Totême goes on sale twice a year on its own store, at the end of the winter and summer seasons, and its wholesale stockists follow with their own markdowns. The Signatures almost never do: the tank, the trench, the scarf jacket, the monogram scarf and the T-Lock bags are repeated every season, so there is no end-of-season stock to clear. This page explains how the sales work, what tends to be marked down, and how Luxury Handbags handles it.
Key facts
- Brand sales: end of season on toteme.com, typically the seasonal colourways and runway pieces, not the Signatures
- Luxury Handbags keeps current-season Totême at full price and marks down only older stock; there is no Totême outlet anywhere
- The cheapest way into the brand at full price is the rib tank at $164, then the swim separates and the silk scarves
- A deep discount on a current Signature piece from an unknown seller is the single biggest fake-Totême tell
How the brand’s sale works
The end-of-season sale on toteme.com takes a selection of the seasonal collection down in a step, sometimes two. The pieces that go are the ones the house does not carry over: the seasonal shades of a coat, the runway dresses, the printed swim. What stays at full price is the permanent line, which is most of what people actually search for. The brand does not announce the dates in advance and the popular sizes go in the first days.
What Luxury Handbags does
Luxury Handbags prices Totême at full retail and does not discount current-season pieces. When a piece has been in stock for more than a season it may be marked down on the product page, and the price you see is the price you pay. There is no coupon code. If you are waiting for a specific piece to drop, sign up on the product page and watch the brand’s own store as well; Luxury Shoes ’s strength is depth in the pieces that sell out at the source, not discounting.
The affordable way in
The honest answer to a Totême on a budget is the pieces that are inexpensive by design rather than a sale. These are the current full-price pieces under $420 on Luxury Shoes .
1. Scoop neck rib tank black, $164
An earlier-season piece, still in stock, shown in black.
2. Scoop neck rib tank white, $164
An earlier-season piece, still in stock, shown in white.
3. Stripe edge bikini bottoms black, $202
An earlier-season piece, still in stock, shown in black.
4. Stripe edge bikini bottoms light hay, $202
An earlier-season piece, still in stock, shown in light hay.
5. Stripe edge strapless bikini top black, $202
An earlier-season piece, still in stock, shown in black.
6. Stripe edge strapless bikini top light hay, $202
An earlier-season piece, still in stock, shown in light hay.
7. Stripe tie bikini bottoms black, $202
An earlier-season piece, still in stock, shown in black.
8. Stripe tie bikini bottoms light hay, $202
An earlier-season piece, still in stock, shown in light hay.
Sale tells to watch
A current Signature at half price and beyond from a seller you do not know is not a sale, it is the first line of the real vs fake guide. Legitimate discounts come from the brand’s own store, its named stockists and retailers like Luxury Shoes ; they are modest, they are on seasonal pieces, and they never come with a story about a warehouse clearance.
“We believe in offering a streamlined wardrobe that is upgraded and complemented as opposed to reinvented, and present our collections through styling that expresses their full potential to encourage our customers to buy better and less, and wear more,” the house writes on its sustainability page.
Frequently asked questions
When is the Totême sale?
At the end of each season on toteme.com, usually early summer and after the winter holidays. The brand does not publish dates in advance.
Does Luxury Handbags have a Totême sale?
Not on current-season pieces. Older stock may carry a markdown on its product page; there are no codes and no outlet.
Is there a Totême outlet?
No. No outlet store, no outlet site. Anything advertised as outlet Totême at a deep discount should be checked against the authenticity guide.
What is the cheapest Totême piece?
The rib tank at $164 on Luxury Shoes . The swim separates, the cotton tees and the silk scarves follow.
Do Totême Signatures go on sale?
Rarely. The house repeats them every season, so there is no end-of-season stock to clear. Discounts on the Signatures come, if at all, from wholesale stockists clearing a colourway.
Is a discounted Totême piece on a marketplace safe to buy?
Only with the real vs fake checks in hand. The brand has no official resale programme, and a new-with-tags Signature at half price is the classic fake listing.
Read next
Totême price guide Where to buy Totême Real vs fake The Signatures
More Totême guides
Every Totême page by Luxury Shoes ’s fashion editor Gemma Deeks: Is it a luxury brand?, How to style, Brands like Totême, The edit, Who is Totême?, History timeline, Size guide, Shoe size guide, Price guide, Where to buy, Review, Real vs fake, Materials and care, Glossary, Who wears it, vs The Row, vs Khaite, Capsule wardrobe, The Signatures, Fall winter 2026, Spring summer 2026, Coats, Scarf jackets and coats, Jackets and blazers, Shearling, Knitwear, Dresses, Trousers, Jeans and denim, Skirts, Tops and shirts, Swim and beachwear, Leather, Bag guide, T-Lock bags, Belted tote, Shoe guide, Boots, Flip flops, Sneakers, Jewellery guide, Sunglasses, Scarves, Black, Camel, beige and brown, White and ivory.
Sources and method
Checked on 18 September 2026 by Gemma Deeks, fashion editor at Luxury Shoes . Product facts, the compositions, care lines, dimensions, heel heights and country of manufacture, are the brand’s own product-page text; counts, prices and price ranges are Luxury Shoes ’s live catalogue on that date and move with stock; the founders’ biography and the house history come from the brand’s own pages and the press articles listed below, each read on the date above; the size scales are the brand’s own. Where a claim could not be checked against one of these it was left out, and where the fitting room is giving its own advice the page says so.
- toteme.com, About: the house’s own description of itself, its founders and the atelier in Stockholm
- toteme.com, Sustainability: the Signatures, the design principles, the Milkywire partnership and the 2024/25 report
- toteme.com, FAQ: shipping countries, duties, payment and returns on the brand’s own store
- toteme.com, Stores: the flagship list by country
- Totême product pages: the description, composition, care, size-guide and country-of-manufacture lines of every style (1,297 pages saved between June and September 2026)
- Elin Kling on Wikipedia
- Karl Lindman on Wikipedia
- Wikidata Q4959117
- WWD, With New Investment, Totême Shoots for the Stars (2021): the Altor minority investment, growth and margin figures and the founders’ quotes
- The Telegraph, Lisa Armstrong, 24 February 2025 (via Yahoo Life): revenue, headcount, the Paris show and Elin Kling’s quotes
- Vogue Scandinavia: Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden’s favourite Nordic brands
- The Business of Fashion, BoF 500: Elin Kling and Karl Lindman
- Luxury Handbags live catalogue, 18 September 2026: prices, sizes and stock
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