It goes without saying that Gwen Stefani is one of the most successful women of our generation. It seems that everything she touches turns to gold, and I for one absolutely love her style and aesthetic. Her accomplishments include being lead singer of the infamous band No Doubt, launching a wildly successful solo career (she’s sold over 9 million albums as a solo artist!), serving as a judge on a hit television show, playing a Vegas residency, and being the mom to three boys (just to name a few!). Also on her resume? Fashion designer. Gwen Stefani’s fashion line started as a collaboration with LeSportsac back in 2003. The handbag collaboration, named “L.A.M.B”, which any Stefani fan knows stands for “Love. Angel. Music. Baby.”, was a wild success. The bags were made with LeSportsac’s traditional nylon but showcased Stefani’s personality and style with interesting patterns, playful linings, and L.A.M.B. lettering and script featured on them. As a result of the success of the collaboration with LeSportsac, Stefani launched her own fashion line in 2004 by the name of L.A.M.B.
L.A.M.B. was a hit from the onset. I remember ooing and awing over photos of Gwen Stefani carrying her bags all over Hollywood, wishing desperately to add one to my collection. Stefani did not only debut a fashion line called L.A.M.B. in ‘04, she also released her debut solo album called “Love. Angel. Music. Baby.” that same year. Stefani proved herself as a marketing genius, integrating the fashion brand into her music, which was successful in capturing the hearts of Stefani fans worldwide. I can’t tell you precisely how many times I sang “just wait til you get your little hands on L.A.M.B.” while belting out the lyrics of hit song ‘Harajuku Girls’, but I can tell you it was a lot. Listening back, I realize the entire album was riddled with L.A.M.B. fashion references, which is the best marketing the brand could have rendered. The tactic worked, because it was super popular among celebrities and handbag lovers alike.
L.A.M.B. was a thriving fashion brand, a rare breed of celebrity brands to make it big in the fashion industry and gain respect from its designer peers. The brand showed collections at fashion week for years, proving it earned its spot in the big leagues. Truthfully it had been a while since this brand was on my radar, but I remembered L.A.M.B. bags last week and was super excited, it was almost like getting in touch with an old friend! After racking my brain, I realized I hadn’t heard a peep from the brand in years. In fact, I haven’t seen an L.A.M.B. bag in the wild or featured on PurseBlog in ages…L.A.M.B. has gone MIA. After some digging, I found that they haven’t shown a collection at fashion week since Fall 2015, which affirms my guess that the brand has been discontinued. With fashion and its ever constant cyclical pattern, perhaps we will see a resurrection in the future? Let us hope!
Naturally my favorite items from L.A.M.B. were the bags. Man, I loved the bags. I remember the days when the Purse Forum had its own L.A.M.B. forum, which has long since disappeared from the site. I have vivid memories of driving to Nordstrom to window shop for the bags, although I never added one to my collection. They were out of my price range back when they were all the rage, much to my dismay. I always thought anyone with an L.A.M.B. bag had a laid back, cool girl vibe, likely because that is the persona of Gwen Stefani—a persona which I will always aspire to. I know these bags have all but disappeared in 2019, but I won’t lie, I totally wish I had one! I would rock one now with some red lipstick and funky heels.
Did you have an L.A.M.B. bag? Do you still use it?!
I miss L.A.M.B. as well and the nostalgia moment is nice. However, this article is very lazily written and could have made better use of an array of photos from different collections. If you actually had taken a minute to research, you can see the L.A.M.B. brand is living on as an eyewear company at the moment, that Gwen is still the face of. She also did a collaboration with Burton a few years ago under the name.
I feel like LAMB went away when she met Blake. It seemed like it was doing really well for a time almost like Victoria Beckham’s success, but then she abandoned it.
Blake is not the reason why she discontinued LAMB but nice try. She’s said in interviews that Paris Fashion week in September clashed with her children’s school start date and with her divorce and split custody since 2015, she didn’t want to miss out even more time with her children so she discontinued her fashion lines.
Wow, I agree Stefani is a marketing genius. I don’t think that many music artists incorporate their brands, into the albums they right. Although I’ve never heard of L.A.M.B. before I’ll be sure to google it. One question that I have is were all of the bags made in nylon or were their some that didn’t use nylon? The only reason is that I’m allergic to nylon.
I have a large leather purse with a matching wallet in af floral-ish pattern
I’ll pay picks later when I’m back at home. Fabulous bag!!
She really is! To my knowledge, only the LeSportSac collaboration was exclusively nylon. The bags from her L.A.M.B. line used other materials, not nylon only 🙂 I hope that helps!
Thank you! ??
Wow, it’s been a while since I heard of the brand. I remember Zappos used to feature it on its luxury handbags/shoes section. The bowler satchel was one of its best sellers.
Your line about this feeling like catching up with an old friend really resonated with me! I was a huge Gwen fan as a kid, and remember using my L.A.M.B. LeSportsac totes as school bags for many years. Such fun fashion memories, somewhat embarrassing, but creative nonetheless!
This post brings back memories!
I have a sole L.A.M.B. bag that I cannot part with. It is the Lipstick Saddle Mandeville. I bought it a few years ago in mint condition. It was my favorite L.A.M.B. style back in the day but I couldn’t afford it when it was released. I carried this bag frequently last summer and received complimemts from it. I miss L.A.M.B. stalking on the Purse Forum!
Oh my god, the memories!!!
I remember seeing the LeSportsac x L.A.M.B for the first time and there was love at first sight! owning a bag from the collab was THE coolest thing! I don’t use it anymore but sure the nylon bag was still somewhere… x
I still have one in my collection. Thought about letting it go some years ago, but decided against it since it’s so easy to wear.
You can get them for really amazing deals on Ebay now. Sometimes I look just for the nostalgia, I used to work for L.A.M.B. 🙂
Why do you refer to the band No Doubt as “infamous”? They never had any scandals.
I have many bags still in mint condition. Email me if you would like to purchase.
I’m interested as well!
I’m interested!!!!
I have a LAMB bag. It’s a little beat up by now but I still carry it now and then. I had wondered what had happened to the line too. Seems a shame because it was very fresh and fun and lots of people want a little piece of Gwen’s style.
I recently purchased a l.a.m.b. checkerboard ombré satchel bag off eBay. It is beautiful 🤩 the quality is 🔥… I am a bag collector and this is by far one of my most unique handbags… of course it was pre owned since they’re no longer being made. Somewhat speedy but so worth it 👍
I googled lamb because I have a bag my mom gave me. I love Stefani but I’m not into fashion. I have it posted to my Etsy shop. https://www.etsy.com/shop/lizzardstudio
Yes! I have four L.A.M.B. bags that I just found that have been in the back of my closet for years. I remember getting them back in 2004 at Nordstrom. They were pricey then too! I would use them with my True Religion or Rock and Republic jeans. I definitely miss this early 2000s. It seemed like the right amount of technology but not too much. Finding my bags brought back so many memories of going out in Los Angeles.
I sure do. I hv never used it it’s so beautiful!