Marie Odille Berard

SOLTEK INC. handbags have evolved from the passion for design excellence of the founder, Marie Odile Berard. Marie first became involved in the fashion world when she moved to the United States from France, and began working for Charles Jourdan when they opened their first store in the USA in Manhattan.

Within five years she was the manager and buyer for the Moga boutique on Madison Avenue in Manhattan. At that time, they were introducing Rodier (la maille Francaise) for the first time. Marie then assisted M. Robert Beaulieu (le fou de la fourrure ) to open his first store on Madison Avenue in New York City, where she served as the Director and Buyer for North America.

As the Account Executive at Arche USA, Marie built the French shoe business in North America from scratch to 10's of millions of dollars in annual sales. She left Arche in 2008 and hasn�t looked back since!

Marie has worked with the finest collections as well as specialty boutiques throughout America using her passion to promote luxury fashion goods for women. After 30 years of working in the industry, Marie decided to branch out on her own and create  a collection of beautiful handbags. She founded Soltek Inc. to do just that..

Marie's handbag designs are proudly made in the USA of the finest leathers and fabrics.  She attributes her success to hard work, a good eye for design, loyalty to her customers and the uncanny ability to recommend items to her clients that will sell well in their specific locales.

 Marie continues on her passionate journey to design the best products with great value. And today, SOLTEK can be found in the best specialty boutiques throughout the country.

Many clients have asked Marie what the name Soltek implies. Marie and her husband grew up respecting others and the environment. They favor manufacturing processes that conform to ISO standards to minimize pollution; firms that use renewable resources to the extent possible and we will never use products from exotic or wild animals, endangered or otherwise. When the world becomes vegetarian... they find a substitute for leather.