Our founder Kate started her journey as a bunny parent the year she graduated college. Remembering her love of her childhood pet bunny, Snowball, she decided to adopt her bunny Snickers. The two lived together in her little one bedroom apartment and he followed her everywhere. After moving into their new condo, an opportunity came along to adopt a friend's bun looking for a new home. In came Louie and then shortly after, Bella! When people see you have bunnies, they start reaching out with stories of bunnies that need safe homes. Snickers bonded with Bella very quickly, but Louie took a while to open up to companionship. About a year later, when scrolling on Instagram, Kate laid eyes on Luna who was up for adoption from the House Rabbit Network. Louie loved Luna and she became part of the family.

After Snickers died in 2020, Kate was devastated and wanted a way to welcome new bunny energy into her home without committing to a new family member right away. Again, Instagram surfaced a post from House Rabbit Network that would change her life forever. The shelter was asking for more foster homes due to the influx of abandoned pets during the pandemic. Thus began Kate's passion for fostering bunnies in need and for the House Rabbit Network community. The volunteers she met and friends she made all had the same love of bunnies and dedication to their care as she did. Another thing she noticed? They all loved bunny merch. Every time she visited the shelter, she saw people in t-shirts, sweatshirts, and even pajama pants with bunny designs. Some were really cute, but others looked AI-generated or just plain generic. Kate realized that there was a market for thoughtfully designed bunny merchandise by someone who is deeply in touch with the culture.

After doing lots of research and practicing selling some shirts on Etsy, Kate combined her degree in Fashion Merchandising with her decade plus experience working in e-commerce and graphic design to launch the brand Lapin Luxury. A play on the term "Lap of Luxury" with the french word for "rabbit," Lapin Luxury is a brand designed specifically with bunny owners and shelter volunteers in mind. We offer fun designs inspired by people in our community, memes and sayings in the bunny social media realm, and cute puns that make our founder and lead designer chuckle. This brand is a labor of love and we hope you follow along with us as we build and grow!