The expat friends behind a luxury phone accessories range can’t stop selling out of their stylish phone straps and charms. Nadie and Lucia never imagined they would go into business together when they met on a language course in the US 15 years ago. But more than a decade later, the two friends are making a small fortune with their wearable phone accessories range .
Supermarkets, shopping and deals: Sign up for newsletters The Dutch expats launched Louve Collection after travelling in Europe and spotting a gap in the market. “Everyone was wearing cross-body phone cases in Europe when I was there,” Nadie previously told Best Picks. “But no one was wearing them yet in Australia.
“I thought to myself, ‘Everyone loves being outdoors — hiking, going for coffee and walking the dog — and everyone wants to be able to go out without pockets or bags’. “I thought this is the ultimate hands-free solution for your phone. We had to do it.
” Nadie, 31, and Lucia, 33, launched their phone accessories business Louve Collection soon after their discovery. Since then, what began as a phone jewellery line has morphed into an entire phone accessories empire . The girls sell everything from leather phone straps to pearl wristlets, cross-body straps and silicone suction phone plates.
“As soon as we launched it, the brand was a total hit,” Lucia recalled. “No one had ever accessorised their phone back then. “It’s perhaps people’s most used item, but fashion for tech .