, photographed at their home in France for Vogue (March '07).
Meeting in design school in London, Philippine-born Ria and Greek-born Yiouri married in 1990. They initially developed a furniture collection, and later expanded the business to include handbags--all made from exotic skins found in the Phillipines, Iceland and Japan. The designers describe their lifestyle brand as having been inspired by Art Deco, the gates of the Peggy Guggenheim museum in Venice, and Asian peacocks. They live with their twelve-year-old daughter in Paris, which is also home to their flagship store. The website is still under construction, but handbags and small home goods can be purchased through Barney's New York.
R & Y Augousti
103 Rue du Bac
Paris 75007
