In 1945, Céline Vipiana and her husband, Richard, opened a custom-made children’s shoe workshop in Paris. The House was initially founded on this shoemaking expertise, introducing women’s footwear in 1959 and then leather goods seven years later.

The women’s line truly took shape during the 1960s, driven by the same attention to detail and quality materials. By virtue of this heritage, shoes hold a special place at CELINE: they do not complete the silhouette, they define it.

The CELINE shoe range reflects this spirit. Ankle boots, loafers, pumps, and sneakers: each shoe is designed to stand the test of time, carrying forward a foundational expertise.

In the 1960s, Céline Vipiana steered the House toward women’s ready-to-wear with a clear vision: to dress an active, chic, and free woman. Her first collection was called Couture Sportswear and combined the rigor of couture with effortless wearability.

Very early on, she created a wardrobe designed for movement, featuring wool suits, fitted shirts, supple jackets, and denim in pastel shades. Already popular at the time, jeans remain a signature of the House today.

Over the decades, this approach to design has shaped the Parisian bourgeois-chic aesthetic and cemented CELINE’s reputation. A crisp silhouette, mastered proportions, and effortless confidence.

24S keeps the CELINE ready-to-wear spirit alive. The pieces complement each other and combine with ease, in a mix & match true to the idea of a free and vibrant wardrobe.

Before Triomphe, the House was identified by an entirely different symbol. Back when it was a children’s shoe brand, the logo was a red elephant holding a shoe in its trunk, designed by the illustrator Raymond Peynet. In a nod to the House’s origins, Michael Rider has reintroduced this motif back into his recent collections.

Returning to the early 1970s, Céline Vipiana’s car broke down at the Place de l’Étoile in Paris. The chains encircling the Arc de Triomphe caught her eye, drawing her attention to their interlocking C-shaped links. Fascinated, she obtained authorization from the City of Paris to adapt this image for the House’s emblem.

Named “Blason Chaîne,” it adorned CELINE ready-to-wear pieces and accessories until the 1980s, before disappearing from the archives for nearly four decades. It reappeared in 2018 with a new name, Triomphe, as the clasp of the CELINE Triomphe bag.

The Triomphe signature now appears on bags, small leather goods, belts, jewelry, sunglasses, and Triomphe canvas pieces. The classic CELINE basket and CELINE cap, both featuring the logo on the front, are evident examples. A Parisian icon born from intuition.

Launched by Phoebe Philo for the Spring/Summer 2010 collection, the Luggage bag soon became one of the most recognizable bags of the decade. Its secret lies in an unexpected detail: the front forms a face, where the vertical zipper looks like a mouth and the two handles like eyes.

Michael Rider, who worked alongside Phoebe Philo for ten years, knew this bag inside out when he took over as creative director at CELINE in 2025. His version of the bag, dubbed Luggage Smile, adds a curve to the straight zipper to create a broad smile.

The New Luggage in supple, shiny lambskin keeps the original silhouette, while softening its proportions. It comes in several colors and formats. The same piece: two eras, one smile.

After seven years under the direction of Hedi Slimane, his rock-and-roll aesthetic and black-and-white palette, Michael Rider introduced color as a narrative thread. This could be seen as early as his first fashion show, with blue and red adding bold accents against a black, white, and beige palette.

Under his leadership as creative director, the House would continue down this path. Flashes of cherry red, vibrantly patterned scarves, fluid dresses—an unapologetic lightness, without ever sacrificing the rigor that defines the House.

His recent collections, available on 24S, continue this direction in a preppy and chic style, where color becomes a language that reveals the personality of the wearer.