“The UPS woman is above all elegant and chic, constantly on the move, and she always carries with her not only her personal items, but also her laptop, her mobile phone and her personal organiser,” said Karine Arabian. “This image is closely linked to my perception of UPS, whose services I used even before starting this project! I associate UPS very closely with ideas of movement, openness to the world, brand image and also with new technologies.”

“However,” added Arabian “I realised that there was no bag available for women to carry everything that we would usually keep in a handbag as well as all the high-tech items that we need to have on us at all times to keep in touch with both our personal and professional worlds. With the Youps I wanted to offer today’s women a new alternative.”

Karine Arabian has chosen to make the Youps in brown padded leather, in reference to the famous UPS vehicles and delivery drivers’ uniforms. Decorated with fine gold metal lines, the bag conceals numerous inside pockets that allow you to neatly store and find all your day-to-day accessories, from your wallet to your laptop, not forgetting your make-up bag!

This coveted item will only be available as a limited edition and will go on sale in February. Customers will find it at Karine Arabian’s boutique in Paris as well as at various other addresses in France (Série Noire in Lille, L’Escalier in Metz, Espace Marianne Cat in Marseille, and Boutique Numéro 36 in Rennes). Tailor-made versions will also be available to order directly from the website, www.karinearabian.com and the Youps will be delivered by UPS!

From sending off a drawing to the final delivery to boutiques, UPS plays a key role in all stages of the design and marketing of a collection. Thanks to UPS, players in the world of fashion and luxury goods can send and receive everything they need for their day-to-day work by express delivery anywhere in the world.

Expertise, an international network, a well-known brand image and use of the latest technologies all allow UPS to offer its customers rapid and reliable service with complete tracking of their packages.

In 2003 in the United States and in 2005 in Europe, UPS revealed its special connections to the world of fashion and luxury goods by supporting young designers like Felipe Oliveira Baptista, Anne Valérie Hash, Adam Jones, Michel Klein, Pierre-Henri Mattout and on aura tout vu in France.

“The partnership that we have formed with Karine Arabian this year is a continuation of our efforts with regards to the fashion industry over the past couple of years in France,” said Gilles Depoutot, chief spokesperson, UPS France. “We are very pleased to have her interpretation of our world and our values made available to the public through this extraordinarily original design!”