Opelle

The vendor describes itself as an independent label run out of its own Toronto atelier, with no mention of outside investors or a parent company. A Corporations Canada federal search for 'Opelle' returned zero results, so it is likely incorporated provincially in Ontario as Opelle Creative Inc (per its privacy policy); that provincial registry and any significant-control filing were not checked, and this session's web search budget was exhausted before an acquisition or private-equity search could be run.

• Opelle · the vendor's own site “an independent label working out of our diminutive Toronto Atelier”
• PRIVACY · the vendor's own site “Opelle Creative Inc, 128 St Clarens Ave, Toronto, ON Canada M6K 2S8”
• Search for a Federal Corporation - Online Filing Centre - Corporations Canada · registry record “0 results were found, 0 returned.”

The vendor states its handbags are Canadian-made and produced in small batches at its Toronto atelier, with orders shipping from that same studio. Corroborated by a Made in CA directory listing that names Toronto, Ontario as the manufacturing location.

• Alchemy · the vendor's own site “The Atelier works in small batches paced to demand, typically four bags at a time.”
• Shipping · the vendor's own site “All orders ship from our Toronto Studio within 3 business days of receipt of your order.”
• Opelle search results · directory “Manufactured In: Toronto, Ontario”

Opelle is a single-site business: founder Amy Malcolm and the atelier staff work out of the one Toronto studio that also serves as the mailing address and shipping origin, with no other offices mentioned.

• CONTACT · the vendor's own site “OPELLE INC, 128 ST. CLARENS AVE, TORONTO, ON, CANADA M6K 2S8”

The vendor's own materials page names its main leather as shrunken lamb sourced exclusively from New Zealand, its brass hardware as made by a family workshop in Massachusetts, and its zippers as made in Switzerland by Riri; no Canadian material input is named. The split between these three inputs is this agent's estimate, weighted toward leather as the dominant material by cost and volume, since the vendor gives no revenue or unit breakdown.

• Alchemy · the vendor's own site “Leathers are ethically sourced and produced, always a by-product of the food industry. Lead-free brass hardware made by a 4 generation family in Mass. Zippers crafted in Switzerland by the masters at Riri.”