The First Chapter - Olivia Editions

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Editor's Note

Welcome to Olivia

Olivia founders
Olivia Editions — Vol. 01

Olivia:
Past, Present,
Next…

We’re Olivia.

Two women, two different worlds, and a shared instinct for beautiful things with a story to tell.

Melo — Fashion

Melo came to Olivia through fashion—through clothes, personal style, and an understanding of that hard-to-define feeling when something simply feels right.

Macu — Art

Macu came through art—through artists, collecting, culture, and the stories that give beautiful things meaning beyond what you see.

Melo and Macu
Olivia lives somewhere in between.
Early Olivia Boutique

Where It Started

We opened our doors with 500 square feet, a tightly edited collection of resortwear, and an idea of the kind of place we wanted to create. We didn’t know then exactly what Olivia would become.

Maybe that’s part of what made it special.

Over the years, the store grew. Our point of view evolved. And somewhere along the way, the women who walked through our doors became much more than clients.

The Olivia Story
They became part of the story.

And Olivia Grew With Them

They wore Olivia on trips and honeymoons, to dinners and celebrations, and on ordinary days that turned into memorable ones.

They brought their daughters, their mothers, their sisters, and their friends. They came back season after season and grew alongside us.

And Olivia grew with them.

Olivia Boutique history
Puerto Rico
Built here.
Shaped by everything that came after.

Reinvention Has Always Been Part of the Story

Building a business in Puerto Rico teaches you a few things about reinvention.

We have opened our doors after hurricanes. We found new ways forward through a pandemic. We’ve navigated the unexpected more times than we can count.

And every time, we kept going.

Not because we had everything figured out, but because there was always a reason to come back: our team, our friends, our creative community, and especially the women who continued to choose Olivia.

That kind of loyalty stays with you.

And after all these years, it made us want to create something new.

The Next Chapter
Olivia Editions is our thank-you—and our next adventure.

A place where the worlds that have always inspired us can collide a little more freely.

Fashion × Art
Art × Travel
Travel × Culture
Objects × Stories
People × Places

Some Editions may begin with an artist. Others with a designer, a destination, a conversation, or something we simply can’t stop thinking about.

There are no rules, except that each one should feel worth discovering.

Thoughtful. Limited. Collected with intention.

And always, unmistakably Olivia.

Editions also gives us a new way to give back—to the community that built us, to the creative people who inspire us, to the places we call home, and to the women who have carried Olivia with them for all these years.

So this isn’t a reinvention of Olivia.

It’s an expansion of her world.

Still curious.
Still collecting.
Still creating.
Still falling in love with beautiful things.
Only now, we’re opening the door a little wider.
The First Edition Begins
Welcome to Olivia Editions.

PREPARING FOR FASHION WEEK

THE EDIT

What we’re packing, wearing, and keeping close as fashion month begins.

Fashion Week starts long before the first show. It begins with the edit  the pieces we pull, the appointments we make, the beauty rituals we rely on, and the little things that make weeks of planes, fittings, dinners and shows feel effortless.

This season, we’re keeping it intentional: a strong wardrobe, a few forever accessories, comfortable shoes that still feel polished, and beauty essentials that can survive a very long day.


Olivia Editions — Fashion Month
Olivia preparing for Fashion Week

Preparing for Fashion Week

What we’re packing, wearing, and keeping close as fashion month begins.

Fashion Week starts long before the first show. It begins with the edit — the pieces we pull, the appointments we make, the beauty rituals we rely on, and the little things that make weeks of planes, fittings, dinners and shows feel effortless.

This season, we’re keeping it intentional: a strong wardrobe, a few forever accessories, comfortable shoes that still feel polished, and beauty essentials that can survive a very long day.

Consider this our Fashion Week checklist.
01

The Wardrobe

The pieces making the suitcase.

Statement tailoring, an easy dress, great denim, elevated basics and one unforgettable evening look.

02

The Accessories

The finishing touches.

A day-to-night bag, sculptural jewelry, sunglasses and the shoes we know we can actually walk in.

03

The Beauty Kit

For early call times and late dinners.

Skin prep, the perfect nude lip, a compact fragrance and everything needed for a five-minute touch-up.

04

The Extras

The things we never travel without.

Portable charger, fashion tape, garment bags, mini steamer, notebook and a pair of flats tucked into the tote.

And then, the best part: the cities.

Five stops, five completely different moods, and our Olivia edit of where to stay, eat, shop and go after dark.

Next — The City Notes ↓
Copenhagen
Olivia Editions — Fashion Week, First Stop

Copenhagen:
Where the Season Opens

Fashion Week begins here — with a city that understands that the most compelling things rarely need to announce themselves.

Copenhagen goes first, and somehow it never feels like it is trying to prove anything. There is no need for spectacle when the city itself has mastered the art of restraint.

This is where the season opens — clean lines, thoughtful details, beautiful spaces, long lunches, very good coffee, and a way of making simplicity feel like the ultimate luxury.

For Olivia Editions, Fashion Week is as much about the city around the shows as the shows themselves.

The Olivia Edit

Copenhagen, Our Way

Where we stay, where mornings begin, where we stop between shows, where we shop, and where the night ends.

Breakfast

Start slowly. Order something beautiful. Stay for another coffee.

Atelier September Visit
Andersen & Maillard Visit
Apotek 57 Visit
Copenhagen — Olivia Editions
The first stop sets the tone for everything that follows.
Olivia Editions — City Notes
New York
Sep 9–15
Olivia Editions — City Notes
London
Sep 17–21
Olivia Editions — City Notes
Paris
Sep 28–Oct 6
Olivia Editions — City Notes
Milan
Sep 22–28